Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
Jo writes in with a tip from the Just Call Me Ruby blog about how to avoid damage to your body from the repetitive actions of knitting and other crafts. She provides advice for stretches, tips on posture, and just good general info on RSI and why crafters should take special care to avoid it. – Link.
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Tommysays:
I tried knitting but it really made my hands hurt.
Of course, I’m sure the fact that I’m clumsy as hell and was holding the needles in a death grip didn’t help much.
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Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
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I tried knitting but it really made my hands hurt.
Of course, I’m sure the fact that I’m clumsy as hell and was holding the needles in a death grip didn’t help much.