Rhonda from Slidell, LA

[Rhonda]

I started leather in Sept. 2004, stopped June 2005, when it was neccasary to have a regular job. Oct 2006, finally I can quit! Dabbled, making gifts mostly til May 2007. Car accident broke my right humorous in half, spiral with butterfly break, surgery put a rod in my arm from the shoulder to the elbow. No leather. June 2008 the hardware was taken out, Doc says rest the arm. Damn still no leather! Doc's ok or not, I am bored.

I am officially a two timed beginner. But I LOVE IT, I loved it then, I love it now.

[Go2Tex]

Rest the arm. All that tap-tap-tapping will not do it any good and might mess you up real good. Try working on low impact stuff like swivel knife cuts.

[BillB]

Rhonda,

Welcome to the Forum. Although I know it is boring, rest the arm as GO2Tex says. I have broken: femur in left leg (required a rod to fix); compound fracture of both bones in lower right leg (9 months in casts); right wrist; and hair line fracture of skull at left temple. The time you spend healing now will help out a whole lot in the later years. I still have bone chips floating in my right wrist and I am right handed. Just think of all the reading you can do on the various threads on this forum. Take some time read about all the different areas you can go into in leather crafts.

BillB