Miiiiighty quiet

So, Why does girly stuff have to be pink??

Leave pink to the people who like it - and there are knitters who love it. One of them will knit something pink. You should do something that the average knitter of pinks can not imagine.

Aaron

Two reasons for it being quiet from this part of the world. It is very very hot here, and it is a very busy summer as well. Just do not have the time to sit behind the computer.

Hear the 2 year old one waking up from her nap just now

so long for now, enjoy the summer

Els

Actually, it's Kidsilk Spray which is the same as Haze but in variegated colors. Mine is called Medici which is shades of blue. It is soooooo soft. Can anybody tell me if it's possible to sharpen the points on my bamboo needles?

Hi Jan,

I've got some of the Haze in my stash. It's very similar to the Douceur et Soie I had so much trouble with. Beautiful stuff.

I'm surprized that Aaron hasn't said anything about sharpening your bamboos. Are they expensive? Could you experiment with a pencil sharpener? I seem to remember someone mentioning that on here somewhere.

Hesira

Midwest poster wrote:

Thank you, Michelle

Daughter is saying she wants to try it :-) Loved the photos!

Guess I gotta go get some Kool-Aid

Moon

> In here are some photos of my dyed yarn:>

> There are great sites for koolaid dyeing; just google it and tons pop > up.>

Hi Wooly,

That's why I always use baby pastel colors, never a solid pink or blue.

Hugs,

Nora

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Jan, or sand paper, you may have better controle with a bit of medium and then fine sandpaper. A pencil sharpener, may take it away to fast, or bite into the wood. Sandpaper will give you better controle I would think, what does Aaron have to say about it

Els

Yes, it is Jan, with very fine grain sand paper! Good luck! Sofia D

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Els, I was thinking a small hand held sharperner, where you put the pencil in and turn the sharpener, not a handle. (like an eye makeup pencil sharpener). I have several for sharpening my drawing pencils. Do you think that kind is as risky as the kind with a handle? I ask, because, I've considered sharpening my bamboos with one. Even, if one did use a sharpener, I think a fine sanding would be necessary.

Hesira

Thanks Hesira for the suggestion. The needles weren't expensive so it wouldn't cost much to try.

Thanks Els. Although I have done very little wood finishing, I do have some sandpaper in a box somewhere.

Good, another vote for sandpaper. Thanks Sofia

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Sandpaper works. A very sharp knife works. A freshly broken pane of glass works. A "wood scraper" works.

Sometimes pencil sharpeners are dull, and tear the fibers leaving roughness requiring resorting to above.

I think wood or bamboo knitting needle tips need to be reworked or refinished whenever you change from one style of yarn to another (i.e., from loose spun to tightly spun) and then sanded again every 50,000 stitches afterward. I think my steel needles will go 500,000 stitches between tune-ups. I will tell you when I find out.

Aaron

I would try it on a piece of bamboo first, once you have taken away to much you can't put it back. Sandpaper is a very gentle way of making a point. That is what Otto would do in his workshop when he is working with wood.

Els

Yes Aaron I forgot about the sharp edge of a piece of glass. You break the glass over the edge of a file (not a nail file) but one from the workshop, by getly moving the edge of the glass over the edge of the file, holding the file between a workbench and your belly. Jan I will teach you that trick when you are here. We scraped paint of our wooden boat that way, works like a charm.... You just have to watch your hands, so sanding is still the easy way to do it.

Els

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. After much searching, I located my sandpaper "stash" and have managed to make my needles more pointy. The k2tog and ssp stitches are much easier now. Kidsilk is not an easy yarn to work with; I really have to keep my eyes on it to prevent dropped stitches.

Els, you can show me how to break a piece of glass but you better take a first aid refresher course first so you can take care of my cuts. LOL

Nah (spelling) it is a piece of cake......LOL

Els