So, I was in the garden picking beans and the phone started to ring. I dashed across the wet grass, into the kitchen and as my wet gardening shoes hit the lino I took off and flew gracefully across the kitchen. Unfortunately my landing wasn't as graceful and involved a rather heavy up-close and personal encounter with the door frame. Luckily for me though my main knitting arm isn't broken, just rather sore and quite a spectacular colour!
I won't be running in wet shoes again!
little cotton rabbits 
OUCH! That looks painful! And thank goodness that valuable knitting arm wasn’t injured more severly! Didn’t your mother ever tell you “No running in the house!” lol
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I think all I can say is ‘OUCH!’ At least you know you won’t be doing that again in a hurry!
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OUCH is right!! Glad you didn’t break or do serious damage to your “main knitting arm”…..wow, take care!
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Ouch – hope it wasn’t just a sales phone call. Heal fast.
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Not wanting to sound repetitive but OUCH! Poor you. Hope you heal up quickly.
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Oooh that made me screw my face up and I just bet that arm’s throbbing now! I’ve had my share of floor skidding and found arnica seems to help with the bruise and pain. Need to keep that knitting arm moving, glad nothing was broken.xxx
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Jeez Julie, looks very painful …. good job it doesn’t stop the knitting though 🙂
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owwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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Poor you – that looks painful. Hope it gets better soon, and careful with wet shoes and lino – not a good combination – look after yourself, Lynne
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ouch, I felt that. Here’s a virtual dab of witch hazel for the bruise and a cup of chamomile tea for the soul x
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Oh… that looks really painful, hope that you get well soon.
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Oh dear that looks very painful, hope it was somebody you wanted to talk to on the phone!
‘Arnica on and arnica in’ as my Mum used to say wielding the tablet bottle and tube.
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I can sympathise. I feel over on a gravel pavement last week and half pulled off my big toe nail and twisted the ankle on my other leg. Couldn’t walk for two days. Serves me right for rushing.
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Oops.Oh dear.It looks very painful but I suppose you were lucky not to break it.Hope it doesn’t hold the knitting up.
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Thank goodness it’s not broken. Hope you feel better soon.
Erika
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Owww! Use lots of arnica and feel better soon.
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A large collective oww is reverberating around the blogging community. Slowly, slowly catches monkey…
x
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Ouch! That looks very sore!
Thank goodness you didn’t break it!
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Oh Julie… ouch! So glad it’s not broken.
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Cringe! Ouch! Hope you heal quickly:)
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Ouch from here too, and yes to arnica. Also, if very achey soak in a bath with a couple of handfuls of epsom salts, keeping your bruised arm under water for at least 20 mins. Then wrap up warm and go to bed.
Hope you’re nicely healed soon!
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Oh, Julie, take care! Hope that’s one of those “looks worse than it really is” situations, but I’m afraid I’m just being optimistic… hope you’re back to 100% soon, just make sure that arm can still lift up a bar of chocolate and a cup of tea!
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Wow that’s the biggest bruise ever. Since I started knitting I’ve developed a totally irrational fear of hurting my arms.
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Ouch – looks painful – hope you are OK. Try Arnica cream – it works as I bruise very easily. I did a similar thing a couple of years ago.
Just emailed you, Julie.
Love Zoe x
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I broke my foot in june, but 6 weeks later I was walking 45 minute walks on it, hope it heals quickly.
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Ditto to all the above. Theres a whole lot of empathy going on here. I hope your arm feels better and looks better soon.
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Hi Julie,
Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope your arm is feeling better soon.
Regards
G
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Yowch! Capital “YOW”! I imagined a collective hissing as the internets sucked in their breath upon viewing…
So sorry to see that…a little witch hazel rubbed on with a cotton ball will help with the pain and discolouration…
Hope it heals up soon…
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Ouch, poor you hope it’s better soon.
Hugs Lol xxx
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I’m impressed! That is some bruise – glad it wasn’t worse!
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OOOH! How painful was that. Take care now, since you’ll probably be hitting it accidentally on any and everything around otherwise….That’s what always seems to happen. I Sympathize, Candi
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yowsers!!!!!!!! blimey that looks awful! xx
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Oh, Julie, your arm looks sooo sore! I am glad for you that it is just some very bad bruising and that your arm is not broken! I also hope the phone call was worth it! Take care!xx
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Oh no! That is one huge bruise! My doctor tells me that icing bruises helps them go away faster and allivates pain. Hope it goes away soon!
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Yoweeee! Thank goodness it wasn’t ur knitting arm! Love your critters!
