Imagine your grandmother sitting in her rocking chair by the fire, sewing you a set of sheets for your bed. What could be more harmless? Emily, a sophomore at Lawrence Academy agreed to tell the tale of her violent encounter with sewing materials. "I was cutting my fabric, and my tip was over the edge, and I cut the tip of my finger off. I have my tetanus shot though so it's alright!" As you can see, the art of sewing is one with dangers similar to crocodile wrestling. Ms. O'Connor, the Winterim leader quotes, "Yes, there are many ways to be injured in sewing...you definitely have to pay attention." Although no statistics can be easily attained, a quick search on Google reports that there are plenty of scissor related deaths every year, many of them involving moving from one sewing station to another while holding scissors and falling on top of them.
So if any lessons can be learned here, next time you see your grandmother, give her a big hug and thank her for putting her life on the line in order to provide you bedding and warmth.
Dear viewers, have you had any traumatizing experiences in your Winterims? Let us know in the comments!
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It was quite a shocking event! The quilters were looking quite tenative at the cutting station after the painful cutting of Emily D.'s finger!
ReplyDeleteLast year on my Dog Sledding winterim, I remember when we walked into our hotel room and we found human feces in our shower. It smelled awful for the rest of our stay.
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