I should have told you about my lovely needles that I bought from Ebay!
I had inherited my Mum's Aero Needles in the red plastic case, but they are still up in the loft somewhere from when I gave up knitting. I had read that bamboo needles were the 'must haves' they were quieter and better for your achy wrists and fingers (I don't know how that works?) so I thought I'd get some. I did buy a pair when I made my bolero cardi but they were quite expensive for one pair!
So.... I went on ebay and bought a set of 15 pairs for about £18 which I thought was great! They even came in a beautiful zip up suede case with pink lining and a silver motif on the outside. Very trendy! You may think they look a bit squashed in that case, and you would be right, that is because I also bought a full set of DPN's for a further tenner and squashed them into the case also.
I don't know why but I feel I almost need to apologise for taking up knitting again, like I need to try and make it sound more trendy? Maybe that's just my vanity being a 43 year old woman who feels like she is only 18.!!
My colleague at work asked me if I was going to get a blue rinse when I told her I was knitting again. She also told me her son would never put any of his kids in hand knits, he really had a big thing against it. It's funny because when you go into the likes of Next, they are full of beautiful hand knit kiddie clothes.
Maybe it's just up to us knitters to change peoples opinions...
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