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Finally, a use for aluminum DPNs Wooly 09-29-2006
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Posted by Wooly on September 29, 2006, 6:44 pm
I don't like aluminum needles. They're cold, they stay cold, they
have no give, they hurt my hands.

But I have finally found a use for the odd aluminum DPNs that seem to
have found their way into my bag: hairsticks!

Today I broke my last bamboo hairstick as I was jabbing it into my
bun. As I needed to *get my hair up* and didn't want to use a 'gator
clip I cast about me for a suitable replacement for the bamboo
hairstick (read: filed and sanded chopstick). My eye lit on a cup in
my corner cabinet into which I've been tossing all the orphan knitting
needles - and there was a nice shiny purpley Boye (or maybe Bates, who
knows) DPN doing nothing, waiting for it's chance to show off.

Voila! My bun is up!

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Posted by suzee on September 29, 2006, 7:12 pm
Wooly wrote:
> I don't like aluminum needles. They're cold, they stay cold, they
> have no give, they hurt my hands.
>
> But I have finally found a use for the odd aluminum DPNs that seem to
> have found their way into my bag: hairsticks!
>
> Today I broke my last bamboo hairstick as I was jabbing it into my
> bun. As I needed to *get my hair up* and didn't want to use a 'gator
> clip I cast about me for a suitable replacement for the bamboo
> hairstick (read: filed and sanded chopstick). My eye lit on a cup in
> my corner cabinet into which I've been tossing all the orphan knitting
> needles - and there was a nice shiny purpley Boye (or maybe Bates, who
> knows) DPN doing nothing, waiting for it's chance to show off.
>
> Voila! My bun is up!

They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
lacquered chopsticks sometimes...

sue

Posted by Wooly on September 30, 2006, 5:27 pm
forth :

>They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
>lacquered chopsticks sometimes...

If I put up a dry bun it starts falling down within a couple of hours
no matter how tightly I twist it starting out. A damp bun stays up
all day with any sort of stick. Probably has something to do with the
damp hair shrinking around the stick as it dries and locking the stick
into place.

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Posted by suzee on September 30, 2006, 7:16 pm
Wooly wrote:
> forth :
>
>> They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
>> lacquered chopsticks sometimes...
>
> If I put up a dry bun it starts falling down within a couple of hours
> no matter how tightly I twist it starting out. A damp bun stays up
> all day with any sort of stick. Probably has something to do with the
> damp hair shrinking around the stick as it dries and locking the stick
> into place.

Yeah, that's what it is. When my hair's newly washed and already dry, I
have trouble keeping a stick in it because it's kinds of slippery and
the twists loosen up. After a day or so, it stays in much better.

sue

Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on October 1, 2006, 1:15 am
Wooly why don`t you make some small hair nets ? i can send you my
pattern ,, mirjam


>forth :
>
>>They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
>>lacquered chopsticks sometimes...
>
>If I put up a dry bun it starts falling down within a couple of hours
>no matter how tightly I twist it starting out. A damp bun stays up
>all day with any sort of stick. Probably has something to do with the
>damp hair shrinking around the stick as it dries and locking the stick
>into place.
>
>+++++++++++++
>
>Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
>This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
>Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...


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