Day 139: My hands go to sleep quickly when I'm crocheting because my fingers have become slick with age and I grip the hook quite tightly. Invariably, the pressure leaves a substantial dent in the pad of my thumb, and as I work across a long row (the width of an afghan, for example), I have to pause repeatedly to flex my hands to restore circulation. A little slow on the upbeat, I finally realized I had a solution within my grasp (ha-ha): pad the damn hook! A little foam, a little micropore tape, and I'm now crocheting with much greater comfort. Yes, I know they make "ergonomic" rubber-handled hooks and I'll probably pick up a set at some point, but for now, necessity (the mother of invention) prevails.
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