Welcome to the RF.com Wounds While Crafting Thread
This thread is for everyone to post their stories of maiming themselves or others in the pursuit of their favorite (or formerly favorite) hobby. As usual, just a few rules to help keep everything straight.
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3. Please try to keep the nasty stuff kid safe.. little eyes read our board sometimes.
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"Unless you hurt yourself on them." - been there done that !
;)
"I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in"
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i have many a wound tale to tell. . .
but the most serious thing i can relate to others is. . .
always work in a well ventilated area when working with adhesives and sealants.
my ol' partner passed away this past June after losing his battle with leukemia which he got
from years of breathing fumes from benzene, an ingredient in adhesive.
Oh wow, I think I need to move some of the work I do to the outside of my house.
On a related note, also besure to let things finnish curing before puting them in your car and driving a long way. Made that mistake once and had to drive with the windows all open (in January) just so I wouldn't get sick.
Sorry to hear about your friend.
HOTTTTTT Glue, need I say more!!!
Well, ok, it didn't happen to us, but my wife reminded me of an incident a few years back. We lived in a small town that had the local police log published in the town newspaper (which only came out once a week). One week it listed a 911 call, documented as 'caller has finger stuck in sewing machine' :o. Not the next call, but the one after that was 'caller has gotten finger out, and is on route to hospital'. All I can say, is the possibilities of images from that were a little sickening.
Thats happened to my mom, a few times I think.
I cut the heck outta my left index finger on the tread guide on my sewing machine needle.. I was not watching what I was doing and moved my finger too close to the moving needle and well owie!
Little tiny holes in the tip of my pointer finger, dug there by handsewing. And the needles have a magical way of remembering where those little tiny holes are. Nasty accident w/a new scissors - youch!
The best I have is that while working on a halloween costume on the other side of the house, I came back to my computer to check something. Some how in my frequent trips back and forth I dropped a pin. When I brought my foot back to stand up it splintered into my foot behind the ball of big toe. I thought I had just poked it real good.
2 years later after a clumsy guy stepped on my foot during a salsa lesson my foot started swelling. Turns out he had cause the splinter to move in the joint. 2 days later I had surgery to have it removed. 3 days after that I was riding around TRF in a wheel chair. surgery or no I was going to faire.
Things I learned: 1)Never take crafts out of crafting area. 2) vacuum often 3) Always wear shoes while crafting.
Lessons learned-
Never use a-
Hot glue gun
X-acto knife
Dremel tool,
While sitting down!
Quote from: Morgan Dreadlocke on May 25, 2008, 12:02:06 AM
Lessons learned-
Never use a-
Hot glue gun
X-acto knife
Dremel tool,
While sitting down!
I was taught as a small child (mainly for cooking) if you drop anything sharp DO NOT TRY TO CATCH IT! Jump back, and save your toes.
How about: don't hold the mold while pouring candles. Let it sit on the table.
a leather-worker friend of mine Bill Baldwin proprietor of Leather Worx in Nyack NY & a booth at NYRF in Tuxedo NY, instructs his apprentices. . . .
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"when you get cut and that's when not if (because you will), do not bleed on the leather"
I learned the hard way that, when doing stained glass, when the soldering tip gets too much flux and solder on it, flick it AWAY from yourself to clear it off.
Yesterday I learned the four RULES for making a knotwork celtic style cross from 3/8 twisted nylon rope:
#1- Try to talk yourself out of it before you get started (and when that doesn't work)...
#2- Remember to let the melted ends of the rope cool completely before you start tying (and when you forget that patience is a virtue)..
#3- Keep first aid ointment and bandages nearby so that you don't catch yourself using your teeth to hold parts of the knotwork in an effort to keep from oozing on it and getting it dirty (and when you decide to give in and use your teeth anyway, because you can't quite pull that knot tight without ripping your blister back open)...
#4- Make sure you are well away from all furniture so that the sudden backwards jerk of your head doesn't leave you with a bump on the noggin.
I have a permanently pinched nerve in my middle finger from knitting. Whenever it gets really cold out, the tip of my finger goes numb and gets really sensitive. It's very odd.
Quote from: CountessofPhoenix on May 19, 2008, 05:28:44 PM
HOTTTTTT Glue, need I say more!!!
I can't count the number times I have jerked a hand back wondering if I had finally lost a fingerprint!
