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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 106
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 106
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Originally Posted by Erin524
I'm seriously addicted to crocheting and yarn. I'm a yarn addict. I go into a yarn store and I have to pet and fondle the yarn just because it calls to me to pet it.
Got any pictures of stuff that you've made?
Right now I'm working on two crocheted shawls, and a knitted scarf.
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Yarn is good! Especially the "real" kind, the exotic wools and alpacas. A few months ago I did a story on an alpaca farm up here in the mountains, and I got to tour the farm, pet the alpacas and llamas, and the see how they process the wool. Now I understand why it's so expensive! 
No, Erin, unfortunately I don't have any photos, but I do wear my work! Mostly I run to shawls, ponchos, hats--and I crochet a lot of baby clothes for two charities. One is in Cambodia--a friend of mine goes over every few months and takes them to the orphanage there, and it's so cool when he sends me photos of the kids holding up my baby sweaters and hats and booties!
Finger spasticity IS mentioned in some of the MS sites, but I'm surprised that more isn't said about it. Both my hands literally stiffen up and it's hard to bend my fingers at all. My hands were healthy before this disease! 
Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you're a pianist, a crocheter, a hairstylist, an accountant or an Internet surfer----you need your hands! I appreciate everyone telling me that I'm not alone in experiencing this exasperating symptom!
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