[NFB-Krafters-Korner] 2 questions

[JOANNE JORDAN]

They have really small stitch holders like safety pins that aren’t bulky.

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> On Jan 13, 2024, at 8:44 AM, Bernice Bird via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> While making these trigger mittens, I came up with 2 questions.
> 
> First, does anybody know about a different style stitch holder than the kind
> I have that look like a safety pin without that loop at the closed end. The
> ones I have are too bulky, and it makes it hard to work the stitches not on
> the holder.
> 
> Dixie talked about straitening circular needles once by putting them in hot
> water, and then hanging them by one end. I believe this is what she said.
> Well, my needles are steel, and I don't think it will work very well with
> them, although the cable part isn't steel.
> 
> I tried to straiten a couple the way she suggested, but I wasn't very
> successful.
> 
> Any other ideas, or maybe I'm doing her method incorrectly.
> 
> I would use shorter circular needles for mittens, but the really short ones
> cramp my hands.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> Bernice
> 
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