*Every industrial sewer has cought their finger with the needle at least once. :P
*ALWAYS use a bandaid for even small cuts. (They can bleed for a while sometimes and you don't know, untill it's on the fabric)
*Watch out for fatigue ::) I know...me too...
My worst wound was when I was using a fabric saw (a 12" long razor with a motor) and cut 1/4 of the way thru my thumb.
Hot glue....lots and lots of hot glue burns.
Burns from burning the end of cord and not waiting until it cooled to touch it.
Splinters from various wood items.
Cut by many types of metal wire.
Sewing needles are hazardous to my thumbs.
lol hot glue burns are rough i remember making wings i hot glued feather for four hours then i had to take a break then i went back several hours later and glued for another 4hrs
i've recently superglued myself to a wire hoop making a dream catcher the other week. I"m dangerous with superglue
I've done the glue gun thing a few times myself....
But the worst was when the cell phone rang whilst burnishing a piece of bamboo with a propane torch. Problem was I reached across the flame and left a nasty burn on my left forearm. Right arm followed the movement, and, well, you get the idea.
Dan
I had super glue land right on my eye ball once........and only once. What an experience, I tell ya. Between lots of saline, and finally loosening it with a finger nail.
It came off, almost went to the emergency room. BLAH.
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;D ok i have senged fingers on wood burning tools too.
What can i say I'm inpatient and the metal takes forever to cool so i decided to help it out bye removing it. thankfully i used a paper towel but still senged my finger
Hmm, crafting injuries? Carpel tunnel in both wrists that makes me unable to lift anything really heavy. Right wrist is way worse. Probably a dozen or so 3rd degree burns from woodburing. Once sewed my finger with my sewing machine, that was fun. Two scars from hot glue guns in very odd places. Lots of splinters. Cuts on my legs from wire going crazy when my chainmaille jig decided to split in two. Lots and lots of bird poo on me and in my hair from my crafting buddies.
I have so many more crafting injuries, it's not even funny. Plus i work in a print/copy center, so I get lots of strange injuries there too. never get your finger caught in the collation tray of a xerox 4110. It's not fun.
While I was doing the rough work on the limb that has become my walking staff, the handsaw I was using slipped and gave me a nice cut on my left leg. Bled for a while, and I had to pick some sawdust out of it, but it wasn't deep. It was actually kinda funny looking, kinda like Morse code or something, because of the serrated blade.
The walking staff strikes again! I was wittling a bit on it a few days ago, and busted a knuckle on a branch nub.
I had to stop knitting for about a week or two because my arm was really sore. Too much knitting in too short of time.
I cut the tip of my finger with a pair of sissors. Always watch where you are cutting, even if it is under the paper/fabric!
My mom cut a V in her knuckle with a pair of sewing sissors. They were sharp sissors.
My dad was polishing or cleaning something, and was using an electric drill with a wire... disk? I don't know what it's called. Well, whatever he was cleaning, he was holding, and the drill slipped. Onto his arm. So he ended up wirebrushing a bit of his inner forearm. Yeah, ow.
I wouldn't call it a "wound" so much, but it IS a pain. not too long ago, I made a rather large wood gouge from a chunk of a car's leafspring I had laying around. (note to self, smoke from coal, and recovering from bronchitis doesn't mix well.) but as I was grinding the edges smooth on my bench grinder, I picked up a file laying nearby and ended up with several metal fibers digging into my hand. took me a few days to dig them all out
Electrical/heat burns from a shared soldering iron, where somebody left the tip across the cord when it was hot. A nice tingle in the arm, then ouch...
Quote from: Morgan Dreadlocke on May 25, 2008, 12:02:06 AM
Lessons learned-
Never use a-
Hot glue gun
X-acto knife
Dremel tool,
While sitting down!
I was in the process of working on a project for Theatre (Scene design class)... sitting down, talking to mom, using a rather large exacto knife. Slipped and stabbed myself in the thigh with the knife. It was standing straight up in my leg...and it was deep. I think I stared at it wide-eyed, repeating 'what do I do? what do I do?'. Mom was doing the same but saying, 'don't pull it out! don't pull it out!'. Pulled it out. Bled all over the place, almost went in for stiches, but b/c I'm a cheap skate, I just plasted butterfly bandages all on it. Still have a not- so- pretty scar. :P
While not as worthy of song as some of the stories here...I can tell you guys that half opening a stainless steel or aluminum ring (for a maille project) and then dropping it on the floor...and stepping on it barefoot later....Yeah, that smarts. The sharp cut end of the ring invariably stands up like a caltrop.
