Have you ever had to put your knitting needles to an interesting or unusual use? This is my son who borrowed my needles to extract some snails from their shells in France. They did seem perfect for the job.
One of the reasons I find these pictures so funny are that he used to be the fussiest eater ever, but suddenly seems completely up for trying anything new. We also cooked scallops and mussels on our holiday, both of which he wolfed down. Although I like shell fish, I couldn't quite face the snails, so he had the lot.
I expect you will also notice the broken arm. He now has his cast off. Hubby is hard at work cooking something that is not snails in the back ground.
So if you have ever used your knitting needles or crochet hooks for anything unusual or a bit whacky then let me know. I was thinking I would give a prize for the strangest or funniest use. Given my photos I think the prize will be one of my knitted spiral shells.
No limit on where you live, and I will announce the winner on 30th September. So to enter you can either leave a comment on my post, or on my GinxCraft Facebook page, or even better write a post about it and link it below. I have not done a linky page, so this is a bit of an experiment for me with the software.
Let me know any of the above ways, and I have decided to let my son be the judge of the winner or winners!
Also apologies for the change in look of my blog. I somehow wiped the setting when doing the linky code, and although I have tried to reconstruct it, have not quite managed to get the same look. Perhaps I was due for a bit of a change.
I am also linking these shots to Saturday Snapshot at West Metro Mommy. Although I know most of you aren't knitters or into crochet, I thought you might find these pictures funny.
I decided to post about
knitting needles, partly because I have no finished projects this week, but
also I wanted to take some photos where I could work on the depth of
field. They're not quite perfect, but it was interesting experimenting, and some of my first attempts were terrible. Hubby (still calling him that on the blog) was leaning over my
shoulder giving me advice.
Today I was out shopping and saw a rack of lovely bamboo knitting needles. They just all looked so nice hanging there, that I couldn't resist buying a pair. There were also some very expensive rosewood needles. I wonder if some needles are more suited to different wools. Does anyone know?
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Most of my needles are metal, but I do have a few very old pairs of plastic ones that came from my mum. I think they are really jolly, but every so often one of the needle snaps, I guess from plastic fatigue.
I'm going to give my new needles a try out this evening. What sort of needles do you prefer?