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get well soon!
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Oh Julie! That’s horrible. I remember running for the phone over a newly oiled timber floor and doing exactly the same thing! You poor thing. Hope you have had lots of nice cups of tea to help soothe the pain!
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Oh be careful Julie, you are lucky not broke arm which you use knitting!!!! God bless you. I love your “very cute’ animals.
three year ago I broke two hasty (left leg & ankle with two screws) that’s took me healing for 2 years. Now back walk as well.
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I hope you are feeling better after your fall, what a colourful looking forearm. Here’s hoping it is not as painful as it looks.
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OH ….HOPE YOU GET BETTER SOON.
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That’s a mighty fine bruise you got there! It reminds me of the time I did a solo riverdance with a not so graceful finale in the entrance to BHS – worn down crocs in the rain + shiny lino = my most embarrassing moment and a bruise on my hip just like yours! Ouch.
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WOW – That is an impressive bruise !!! I am relieved you had no broken bones – no knitting , that would never do.
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OUCH! that looks mighty sore. Remember to rest. Elevating the arm would help too. Would be fun to take pictures over the next weeks as the colour changes – and how it will move with gravity. Once a nurse, always a nurse 😉
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Looks really bad… I hope you will feel better soon though… Take care of yourself!
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Yikes – that’s some bruise. Hope you heal fast, Julie. And remember that sprinting is for young folk!
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Oh that looks painful! I bet the person on the other end of the phone is feeling a little guilty right now! :o) Heal up soon!!
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OUCH — Julie — that looks awful! I hope it’s feeling better soon!
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ouch!! glad its not broken xx
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Ouch!!
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I thought the bruise on my arm was bad but not now I’ve seen yours! If you ever sell the pattern for gracie, count me in, she is really lovely and it would be great to knit her for my cousin’s little girl.
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Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! Hope it gets better really quickly!
Lucy x
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Oh no…..but at least you have a fantastic bruise – evidence of all of that pain…..I took a tumble down the farm track last year and winded myself, hurt all over and not a bruise to show for it…lol. Hope it feels better soon and the knitting isn’t too hampered. Linda 🙂
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ow ow ow! that looks sore.
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I too believe in Arnica cream and tablets, or comfrey lotion is also very good. I hope you feel better soon Julie. Take care.
Sheila x
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Ouch! I broke my arm a few years ago, and it’s left me terrified of falling again.
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OW! that looks nasty. I can’t believe i missed the giveaway for Gracie, how adorable is she!!
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Ouch!!…reminds me of wet shoes and sliding across my kitchen floor on my tush..lol
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All I can say is OUCH! Feel better soon!
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ditto on the OUCH!
& also on ‘arnica in & arnica ON!!’ Another thing I found SO helpful when I slipped on wet wood by a hot tub years ago – clay packs! I used green clay which I wet with comfrey tea – it took the pain away each time I put it on! You can soak in the epsom salts, smear on some arnica cream, & slather with a layer of clay!!
Gentle hugs
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Oh no Julie – it looks so sore! Those shoes weren’t Crocs by any chance were they? Crocs + wet floor = lethal!!
If it’s any consolation I’m having to knit through the pain too, as I’ve pulled a muscle in my right shoulder 😦
xxx
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Wow that’s a doosie! I’ll bet it got blacker and bluer and the week went on. So sorry about that…maybe that means you didn’t have to cook supper that night! Ha! Btw, do you have a pattern for the feet on your animals…I cannot get mine to look right for the life of me.
Hope you’re feeling better and not too stifff,
Lindsey
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I am so sorry! That looks so painful…hope you heal soon.
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Oh how horrible Julie. Thankfully you weren’t broken! And don’t let it keep your knitting down!
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Oh no! That looks very, very tender. Sure your arm will turn a few more different colours before that beauty dies down! Hope you heal up nice and fast x
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What a lovely, lovely blog, I’ve just come across you via another blog and I adore all your wee woolies 😀
poor you, I imagine your arm is by now its an even lovelier shade!
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(My first comment 🙂 been lurking for a while)
That sounds exactly like the kind of thing i would do! I hope your arm is getting better now and the rainbow colours are slowly disappearing. I definitely back the recommendations for arnica!
Georgina
P.S. the cupcake pattern i ordered the other day is fab!
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I feel for you. I bet you even have to be careful how you are laying when you go to sleep. That is huge!
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oo ouch. Hope it’s clearing up now.
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oh dear! i hope that it feels much better much soon! that looks and sounds very painful!
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