Laurie and I travelled out of town this weekend to attend Rachel and Andy's wedding in Nebraska (I promise to write tons and tons about how much fun we had in a little bit!), when we arrived home, some lovely new knitting tools were in the mailbox. First is my pattern tamers. Up until now, I've been using sticky notes to keep track of where I am in knitting charts and patterns, the downside to them is that they aren't sticky for long when you move them around so much and that they fall off easily and totally lose your place (which is especially horrifying when you are in the middle of a complicated lace/cable chart). The pattern tamers are magnetic strips that stay clamped on the page very firmly and I've been enjoying using them. They came in three sizes and three colors... Here they are:
Also in the mail, was something that I've been very patiently waiting for and dying to have. Called Knitzi, it is a hand carved wooden double pointed needle sock in progress holder. I have two of a similar make in cardboard, but this far surpasses those. The design is called "flow" and it is carved in walnut wood and buffed to shine. It's so beautiful and lovely. Thank you so much mom :) I absolutely LOVE it! Here are the pics... (as you can see the birthday socks are coming along nicely, more on that later...)
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