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November 5, 2004

My first and only political comment so far: I’m glad to be living in Canada.

Thanks to a 50% off Joann coupon, I just received the Boye Hookmaster set – a complete set of crochet hook nestled neatly in their own pouch. I am not yet a crocheter but do use these for edges, ruffles, and picking up dreaded dropped stitches. If I get into crocheting seriously I doubt these will be the hooks I’d want to use. It seems to me that the Boye hooks I had in college were smooth, each a different colour of cast aluminum. The new larger hooks are rough to the touch and the colours are much brighter. I suspect that they make them differently these days – all the same hooks painted to achieve the colour difference. They don’t glide like they used to. If the Needlemaster interchangeable knitting needle set is produced the same way, I’ll steer clear of them. I’m sticking with my not-quite-perfect Denise set, my trusty Addi circulars and bamboo straights.

I was just in WalMart and saw a new Lion Brand yarn – Moonlight Mohair. I couldn’t believe it – it looks so similar to Trendsetter Dune, it’s washable and it’s far more reasonable in price.

Progress on the felted hat: I know it looks similar to Mari’s poncho in the thumbnail, but click on it and see the nicely defined stitches, a big difference between Cascade and fuzzy Divine.

Have a nice weekend.

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5 responses to “Show and Tell”

cara

November 5, 2004

I’m glad I live in Canada too,what province are you from?That yarn you saw at wall-mart looks nice,I’ll have to check it out.

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Sandy

November 5, 2004

I don’t live in the “old Canada” but I do live in the newly proposed United States of Canada (basically, the West Coast, Minn, Mich, Ill, Wisc, Penn, NY and New England) I loved reading your postings…upbeat and humerous (and we all know we need as much of that as we can get)Thanks.

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cheryl

November 6, 2004

I know what you mean about the crochet hooks. I still use the old Boye hooks that my mom gave me. I think the hooks are older than I am. I’ve tried the newer ones and they’re just not as good. Why do people always mess up a good thing? I guess these are cheaper to manufacture. It’s a nice set, though.

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michelle

November 7, 2004

i love the felted hat you’re making – the fiber and the colorway look really cool! thanks for visiting my blog! 🙂

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Risa

November 7, 2004

Howdy neighbor! Thanks for the visit! I too am in the United States of Canada. While I’m not happy about the election results, I take small solace in that I am in a blue state and that there are so many others out there that feel as I do. Its going to be a long 4 years.
Nice crochet hook set~ I’m going to have to look for those. Happy knitting,
Risa

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