i've seen people knitting with pencils ... not great for large things 
but seem to work fine for things like socks ...

Ana Valdes wrote:
> Funny you ask, Neil! Since our military jailors were very paraoides 
> and saw à possible weapon in every needle or scissors we were 
> obligated to be very clever and invent new forms and new tools. We 
> made needles of sharped bones (sharpened with spoons since knives were 
> atrictly forbidden) and we used threads of old blankets to be used as 
> yarn.
> I became à good embroiderer and made large and awful tapestries in 
> crosspoints and petite point.
> Ana
>
> Skickat från min iPhone
>
> 30 dec 2009 kl. 14.13 skrev Neil Jenkins <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>
>> Hi Ana, Helen, Kath, Laura,
>>
>> thanks for all the insights, knitting and crochet (and purl not perl ;] )
>>
>> .. Ana, what materials were you working with in jail - fabric and 
>> needles ? more stories please
>>
>> good news from here, Australian authorities now allow you to travel 
>> with knitting needles in hand luggage (and those really dangerous 
>> nail clippers)
>>
>> I've seen a few other image to pattern software online but  thanks 
>> Helen, not seen knitpro before...
>>
>> should we start a netbehaviour stitch'n'bitch group ?
>>
>> X] Neil
>>
>> please add to the links in replys:
>> http://www.ravelry.com/
>> http://www.microrevolt.org/
>>


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