On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:38:31 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net spun a fine yarn
What size? At US#1, I like steel. At size 6, steel is so bad I can not use
> the right words here.
> And for what purpose? Sitting at home in my easy chair, I like fast
> slippery sock needles. Out traveling, I like sock needles that absolutely
> will not fall out and get lost, even if they are so rough that they give me > blisters.
>
> Let me change the question a bit: You are flood victim and you are being
> allowed to take 1/2 pound of knitting needles and tools and up to 10 pounds
> of any ONE yarn to last you for the indefinite future. You have 30 minutes
> to pack and get out the door. What do you take?
>
> I would take my
> good/smooth wood sock needles in 6" size 4
> 1 set of 5-18" #1 steel gansey needles
> knitting sheath
> Swiss army knife with scissors
> tape measure
> set of 5-10" steel #1 DPN
> set of 5 - 7" aluminum #0 DPN
> 10# of Bartletts sport weight
>
> Sorry, my other task for the day is to brainstorm out the potential
> consequences of global warming including abrupt climate due to changes in
> thremolhaline currents. Kind of depressing because we are not ready and we
> are not getting ready. And, the folks that should be leading do not have
> any better grip on the science of global warming than they had on military
> science when they said that a hydrogen generator for the Iraq Artillery was
> a "Mobile Biological Weapons Lab." You know who I mean.
>
> Aaron
>
>
shoot, Aaron :) I'd have to weigh my needles, but I'll take a wild guess, My Denise Set, my size 1 & 2 (US) Inox Express circs, my size 0 and 1 Rosewood and birch DPN's. Surgical scissors, retractable tape measure
10 lbs of hand spun and dyed laceweight.
Noreen