I've stabbed myself in the hands with needlenose pliers whilst trying to manipulate smaller rings a fair number of times too. :-\
Quote from: Malkavian on October 31, 2008, 03:18:58 PM
While not as worthy of song as some of the stories here...I can tell you guys that half opening a stainless steel or aluminum ring (for a maille project) and then dropping it on the floor...and stepping on it barefoot later....Yeah, that smarts. The sharp cut end of the ring invariably stands up like a caltrop.
I've had that happen before, I had to literally twist the piece of metal out of my foot, it doesn't sound like much but your right about it hurting
Discovered the hard way that E-6000 glue can cause some nasty skin irritation when used in good sized amounts for a long time - not to mention the migraine-inducing fumes.
Quote from: jcbanner on October 31, 2008, 05:21:23 PM
Quote from: Malkavian on October 31, 2008, 03:18:58 PM
While not as worthy of song as some of the stories here...I can tell you guys that half opening a stainless steel or aluminum ring (for a maille project) and then dropping it on the floor...and stepping on it barefoot later....Yeah, that smarts. The sharp cut end of the ring invariably stands up like a caltrop.
I've had that happen before, I had to literally twist the piece of metal out of my foot, it doesn't sound like much but your right about it hurting
On a couple of occasions, I've stepped on staples, only to have the prongs bend halfway into my foot, effectively stapling it. One of the more interesting pains I've had in removing foreign objects from my flesh.
I got a blister cutting up fat for tallow candles. :-[
Lesson learned: no one person needs 30lbs of fat for candles. 10lbs is enough.
Lesson 265: to my growing list of hazards do not use a bead rimmer to put holes anything with a flat backside especally if your holding it in your hands(flat back gem broke and i poked my finger that smarted i had a tiny hole in my finger for a day)
lots of poked fingers from quilting... Mom used to always tell me to make it bleed so it doesn't get infected and it works.
Kokipeli are EVIL lol. Regardless of be it a glass etching or carving into an egg anytime I do a Kokipeli design I bleed. Really popular design not sure if folks like it that much or just want to find out how bad I will bleed.
Quote from: Hoowil on October 20, 2008, 01:51:50 AM
Electrical/heat burns from a shared soldering iron, where somebody left the tip across the cord when it was hot. A nice tingle in the arm, then ouch...
I was learning how to use a soldering iron and i dropped little hit metal balls onto my foot more times than i can count.
Stabbed myself night before last with my jewelers needle nose pliers, right at the base of my thumb, while I was working on a wire-wrapped stone pendant. The pendant is fine... ::)
I was pressing open seams on a garment - press, put down iron, fiddle with seam, press, put down iron, etc. At one point I reached for the iron without looking and grabbed the wrong side. Owie!
I was cutting some antler beads for my niece yesterday and hacked the knuckle of my middle finger on my left hand... ::) It was a second's inattention. Saw slipped, finger got in the way, and now I have a row of 6 sawtooth marks on my knuckle!
***EDIT*** And I smashed my thumb with a hammer just moments ago putting up Halloween decorations!! >:(
Quote from: Nighthawk on October 27, 2010, 05:49:44 PM
I was cutting some antler beads for my niece yesterday and hacked the knuckle of my middle finger on my left hand... ::) It was a second's inattention. Saw slipped, finger got in the way, and now I have a row of 6 sawtooth marks on my knuckle!
I have done that more times then I care to remember. I feel your pain on this one
Quote from: jcbanner on October 28, 2010, 03:58:35 PM
Quote from: Nighthawk on October 27, 2010, 05:49:44 PM
I was cutting some antler beads for my niece yesterday and hacked the knuckle of my middle finger on my left hand... ::) It was a second's inattention. Saw slipped, finger got in the way, and now I have a row of 6 sawtooth marks on my knuckle!
I have done that more times then I care to remember. I feel your pain on this one
And later that same day, my nephew hit me on the knuckles with a mallet. I was teaching him to set rivets in leather. And THEN I was hammering brass tacks into my Scottish targe and smashed my thumb!! All in the same day, man!! 8) Yes, I'm just that good...
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed, does it?
Quote from: jcbanner on October 29, 2010, 01:12:54 PM
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed, does it?
