March Is

March is my favorite month in terms of crafting because it’s my birthday month, which means to me that crafting budget stretch a little and I get something special! I often use this month as an excuse to get tools and supplies necessary to learn something new (last year I got spindles and really nice fibers to learn spinning).

This year, I wanted to further my recent adventures in sock knitting, so I made Todd promise me not to get me anything else for my birthday because I wanted this super extravagant set of needles in size 2.5 mm (which I decided was a perfect size for making socks — if I only get to have 1 set…). It’s made of aircraft grade aluminum with surgically precise points. And it’s really really really nice, a whole lot easier to knit with than other needles I’ve tried, I really think that good tools make a world of difference (besides, these will last forever unlike the bamboo ones that are notorious for breaking, and my other stainless ones that keeps getting bent…not to mention BLUNT!).

…now I just need to get better at knitting! Here’s another start of a sock. I’m trying out stripes using yarn that gradually changes colors. I have no idea how the colors/stripe will turn out yet, it just might not work out at all but we’ll see!

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Shana 31-03-2010, 18:31

Happy Birthday! (one day late) I love the idea of getting excellent knitting tools for your birthday. Those needles look fantastic.

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Kyoko 01-04-2010, 06:29

I really like them, actually I think that they are good ones to learn knitting on because various maneuver are made easier with longer pointy tips and the metal surface is actually not really slippery and the project never falls off of it!

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