I found a link to this on ravelry.com and just had to post it. A girl after my own heart! I presently have 3 rolls of duct tape in my drawer: silver, clear, and purple!....I'd just like to know how she got all that sticky tape residue off her fingers and her knitting needles.
On another note, 5 of my closest friends (which includes 3 sisters) and I will spend my birthday at Disneyland in a few weeks! It's the first trip in years where I haven't had my travel knitting planned before the plane tickets were purchased. In fact, I wasn't even planning on bringing knitting into the park...until I found a couple of Ravelry groups talking about knitting and all things Disney. I decided on something easy and small, which turns out to also be a stashbuster (I'm already spending enough $$ on the trip!): preemie caps. I can't think of a better place to knit some happy thoughts into the teeny little hats. I picked up up a pair of teeny weeny sock needles (9" circs) from my lys, where Sue suggested that I definitely wanted to bring bamboo vs. metal into the park for "safety" concerns. Good idea! I may have to save the decrease sections at the top of the hats for some other time, as it might be tough to keep track of the dpns & the yarn needle while in line for rides!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Ball Winder Unwrapped!
Have you ever wondered...?
I'm one of those people who always wonders how things work. I just LOVE the TV show by the same name, even though it's a little tough to knit while watching it :-)The problem is, I'm great at taking things apart, and not so great at getting them back together.
So...when my ball winder developed a squeak, I asked my 2 most mechanically inclined friends--who also happen to be fascinated by my yarn baller--if they could try to get rid of the squeak. They both work on computer hardware and systems and I know they're systematic and meticulous, so I figured I could trust them. Disassembly, de-squeaking, and reassembly took a while, and turned out to be a little more challenging than they thought it would be. There was some nervous laughing, and I had to look away. I was a little scared, to tell the truth.
The happy ending is that all is reassembled (look ma, no extra parts left over!!), and there is no more squeak! For the record, we used the WD-40 pen to lubricate the insides, and gave it a good wipe-down afterward so as not to unnecessarily lubricate any yarn being wound.
In case anyone else wonders what goes on inside the miraculous ball winder, I took a few photos to share with you:
I'm one of those people who always wonders how things work. I just LOVE the TV show by the same name, even though it's a little tough to knit while watching it :-)The problem is, I'm great at taking things apart, and not so great at getting them back together.
So...when my ball winder developed a squeak, I asked my 2 most mechanically inclined friends--who also happen to be fascinated by my yarn baller--if they could try to get rid of the squeak. They both work on computer hardware and systems and I know they're systematic and meticulous, so I figured I could trust them. Disassembly, de-squeaking, and reassembly took a while, and turned out to be a little more challenging than they thought it would be. There was some nervous laughing, and I had to look away. I was a little scared, to tell the truth.
The happy ending is that all is reassembled (look ma, no extra parts left over!!), and there is no more squeak! For the record, we used the WD-40 pen to lubricate the insides, and gave it a good wipe-down afterward so as not to unnecessarily lubricate any yarn being wound.
In case anyone else wonders what goes on inside the miraculous ball winder, I took a few photos to share with you:
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