That, sir, it does not. (http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Well, a few years ago, a friend was using her sewing machine. We heard a "!!PING!!"
Then she said... "OMG"! :o
The pin holding the seam, managed to get stuck in my forehead! ::)
I never felt it! (Good to have a hard head I guess! LOL! :P)
From that day on...I sew by hand! ;D
Quote from: irish on November 06, 2010, 12:42:27 AM
Well, a few years ago, a friend was using her sewing machine. We heard a "!!PING!!"
Then she said... "OMG"! :o
The pin holding the seam, managed to get stuck in my forehead! ::)
I never felt it! (Good to have a hard head I guess! LOL! :P)
From that day on...I sew by hand! ;D
:o Makes me think of that old Mel Brooks quote- "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when I fall down an open manhole and die!"
Hot glue is evil!
The high temp ones are the worst! Working on a project I got a blob of freaky hot glue on my finger, swear and remove not 5 minutes later a bigger blob on the same bloody spot! Holy hell that hurt, yay for a new scar.
My grandma used to work a LOT with glue. She taught me a trick. Put a dab of glue on something, wait a bit, stick the most likely to get burned finger in it, wait as long as you can, then peel it off. Do this several times shortening the dry time. You will build up a great callous in a short time! I usually just did it while gluing whatever I was working on. Amazing how quickly you build up a tolerance. The key is to purposefully continue to get the glue on your finger(s) WHILE you are working. ;D
Hot glue... :o
Keep a bowl of cold water handy! Put your finger right in it!
Helps a little..... :)
Quote from: Adriana Rose on November 13, 2010, 11:18:46 AM
Hot glue is evil!
The high temp ones are the worst! Working on a project I got a blob of freaky hot glue on my finger, swear and remove not 5 minutes later a bigger blob on the same bloody spot! Holy hell that hurt, yay for a new scar.
Oh... oh... That sounds PAINFUL!!
It's funny- I was uploading pictures of a sporran that I made, and I discovered that there was also a pic of my bruised thumbnail! Please feel free to point and laugh:
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Quote from: irish on November 06, 2010, 12:42:27 AM
Well, a few years ago, a friend was using her sewing machine. We heard a "!!PING!!"
Then she said... "OMG"! :o
The pin holding the seam, managed to get stuck in my forehead! ::)
I never felt it! (Good to have a hard head I guess! LOL! :P)
From that day on...I sew by hand! ;D
That reminds me of a time i was making a mask. My sister came over and was screwing with my supplies and i went to smack her hand away so shed stop distracting me well i didnt realize she was holding an exacto knife. She yelled, i looked down saw it sticking into my hand moved my hand, it followed, then yelled lol
I hate it when sharp implements follow me around... ;D
Slightly odd one recently, i got a splinter stuck in my tongue from biting my paintbrush that was broken on the end. I think I've accidentally ate so much paint now.
Quote from: Becky10 on December 30, 2010, 06:05:46 PM
Slightly odd one recently, i got a splinter stuck in my tongue from biting my paintbrush that was broken on the end. I think I've accidentally ate so much paint now.
LMAO ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Sorry to laugh but wait till you hear this!
I bought a new bottle of black food coloring. The safety seal was too small to pull with my fingers so genius me thought why not use your teeth, after all, its edible. (Do you see what's coming?) Well apparently the bottle was under a bit of pressure so when my teeth broke the seal I felt this whoosh into my mouth. I instantly knew what had happened! I rushed passed hubby into the bathroom. He thought I was sick or hurt so ran after me. Then he saw me looking into the mirror and died laughing.... at my now distinctly black teeth, gums, tongue, lips, you name it! Took several swishes of hydrogen peroxide and about 5 scrubs with toothpaste to get it off!!!!! :o ;D
LOL!
Have you ever seen the Patriot with Heath Ledger? That reminds me so much of the tea scene!
I got in a food color fight once. Amazing how well that stuff can stay on.
Quote from: Becky10 on January 02, 2011, 09:02:14 PM
LOL!
Have you ever seen the Patriot with Heath Ledger? That reminds me so much of the tea scene!
I got in a food color fight once. Amazing how well that stuff can stay on.
That is EXACTLY what came to mind when I looked in the mirror!!!!
Red velvet cake is worse! ::)
Quote from: Becky10 on January 02, 2011, 09:02:14 PM
LOL!
