Some finds

On Monday I met with Christina for coffee and to pick up a scarf.  During the course of the conversation she mentioned a local op-shop (thrift shop) that often had knitting supplies (she found a ball winder there!). So, since it was close by we decided to take a walk and have a look.

I scored.

Closer inspection shows that not all the needles in two of the sets are the same size but they will augment sets I already have. Look at the shiny pink ones, not sure what the cream ones are made from.

There was also this:

I bought the circular needle just for the old packaging, and the buttons cost me one Rand. You can’t buy anything for a rand (for comparison a loaf of bread will cost you about 7 or 8 Rand).

So what’s a girl to do when she has a whole bunch of new needles and her needle holder is full? Make a new one of course.

The outside.

The inside. The orange fabric came from the fabulous Syko. She included it in the package when I won a prize on her blog last year. I’ve been saving it for special. Apart from trimming it straight, I used every inch. The blue fabric is part of the haul that Gorgeous Man brought back from Canada last year. A true international piece!

Finally, some totally gratuitious pictures of Gorgeous Girl. Here she is in a hat and jumper I made.

And this picture was so funny it just cracked me up. She pulled her sling out of the drawer yesterday and I showed our helper how it was used using Gorgeous Girl as my model. Next thing we see is this:

Yes, that’s her doll in there…