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Posted by Queencityxstitcher on April 23, 2009, 7:18 am
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
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> On 4/22/09 2:32 PM, in article gsnqvk$p1r$1@news.motzarella.org, "lucille"
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>>> On 4/22/09 1:05 PM, in article gsnioo$krb$1@news.tamu.edu, "monique"
>>>> lucille wrote:
>>>>> Has anyone else done something as dopey as what I just did?
>>>>> The stupid part was when I went to sew the button into the center to
>>>>> give it shape, I found it hard to pull the needle through and gave it a
>>>>> hard tug, plunged it into my lower lip which started to bleed profusely
>>>>> and had a major mess here.
>>>> No, but my around-the neck magnifier has plenty of scratches from
>>>> hitting it with an updrawn needle... I have also been known to lean over
>>>> the sewing machine so closely that the take-up lever thwacks me in the
>>>> forehead. You are not alone.
>>>> Monique in TX
>>> I think I've told you all about the time I got a crochet hook in my foot.
>>> Like a full 2 inches into my foot......
>>> Cheryl
>> I'll add the time I got a frantic phone call from my friend across the
>> street. Fortunately I had her key and could get into her house because she
>> had been sewing on her sewing machine and while she was guiding the fabric
>> she managed to put the needle through the fleshy part of her right thumb.
>> There she was stuck with the needle down through her finger and unable to
>> get her left hand twisted enough to get to the wheel on the right side of
>> the machine to turn it and get it out.
>> Luckily it wasn't a really big disaster, but can you imagine if she had to
>> wait all day for one of her kids to come home from school to get her free.
>> L
>
>
> Who else has done this??? DS had a class mate for "home ec" in middle school
> who managed his thumb and his finger, through the nail, on succeeding days,
>
> I've done in once, I know my sister has never approached a sewing machine
> again after doing the second time.....
>
>
>
> C
>
I was five and was using a toy machine that I got for Christmas. The
crank only turned in one direction so my mother had to pierce my
fingernail and finger all the way in order to lift the needle. Of course
I still sew(professionally) and I think mom was more traumatized than I
was.
That was in the days when toy machines were made of metal and did not
have a finger guard in front of the needle.
Bobbie V.
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Posted by ellice on May 6, 2009, 11:55 am
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> On 4/22/09 2:32 PM, in article gsnqvk$p1r$1@news.motzarella.org, "lucille"
>
>>> On 4/22/09 1:05 PM, in article gsnioo$krb$1@news.tamu.edu, "monique"
>>>
>>>> lucille wrote:
>>>>> Has anyone else done something as dopey as what I just did?
>>>>> The stupid part was when I went to sew the button into the center to
>>>>> give it shape, I found it hard to pull the needle through and gave it a
>>>>> hard tug, plunged it into my lower lip which started to bleed profusely
>>>>> and had a major mess here.
>>>>
>>>> No, but my around-the neck magnifier has plenty of scratches from
>>>> hitting it with an updrawn needle... I have also been known to lean over
>>>> the sewing machine so closely that the take-up lever thwacks me in the
>>>> forehead. You are not alone.
>>>>
>>>> Monique in TX
>>>
>>>
>>> I think I've told you all about the time I got a crochet hook in my foot.
>>> Like a full 2 inches into my foot......
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheryl
>>>
>>
>> I'll add the time I got a frantic phone call from my friend across the
>> street. Fortunately I had her key and could get into her house because she
>> had been sewing on her sewing machine and while she was guiding the fabric
>> she managed to put the needle through the fleshy part of her right thumb.
>> There she was stuck with the needle down through her finger and unable to
>> get her left hand twisted enough to get to the wheel on the right side of
>> the machine to turn it and get it out.
>>
>> Luckily it wasn't a really big disaster, but can you imagine if she had to
>> wait all day for one of her kids to come home from school to get her free.
>>
>> L
>>
>
>
> Who else has done this??? DS had a class mate for "home ec" in middle school
> who managed his thumb and his finger, through the nail, on succeeding days,
>
> I've done in once, I know my sister has never approached a sewing machine
> again after doing the second time.....
>
>
>
> C
>
I think this is really common - with both people who sew a lot, and those
who don't sew much and don't pay attention. I feel lucky that I haven't
done this - though I did get a big scratch on my face when a needle broke
while sewing and the loose part flew up. I was lucky not to have it hit my
eye. Usually I just stop as it's plunging into my fingernail - and just end
up with a bruise. So, now, if I'm doing something with a really close seam
- I use a stiletto to keep the fabric under the foot & guided - trying to
avoid the needle thru finger thing.
