New Needles!
Well, I got rewarded for being stupid…
I walked to the end of the block in 40 degree, misty weather to get the mail. Did I mention that I’m sick… Yeah. But, it was totally worth it…
These were waiting for me…
Yeah! I can see a few drawbacks… the cables won’t serve as stitch holders and you can’t combind cables to make longer ones. But, they are bamboo needles! With much longer screw mechanisms than the Boye variety and you also don’t need a key. Plus, the case is much smaller than the Denise. And, well, did I mention that these are bamboo and not plastic?? To be fair I haven’t seen a set of Denise needles in person, but I’ve tried some Bryspuns and I’ve tried other varieties of plastic/acrylic etc. needles and I can’t stand them. So, I doubt I would feel any better about the Denise needles.
I’m not sure if it’s that I’ve been sick or if I’m not really carring for the magic loop one set of circ sock method or what, but I’m not making much progress on my dad’s first sock. And, since I’ve always been one who had to wear all her new clothes immediately, I’m going to cast on the Multidirectional Scarf with the Noro Silk Garden I picked up at the LYS sale back in September.
I’m thinking it might be a night home along for me as we had a friend call and invite us over to honor the celebrities that passed on this week with a movie marathon of Caddyshack, Psycho, and Superman. I’ve love to see the first and the third, but I’m not sure I could make it through a late night, or that I should make it through a late night… So, I’m thinking I’ll probably have to opt to stay home. But I think I’ll finally venture out of the bedroom and go watch some TiVo’d programs that DH doesn’t care about and hopefully knit!
Oh, and while catching up with the knitting blogs this afternoon, I cam upon a Knitbloggers Cookbook project by Elizabeth of My Favorite Things. I passed along three of our favorite recipes around here. How about you?
