Finally, a use for aluminum DPNs

I don't like aluminum needles. They're cold, they stay cold, they
have no give, they hurt my hands.

But I have finally found a use for the odd aluminum DPNs that seem to
have found their way into my bag: hairsticks!

Today I broke my last bamboo hairstick as I was jabbing it into my
bun. As I needed to *get my hair up* and didn't want to use a 'gator
clip I cast about me for a suitable replacement for the bamboo
hairstick (read: filed and sanded chopstick). My eye lit on a cup in
my corner cabinet into which I've been tossing all the orphan knitting
needles - and there was a nice shiny purpley Boye (or maybe Bates, who
knows) DPN doing nothing, waiting for it's chance to show off.

Voila! My bun is up!

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Wooly wrote:
I don't like aluminum needles. They're cold, they stay cold, they
have no give, they hurt my hands.

But I have finally found a use for the odd aluminum DPNs that seem to
have found their way into my bag: hairsticks!

Today I broke my last bamboo hairstick as I was jabbing it into my
bun. As I needed to *get my hair up* and didn't want to use a 'gator
clip I cast about me for a suitable replacement for the bamboo
hairstick (read: filed and sanded chopstick). My eye lit on a cup in
my corner cabinet into which I've been tossing all the orphan knitting
needles - and there was a nice shiny purpley Boye (or maybe Bates, who
knows) DPN doing nothing, waiting for it's chance to show off.

Voila! My bun is up!

They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
lacquered chopsticks sometimes...

sue

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:12:22 -0600, suzee spewed
forth :

They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
lacquered chopsticks sometimes...

If I put up a dry bun it starts falling down within a couple of hours
no matter how tightly I twist it starting out. A damp bun stays up
all day with any sort of stick. Probably has something to do with the
damp hair shrinking around the stick as it dries and locking the stick
into place.

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Wooly wrote:
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:12:22 -0600, suzee spewed
forth :

They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
lacquered chopsticks sometimes...

If I put up a dry bun it starts falling down within a couple of hours
no matter how tightly I twist it starting out. A damp bun stays up
all day with any sort of stick. Probably has something to do with the
damp hair shrinking around the stick as it dries and locking the stick
into place.

Yeah, that's what it is. When my hair's newly washed and already dry, I
have trouble keeping a stick in it because it's kinds of slippery and
the twists loosen up. After a day or so, it stays in much better.

sue

Wooly why don`t you make some small hair nets ? i can send you my
pattern ,, mirjam


On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:12:22 -0600, suzee spewed
forth :

They'd probably slide out of my hair; I have enough trouble with
lacquered chopsticks sometimes...

If I put up a dry bun it starts falling down within a couple of hours
no matter how tightly I twist it starting out. A damp bun stays up
all day with any sort of stick. Probably has something to do with the
damp hair shrinking around the stick as it dries and locking the stick
into place.

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On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:15:24 GMT, (Mirjam
Bruck-Cohen) spewed forth :

Wooly why don`t you make some small hair nets ? i can send you my
pattern ,, mirjam

Hi Mirjam. I wear head scarves pretty frequently which I make myself
from yardage. I have a couple of snoods including one Stella sent me,
but I don't like using bobbypins so having more snoods won't solve
anything But thanks!



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Wooly
I use Clips , now adays you have them in nice colors , if you
can`t find them where you live i could send you some ,
mirjam
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:15:24 GMT, (Mirjam
Bruck-Cohen) spewed forth :

Wooly why don`t you make some small hair nets ? i can send you my
pattern ,, mirjam

Hi Mirjam. I wear head scarves pretty frequently which I make myself
from yardage. I have a couple of snoods including one Stella sent me,
but I don't like using bobbypins so having more snoods won't solve
anything But thanks!



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