The Knitter

HAND EXERCISES

MANY KNITTERS are all too familiar with the misery of hand and wrist pain. Prolonged periods of knitting can result in stiffness and discomfort, yet we’ve all been guilty at one time or another of knitting for too long without taking breaks, telling ourselves we’ll finish “just one more row…” which before we know it has led to fifty more rows!

More worryingly, knitters are at risk of developing repetitive strain injury (RSI) in the muscles and tendons in our wrists, which

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