North American emegency room staff saw almost 7000 admissions last year for injuries resulting from wrestling with wrap. You know the kind I mean, the armour that encases anything electronic. The stuff that requires the assistance or kitchen knives or razor blades or cover your ears you dental types, teeth. Injuries include deep cuts, some involving tendons and surgery, sore shoulders, inadvertent self inflicted punches and plastic wedged painfully between teeth.
The number of admissions increases when you include other types of packaging – CD shrinkwrap or plastic zip straps, for example. They have a name for this affliction, they call it wrap rage. I’ve been there and so has Mari:
There was also wrap happiness here. Santa delivered a surprise all the way from Alabama, thanks to Wendy of Catknits. No rage here, the US postal service boxes are easily opened with a simple pulltab. Inside was Shibui merino yarn, a tool case and this sweet knitting S’More:
Life's a Stitch 
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