Have you ever seen the Patriot with Heath Ledger? That reminds me so much of the tea scene!
I got in a food color fight once. Amazing how well that stuff can stay on.
Yeah... and if you're ever looking for a fun activity to do with small kids, and run across an article about making homemade face paints with the stuff... DON'T!!! Particularly if they're not YOUR kids!!! :o ::)
But its the best when theyre NOT your kids! You dont have to worry about scrubbing them clean!
I got a dark blue cupcake frosting to the face. I fondly remember running, falling on my butt in the middle of the quad then *squash* all my senior pictures with friends i looked like a smurf lol
I needs to try that with my cousin. I feel the devil horns popping up.
Not an injury to anything but pride (and not so much even mine) but I thought it would be fun, once upon a long ago, to go after the miniature American Eskimo Dog that I had with some left over Easter egg dye for the local animal shelter's fund raiser animal fun day. Didn't really dawn on me that I was basically covering natural fiber with dye and vinegar. That poor dog was rainbow colored for nearly a year. I did end up getting a prize for the most colorful dog though...
My american ekimo when I was little got into my grandmother's acrylic scarlet red paint. I woke up to see my dog "covered" in blood... only it was just his paint. The problem was that this paint bind's it's self to natural fiber. For about 2-3 months we had a red, then pink dog. Thankfull it happened in the spring, and she blew her coat during the summer. Just meant extra brushing, She was back to hiding in snow banks by winter, but good grief!
Like many crafters, I work in leather. One lesson you can learn quickly is that the Glover's needles have surgical sharpness to their triangular tips. Even if you drag the needle inadvertantly across the skin it will open it up. Ive only done the drag once and it left a good sized scar.
You also learn quickly to never allow distractions to take your mind away from your work. One afternoon I was carrying on a conversation with a friend as I was pushing the glovers through a fairly thick piece of leather. I looked away for a second and the tip went right into the thumb straight to the bone. The worst part about these needles is the triangle tips for they wont allow the puncture to close properly and you bleed badly.
Now I pay strict attention to my work when using them ;)
Quote from: EmbyrretheFae on May 06, 2011, 06:19:19 AM
Like many crafters, I work in leather. One lesson you can learn quickly is that the Glover's needles have surgical sharpness to their triangular tips. Even if you drag the needle inadvertantly across the skin it will open it up. Ive only done the drag once and it left a good sized scar.
You also learn quickly to never allow distractions to take your mind away from your work. One afternoon I was carrying on a conversation with a friend as I was pushing the glovers through a fairly thick piece of leather. I looked away for a second and the tip went right into the thumb straight to the bone. The worst part about these needles is the triangle tips for they wont allow the puncture to close properly and you bleed badly.
Now I pay strict attention to my work when using them ;)
Oh yes... Those things can be nasty!! I've given myself more than one or two piercings... So recently, I've been assigned the duties of the clan chandler, as well as clan leather worker. I spilled a good 2 cups worth of hot melted bee's wax on the floor, with a good bit of it ending up on my bare leg and foot... 8) Yeah, I'm just that good...
Quote from: Nighthawk on June 15, 2011, 12:19:49 AM
Oh yes... Those things can be nasty!! I've given myself more than one or two piercings... So recently, I've been assigned the duties of the clan chandler, as well as clan leather worker. I spilled a good 2 cups worth of hot melted bee's wax on the floor, with a good bit of it ending up on my bare leg and foot... 8) Yeah, I'm just that good...
Some women pay lots of money for a waxing of that caliber ;D
It's not much compared to the others on here, but definitely painful, all the same! Broke a needle on my machine a couple weeks ago, found the tip in between my large and second toe...OUCH!!
Quote from: Rogue Hidesmith on June 15, 2011, 05:43:59 AM
Some women pay lots of money for a waxing of that caliber ;D
You make a good point!! :D
Here's a story about safety!
I always wear safety goggles, gloves, leg coverings, and masks while working with dangerous supplies... well... now I do.
A couple months ago I had just borrows a dremel tool and was pretty excited to use it. At first I wore all of the protection I was supposed to. Then I just wanted to "try a little thing" and was too lazy to put on my goggles. I dremeled a bit of metal away from a piece of jewelry and ended up with some microscopic metal shavings in my eyes.
I went to the doctor that day and luckily it wasn't too bad. He gave me some drops and it all cleared up, but I could have been very injured due to laziness.
