Semi-off Topic: Needlepoint/Knitting store rant

"UN" - an unfamiliar abbreviation in this context. Perchance "Unarmed Needlework" (not for the faint-hearted).

That's so nice of you, and a good way to keep busy.

Yikes. I have several pairs of Addi Turbo circular needles, and they run from $11.50 - $19.00 (for a long pair of large ones). On average, they're between $13 & $15 at my LKS - which isn't a bargain place, but reasonable. This place definitely sounds like a rip.

Thanks.

Ellice

Umm - I'm sure she means her United Nations team. Around here there is a group activity in high schools and university of "Model UN" . Sort of the debate kids meet politics - to be simplistic (having been a model UN'er in my youth oh so long ago).

ellice

Thanks Ellice - I've not come across that before. Sounds a wonderful concept.

It is a good thing - for the kids interested in world politics, etc. It works basically as a model of the UN in its functioning. I believe Donna's son is active in it. I'm sure Elizabeth could shed more light - and there's probably some info on the web...

It was a fun thing to do in high school - I got drafted by a friend who was a sophmore with the group, and someone had dropped off, and the head of the team came and asked me (he was a very cool, tall senior, and my AP chemistry teacher's son). I was pretty flattered - being only in 10th grade as opposed to the seniors. My first year - it was a 4 day meeting, and we were supposed to be Trinidad and Tobago. Did my research, etc - we got to the host school . Something had happened, next thing - we're the US, and I'm the one sent to the general assembly. Very fun. People really playing their roles - complete with speeches, back-room deals, note passing, etc.

Ellice

Model United Nations - definitely not context specific.

Elizabeth

That's a heck of a lot for ANY pair of needles! I seldom need to purchase needles since I have not only the ones I have purchased through the years but also lots of "orphan" needles given to me by friends who are cleaning out houses of elderly dead relatives. I think I've got sizes 1 through 15 in double-points (up to about 8), and all the others in both 10" and 14", as well as scads of circulars. Anyway, you can always stop by a "dime store", K-Mart, Target, etc. And a few of the larger drug stores such as Walgreens even have them now and then. $30 seems almost obscene for anything less than sterling silver with 22K gold wash! Sheesh!

Or at least hand-carved antler....

When we lived in North Yorkshire one of our greatest treats was to visit the local "tip" (or rubbish dump) on Sunday lunch-time. The staff did not just dump every single thing into landfill, they "recycled" a great deal of stuff - including books & craft materials - and had a "mini market" where you could purchase items for a very small sum of money. I got lots of textbooks and Maureen got lots of craft materials. The saddest thing was to find suitcases stuffed full of wool, silks, patterns (often years old), half-knitted items and half-completed cross-stitch projects; obviously someone had died and the family had simply tossed out everything they did not consider "valuable".

Time passes and everything old is new again. I bought The Art of Crewel Embroidery by Mildred J. Davis (it's the definitive crewel book IMO) from a store in Massachussetts in 1997. It had belonged to a Pauline Filcher, it was old and well thumbed and I am sure somebody turfed it out after she died. I now value it.

I have written in it who I am - where I bought it - and fully expect some day someone like me will buy it somewhere, I know none of my kids would want to give it room ! I often refer to it and wonder who Pauline Filcher was and which pieces in it she completed. Hope her work was valued.

Leave it to me, you know it will be valued by be me and mine! Cheryl

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Lol and you're not that far away. You could nip over on the cat and get them, there is a collection of books !

My aunt in the UK was always picking stuff up at sales just like that. The time before last when I was over I found a whole pile of Needlecraft, and I do mean whole pile. I asked her what was going on because she, like me, subscribed from day one. She had seen them at a Jumble Sale and thought it seemed so awful they wound up there, she bought them. However, she gave the first copy back to the church for them to sell on ebay as many collectors pay well for that one !

Which is why you're in charge of the stash portion of my Will. I know you will find it all a good home among RCTNers.

This was the REASON i made my work "Fabrics Remember Album" In which i embroidered /sewed an Old Work Done by Late Relatives and Aquaintances , on a `cloth page` , and added the name and relevant dates of the maker. mirjam

You'd be surprised. The Addi Turbo needles (from Germany) are expensive - they're the metal needles - but people who like them are addicted. I love them - the circular ones. The transitions from cable to needle are smooth, and they're nice to handle - in hot weather.

Personally - I mostly have a lot of Brittney wooden needles - which I love the feel of and aren't too expensive. And the inherited stuff from my DM which are packed away somewhere. But, you should see the prices on the hand-carved Rosewood needles, and the ones with decorative ends. I haven't splurged on any - though I do periodically hint for a set. OTOH - I love using the 40% off at Michaels or AC Moore's on needles if I need.

Ellice

I thought the same thing about the price of Addi Turbo knitting needles, but I am currently knitting one of the Swallowhill Creations scarves:

Just my 2 cents....L>You'd be surprised. The Addi Turbo needles (from Germany) are expensive -

I think that the Addis are really nice. I like bamboo better, because I find that I am more likely to drop stitches with the Addis. What I didn't like was the the idea of paying twice what they usually cost.

I wouldn't buy knitting needles at a dime store, Target, whathave you, because I find that quality needles make a difference to my knitting experience. But there's a difference between paying a premium price for a quality good and getting ripped off.

Elizabeth

I visited the site. Anyone else, here's the correct URL

Dianne

Hi Dianne,

Sorry for the typo. I've knit "Jane" a bead knit clutch bag, and the matching card holder. The instructions are very easy to follow. The scarf directions are also very, very easy to follow, and they give great hints and tips.

...yes, indeed you will have to string beads. If you purchase them on a hank they can be transferred, but I can't buy hanks where I live, so I'm getting fairly speedy at stringing. It's mindless, and goes fairly fast.

take care, L>I visited the site. Anyone else, here's the correct URL