QUESTIONS







Does anyone know what type of knitting needles are pictured here? They're some sort of plastic composite material and the entire circular seems to be the same material. They also have nice long tapered needle ends. I inherited these from my grandmother and would love to find more.



Also has anyone ever tried one of those Sock of the Month clubs? I'm thinking of trying the Red Bird Knits SOTM club because they include sock patterns that I like and don't seem to use much self-patterning sock yarn. My second choice is the SOTM club from Joslyn's Fiber Farm although that one doesn't allow you to cancel at any time.



FUNNY STORY



DH and I regularly play Jeopardy together. This week Jeopardy is doing a special Power Players series. All the contestants are Washington, D.C. journalists, newsmakers or politicians. Most have advanced college degrees and have written books.



If you know Jeopardy you know that any time they have "celebrities" playing the questions get a lot easier and this is certainly the case for the Power Players series. The Power Players have been getting so many of the questions wrong that they leave most of the questions still on the board.



Yesterday none of the Power Players knew that Monticello was Thomas Jefferson's home. Then they were asked what type of "global" worm was a food for the moles destroying your garden and lawn.



One woman (who hosts a business/financial show on CNBC) answered "computer worms." That still makes me laugh.











There are some fun things happening in the blog world. First of all, Joanne is hosting a contest for the wackiest knitting pattern photo you can find. The men's orange knitted pantsuit is seriously disturbing.



I found a fun blog ring for Nordic Knit Blogs - all of the bloggers must live in Nordic countries and some of the blogs are even in English.



For a nice way to spend some time, check out the Shetland Museum's web site. The page here has a few photos of actual textiles but if you click on Photos, then Subjects at the top then click the icon to the left of subjects and choose knitting you'll find an amazing 800 photo archive showing knitting as part of Shetland life and lots of woolly boards. Grab a cup of tea and check it out!



Our pet photo today shows Peaches the rabbit glaring at a certain feline who has the audacity to eat her hay.







I continue to maintain my perfect record of NEVER felting anything that will fit my feet. sigh These are the Striped Slipper Socks from Knit One Felt One by Kathleen Taylor done in Cascade 220. I made the largest size, then put them in the washing machine in a hot water wash. I took them out and they'd only felted slightly. The pattern says it should take two washes. During the second wash they felted so much as to only fit a small child.