So... wear your goggles!
Also, be careful not to think "the knife isn't /that/ sharp." Oh, the scars I have from that mistake...
Quote from: Niennis on July 29, 2011, 03:33:04 AM
Also, be careful not to think "the knife isn't /that/ sharp." Oh, the scars I have from that mistake...
We were always told a dull knife is a dangerous knife. You're more likely to put too much force to it, and it won't leave a clean cut, but a jagged tear.
I was trying to poke a small slit into some fake leather just now and the scissors went through it quicker than I thought and I sliced my thumb right open! I also made the slit waaay too big and the piece is ruined XD Gah!
Cut the end of my finger with the tips of the scissor blades just now... Sharp scissors!!! :o
Careless cutting just a couple of days ago landed me with two deep cuts on my left hand. One on the joint. Ow!
This has been a PAINFUL, but funny thread to read... I'm glad I finished. The pain was just getting to be too much. I accidentally ground through a portion of one of my fingernails right on the nail bed with a grinding wheel that I was using to finish off metal shelves with. THAT was painful, and I had to lay down and take deep breaths. I watched the hole in the nail grow outward off my finger for a couple of months or so until I was finally able to cut that part off and have a whole nail again.
Funny enough all my scars are from gardening.. But I have stabbed myself while hand sewing, I have burn, sanded, cut, pierced, and skinned myself crafting, not a scar from any of it..
As a stitching rennie I have many battle scars. I added a new one 3 weeks ago. Now my DH was nice enough to make sure that I didn't attempt to sew the night of my oral surgery. However a couple days later I was doing a very late night sewing missing. I reached over to pick up scissors or something and the side of my hand hit the edge of my hot iron. Normally the slightest touch gets a flurry of curses out of me. I don't' know if it was just how tired I was but I didn't feel it. I was just deadpan "Oh I burnt myself. Let's put it under some water." Washed the blister off, and went back to sewing. What my sleep deprived brain thought was just a small burn was actually a 2 inch long , quarter inch wide burn in the place on your hand where everyone's hand goes when they shake your hand. I mentioned to the DH I had burnt my self, and since I didn't seemed phased he wasn't worried, UNTIL he actually saw the burn. He was not pleased.
Word of advise, if you are starting a new position and being introduced to alot of people, DON"T burn your hand there. :o
ugh. I've never burned myself that bad with an iron. I feel for you.
There is enough of my blood in every item I have ever made to make them relatives.
Especially the hats.....I'm wondering who ended up with the hat from the silent auction at St Voloc's.
Quote from: Rani Zemirah on August 04, 2011, 07:40:12 PM
Cut the end of my finger with the tips of the scissor blades just now... Sharp scissors!!! :o
Oh yeah, did that a couple weeks ago. I was holding a doublet tab in my left hand while trimming the piping.
Always be aware of the position of your finger in relation to the tips of the (very sharp) shears. I opened the end of my little finger with no effort at all.
I had to wait for hubby to get home before I could bandage it; every time I brought it down to below my heart it bled too badly to get a gauze pad on it. I got the heck out of the sewing room (and all the white linen therein) immediately.
It's healed now but it still gives me a twinge when I put pressure on it...
I managed to give myself several friction blisters whilst whittling the magic wands for the kids (pictures in the Wizard's Workshop thread over in Queen Bonnie's Realm) - three on my index finger, two on the second finger, one on the ring finger, one on my palm just below the index finger and one on my thumb. Those hurt for days, and the skin just stopped peeling off my index finger yesterday - three weeks later!
My brother loves to work with wood. From carving fancy spoons to building decks, fences, and other structures. One weekend, while his wife and kids were out of town, he was working in the back yard building a new deck. With a new saw. That had the safety shield on the opposite side from his old saw. You see where this is going, don't you. :( He cut off his left pinkie finger, and nearly severed his ring finger. No one was home, so when he was able, he walked to the neighbor for help. They had to send one of their kids looking for the missing finger, which sent the poor kid into therapy. :(
Anyway, long story shorter ... he had the option of them trying to save the nerves of his ring finger with the doctor at the first hospital, or air lifting him to another hospital where they'd be able to save his pinkie finger. Unfortunately, he could not choose both. He chose to save the nerves of his ring finger, because that has more impact on his grip strength. That finger's still a mess, but it is mostly functional. His pinkie ends about halfway down.