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Finally, a use for aluminum DPNs

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

sue

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suzee

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:12:22 -0600, suzee spewed forth :

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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Wooly

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

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suzee

Wooly why don`t you make some small hair nets ? i can send you my pattern ,, mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:15:24 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) spewed forth :

Hi Mirjam. I wear head scarves pretty frequently which I make myself from yardage. I have a couple of snoods including one Stella sent me, but I don't like using bobbypins so having more snoods won't solve anything :D But thanks!

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Wooly I use Clips , now adays you have them in nice colors , if you can`t find them where you live i could send you some , mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

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