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Posted by YarnWright on June 11, 2006, 9:38 am
Ya'll can read on my main blog how yesterday's WWKIP day went:
http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us/
Our ozone levels were dangerously high, NOW I know *why* I'm so wiped
out!
*WANTED*
Size US 000 DPN's, under 6 inches in lenghth, NON metal, NOT
plastic... I want WOOD, ie: bamboo, rosewood, ebony, birch, etc; any
WOOD!!
I sacked in till 6:30 this morning, it's going to be another high
ozone, scorchin' day....
Later!
Hugs,
Noreen
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I am not young enough to know everything.
http://www.lulu.com/content/292418
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Posted by Craftkitten on June 11, 2006, 10:10 am
Hi
Sounds like you had a good day yesterday even through the ozone levels
were very high.
I just dropped in for a few minutes this morning to say Hi to everyone
before heading out to the airport and off the Calgary again. This is
going to be a crazy week as my schedule is 12 hours a day in the
office. Hopefully each evening I will get a bit of crocheting done.
Sorry can't help you with the needles but hopefully someone else will.
Take care
Darlene
YarnWright wrote:
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> Ya'll can read on my main blog how yesterday's WWKIP day went:
> http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us/
> Our ozone levels were dangerously high, NOW I know *why* I'm so wiped
> out!
> *WANTED*
> Size US 000 DPN's, under 6 inches in lenghth, NON metal, NOT
> plastic... I want WOOD, ie: bamboo, rosewood, ebony, birch, etc; any
> WOOD!!
> I sacked in till 6:30 this morning, it's going to be another high
> ozone, scorchin' day....
> Later!
> Hugs,
> Noreen
> --
> I am not young enough to know everything.
> http://www.lulu.com/content/292418
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> ---
> avast! AV: Outbound message clean.
> Virus Database (VPS): 0623-4, 06/09/2006
> Tested: 6/11/2006 8:38:40 AM
> avast! - (c) 1988-2006
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Posted by Els van Dam on June 11, 2006, 3:01 pm
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> Hi
>
> Sounds like you had a good day yesterday even through the ozone levels
> were very high.
>
> I just dropped in for a few minutes this morning to say Hi to everyone
> before heading out to the airport and off the Calgary again. This is
> going to be a crazy week as my schedule is 12 hours a day in the
> office. Hopefully each evening I will get a bit of crocheting done.
>
> Sorry can't help you with the needles but hopefully someone else will.
>
> Take care
> Darlene
Darlene if you make it back to the West coast let me know I will wave to
you from the Island. Have a safe trip
els
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Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr
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Posted by Craftkitten on June 13, 2006, 12:26 am
Hi Els
I made it as far West as Calgary and will be here until Saturday when I
fly back home for a couple of days.
Darlene
Els van Dam wrote:
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> Darlene if you make it back to the West coast let me know I will wave to
> you from the Island. Have a safe trip
>
> els
>
> --
> Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr
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Posted by on June 11, 2006, 7:18 pm
Last winter, I made a bunch of little wooden cable stitch holders last
winter that were about 000 or and maybe 3" long. They all ended up
breaking or just not being stiff enough to really work well. Woods tried
included ash (I wanted the cable needle to "snag" and not fall out!) bamboo,
birch, black walnut, olive, and dogwood.
Did you really give stainless steel a honest try? It has a lower thermal
conductivity than steel or aluminum so it feels much warmer, and it is
nonmagnetic. At that small diameter, stainless steel really does not feel
that heavy. If weight *is* still an issue, we could go to stainless steel
tubing and really get the weight down. (I.e., 0.5 inch long solid tips with
5" of tubing between them could be very light weight.
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<EG> Another way of dealing with the weight of steel needles is a *knitting
sheath*. Knitting sheaths can be set up to even take very short, curved DPN
for knitting miniatures. They can be adjusted to support the work at a
comfortable level. And nothing knits faster than steel needles with a
knitting sheath! Knitting sheaths even allow you to knit socks on long DPN
without it feeling like you have a handful of wild spiders or mating
porcupines on your lap. The steel needles have a spring to them that does
half the work. you start the stitch and the spring of the needle finishes
the stitch. It is like "pushbutton" knitting. Maybe what you need is steel
needles and a wooden knitting sheath? (On the other hand long DPN are very
dangerous!)
Wood is much stronger than steel on a weight for weight basis. However,
steel is much stronger on a volume for volume basis. At 000, you are
getting down to the point where you need the strength per volume of steel or
stainless steel.
Aaron
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> Ya'll can read on my main blog how yesterday's WWKIP day went:
> http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us/
> Our ozone levels were dangerously high, NOW I know *why* I'm so wiped
> out!
> *WANTED*
> Size US 000 DPN's, under 6 inches in lenghth, NON metal, NOT
> plastic... I want WOOD, ie: bamboo, rosewood, ebony, birch, etc; any
> WOOD!!
> I sacked in till 6:30 this morning, it's going to be another high
> ozone, scorchin' day....
> Later!
> Hugs,
> Noreen
> --
> I am not young enough to know everything.
> http://www.lulu.com/content/292418
> - - - - -
> ---
> avast! AV: Outbound message clean.
> Virus Database (VPS): 0623-4, 06/09/2006
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> avast! - (c) 1988-2006
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> http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us/
> Our ozone levels were dangerously high, NOW I know *why* I'm so wiped
> out!
> *WANTED*
> Size US 000 DPN's, under 6 inches in lenghth, NON metal, NOT
> plastic... I want WOOD, ie: bamboo, rosewood, ebony, birch, etc; any
> WOOD!!
> I sacked in till 6:30 this morning, it's going to be another high
> ozone, scorchin' day....
> Later!
> Hugs,
> Noreen
> --
> I am not young enough to know everything.
> http://www.lulu.com/content/292418
> - - - - -
> ---
> avast! AV: Outbound message clean.
> Virus Database (VPS): 0623-4, 06/09/2006
> Tested: 6/11/2006 8:38:40 AM
> avast! - (c) 1988-2006
> http://www.avast.com