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The only problem with the line "Just because I can communicate with the dead doesn't mean that I don't find it creepy" is that it wasn't spoken by a fictional character. (It's one thing to read a Mary Sue character. Between this and the woman who thinks she's a prophetess descended from Mary Magdalene, I think I have to institute a personal ban on reading authors who think they are Mary Sue.)
Knitter's Poll:
Having decided that I like knitting with wooden needles and gotten rid of all of my aunt's aluminum ones, it's going to be ironic if I go out and buy more. However on the other hand, the Rowan Summer Tweed (a silk/cotton boucle) is so stiff that it literally *squeaks* on even my glossiest wood.
I'm thinking that if I'm ever going to knit it up without my shoulders working into celtic knots of frustration and tension by the end of a row, I'm going to have to get a different set of needles for this project. I'm not sure that acrylic will be smooth enough - the Knitter's Pearls are so lacquered that they're practically acrylic needles anyway - and glass is WAY out of my price range. (Also too pointy. I knit by pushing on the tips of the needles, particularly to move stiff yarn.)
So, for those who knit with other substances:
[Poll #1397207]
The only problem with the line "Just because I can communicate with the dead doesn't mean that I don't find it creepy" is that it wasn't spoken by a fictional character. (It's one thing to read a Mary Sue character. Between this and the woman who thinks she's a prophetess descended from Mary Magdalene, I think I have to institute a personal ban on reading authors who think they are Mary Sue.)
Knitter's Poll:
Having decided that I like knitting with wooden needles and gotten rid of all of my aunt's aluminum ones, it's going to be ironic if I go out and buy more. However on the other hand, the Rowan Summer Tweed (a silk/cotton boucle) is so stiff that it literally *squeaks* on even my glossiest wood.
I'm thinking that if I'm ever going to knit it up without my shoulders working into celtic knots of frustration and tension by the end of a row, I'm going to have to get a different set of needles for this project. I'm not sure that acrylic will be smooth enough - the Knitter's Pearls are so lacquered that they're practically acrylic needles anyway - and glass is WAY out of my price range. (Also too pointy. I knit by pushing on the tips of the needles, particularly to move stiff yarn.)
So, for those who knit with other substances:
[Poll #1397207]
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Date: 2009-05-09 02:55 pm (UTC)Barring that, you don't specify what your "glossiest" wood is. Have you tried the Grafton Fibers needles? They're the only wood needles I like, and they have a really nice finish on them without being *too* smooth.
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Date: 2009-05-09 05:18 pm (UTC)Never heard of the Graftons yet. My "glossiest" woods are the heavily-lacquered Knitter's Pearls (ebony and about 100 coats of varnish). I've also got Britanys and Lantern Moons and even Clovers, but none of them have been good for the tweed.
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Date: 2009-05-09 05:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-09 06:59 pm (UTC)