Ellice
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Posted by on April 23, 2009, 7:27 am
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:43:55 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
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>I think I've told you all about the time I got a crochet hook in my foot.
>Like a full 2 inches into my foot......
>Cheryl
When I moved here and before I renovated the bathroom, I decided to
put a little shelf on the back of the vanity door to hold the hair
dryer etc. It hadn't registered with me that the horrible vanity
(which dated to early 70s) was some sort of composite and not wood.
When I attempted to drill a hole for the screw, drill slips and bit
goes through my hand.
I ripped the thing out of my hand on a reflex action and held my hand
under the cold water tap. As I did it, I decided a trip to the
emerge, since it was a puncture type wound, would just be lengthy so I
stayed home and poured a good stiff rum instead lol
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on April 23, 2009, 7:41 am
On 4/23/09 7:27 AM, in article vrj0v4tt90ej806741v4lcn5u9ndl3idrl@4ax.com,
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> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:43:55 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
>>
>> I think I've told you all about the time I got a crochet hook in my foot.
>> Like a full 2 inches into my foot......
>>
>>
>> Cheryl
>
> When I moved here and before I renovated the bathroom, I decided to
> put a little shelf on the back of the vanity door to hold the hair
> dryer etc. It hadn't registered with me that the horrible vanity
> (which dated to early 70s) was some sort of composite and not wood.
> When I attempted to drill a hole for the screw, drill slips and bit
> goes through my hand.
>
> I ripped the thing out of my hand on a reflex action and held my hand
> under the cold water tap. As I did it, I decided a trip to the
> emerge, since it was a puncture type wound, would just be lengthy so I
> stayed home and poured a good stiff rum instead lol
I think I told the whole story about the PhD candidate boyfriend that was so
freaked out that he never thought about calling an ambulance and had to be
talked out of carrying me down the stairs (he lived on the 15th floor)
instead of the elevator. Worst part, I'm going into shock and the more
levelheaded roommate isn't home.... Took a female grad student to keep them
from carrying me to the car a half a mile away.
You're lucky it missed the bone.
Cheryl
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Posted by on April 23, 2009, 8:02 am
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:41:52 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
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>I think I told the whole story about the PhD candidate boyfriend that was so
>freaked out that he never thought about calling an ambulance and had to be
>talked out of carrying me down the stairs (he lived on the 15th floor)
>instead of the elevator. Worst part, I'm going into shock and the more
>levelheaded roommate isn't home.... Took a female grad student to keep them
>from carrying me to the car a half a mile away.
>You're lucky it missed the bone.
>Cheryl
All you need is a good woman when the going gets rough lol
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>>> On 4/22/09 1:05 PM, in article gsnioo$krb$1@news.tamu.edu, "monique"
>>>> lucille wrote:
>>>>> Has anyone else done something as dopey as what I just did?
>>>>> The stupid part was when I went to sew the button into the center to
>>>>> give it shape, I found it hard to pull the needle through and gave it a
>>>>> hard tug, plunged it into my lower lip which started to bleed profusely
>>>>> and had a major mess here.
>>>> No, but my around-the neck magnifier has plenty of scratches from
>>>> hitting it with an updrawn needle... I have also been known to lean over
>>>> the sewing machine so closely that the take-up lever thwacks me in the
>>>> forehead. You are not alone.
>>>> Monique in TX
>>> I think I've told you all about the time I got a crochet hook in my foot.
>>> Like a full 2 inches into my foot......
>>> Cheryl
>> I'll add the time I got a frantic phone call from my friend across the
>> street. Fortunately I had her key and could get into her house because she
>> had been sewing on her sewing machine and while she was guiding the fabric
>> she managed to put the needle through the fleshy part of her right thumb.
>> There she was stuck with the needle down through her finger and unable to
>> get her left hand twisted enough to get to the wheel on the right side of
>> the machine to turn it and get it out.
>> Luckily it wasn't a really big disaster, but can you imagine if she had to
>> wait all day for one of her kids to come home from school to get her free.
>> L
>
>
> Who else has done this??? DS had a class mate for "home ec" in middle school
> who managed his thumb and his finger, through the nail, on succeeding days,
>
> I've done in once, I know my sister has never approached a sewing machine
> again after doing the second time.....
>
>
>
> C
>