[Hartwood] Fwd: North-Hartwood A&S:

jamesllewellyn at shaw.ca jamesllewellyn at shaw.ca
Thu Sep 1 13:51:30 PDT 2011



-----Original Message----- 
>Since I forgot my pricker at the last south Hartwood A&S (want that back), 
>I was also looking for something pointy.  Luckily I have a lace pricker 
>which is a pin vice.  I just had to upgrade the needle size - alot.  In a 
>pinch you can hold a big needle in a pair of pliers.

I use a piercing tool which you can buy at Michaels, or most craft stores.


>I've got 5 books done and the paper folded for another 5.  And I've caught 
>up on all the old TV reruns while I'm sewing.  I found an old spool of 
>linen thread that tangles much less than the crochet cotton.  Old enough 
>that the spool is wood.  Of course this only highlights my hoarding 
>tendencies.


Any archer, worth his salt, will have a tube of string wax. Very easy to 
place your thumb over the string as you draw it through the wax.





James






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