At 03:06 PM 9/2/05 -0400, Heather Bogart wrote: > >>I actually recently cheaped out and bought thin wire and sanded down the >>ends. Got me 0.75 mm needles (I guess about a 6/0 in US sizes) for next to >>nothing with no shipping and a bit of sanding time.
I bought a pair (two in a package) of "Dritz long doll needles" and filed and sanded the points until they were rounded. Here's a hint for smoothing points: look for a nail buffing kit with two smoothing boards & a buffer. I've also used the nail smoothing boards to take light corrosion off needles. Another source of long fine needles is "Havel's sewing". They sell "tatting needles", and while they are not so nice at the eye as the Handy Hands ones, they are fine in pairs for knitting with, after the points have been rounded off. I had a heartbreaker yesterday -- found an old package of Bucilla size 19 knitting needles in an antique store labelled "needles (3) $1". Unfortunately only (1) needle was in the package! I looked all around on the floor and in the box of sewing patterns next shelf down looking for the others. But when I took that one lonely needle to the cash register, since there was only one, the owner only charged me 35 cents for it. Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
