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June 25th, 2007 at 04:25 am »
Comments (0)One of the “joys” of waking up at ungodly hours is you get to read the newspaper – paper & web editions in peace.
Chocolate Fake!@%#$@#%!
Here is a treasure that turned up today.
Could the FDA (food & drug admin) will really allow this to happen?
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In true New York Times tradition of all the news that fit to print, and sometimes even the most amuzing has a serious note…
This Op Ed piece, is certainly of major importance to the Needle Arts community,
We all know how important good chocolate and better wine are to our work.
Chocolate Fake
Manufacturer’s beware, many of us choose not to eat what we cannot easily identify.
Just in case the tiny url does nto work for you, cut and past the permalink below
Wheat
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/opinion/25rosenblum.html?ex=1340510400&en=026e8fedc2c5ad72&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
June 13th, 2007 at 06:48 am »
Comments (0)But Apparently Stitching skills do.
So as I read this article (I am a bit of a Space News Junkie dating back to well Alan Shepherd)
I thought it would be a good follow up to the Prom story about Duct Tape
Does this mean the contest winners can’t go on to be NASA rocket scientists?
IQMWTK
Wheat
May 18th, 2007 at 07:59 am »
Comments (4)The Duct Tape Scholarship for high school seniors is often an eye-popping adventure into the creative minds of today’s teens. I can’t help thinking what a great Quilt Art Challenge could come out of this, …
My 2007 vote is going to: Adrienne Beiler of Salisbury, and her date, Zach Cupler You can read a bit more about them in Daily American News Story by clicking here
I often comment that you can build a house with not much more than just Duct Tape
But I really love what the Teens keep doing with this stuff – and the idea that they are using Duct tape to help build their own futures thru the scholarship competition, well that is just frosting on the cake.
Enjoy
Wheat
P.S. You can see both the past winners and this year’s entries, at the
Duct Tape Club
May 1st, 2007 at 00:01 am »
Comments (0)When the coach wants you to start drinking hot lemonade but cannot explain why it is important…
what can you do but turn to the Internet for more information on the medicinal properties of Lemons
Next thing you know, your visiting Menton Italy,reading about their annual festival,
and getting all sorts of inspiration of what ELSE you could do with Lemons (although I do love Citrus fruit and Lemons in particular)
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make a Spinning Wheel….
April 8th, 2007 at 06:05 am »
Comments (0)After doing this bit of Research, it was pretty easy to see why the Craft Yarn Council did not publish any standards for Steel Hooks in its Yarn Standards.Com charts
Most Steel Hooks Look like this:
However, for those who appreciate Gentle on your hands and wrist, it is so cool that Clover will be bringing the Steel Soft Touch to the US so they can be more available (now only one supplier has them and it is in the Japanese packaging.
This will be great for those who like to do wire work as well.
Now back to the chart… It is fairly simple to see why good pattern editors (and designing authors) ALWAYS include the diameter of hooks and needles used – rather than just a “generic” letter or number.
I always prefer to base my Steel hook references and suggestions on metric measurements because all “brands” are made outside the US, in countries that base their engineering on M
etric standards, not Imperial.
If you would like details on Clover’s Soft Touch Steel hooks, including the thread sizes they recommend for each of their hooks, please visit our on-line retail shop ItsAllJustString.com
In a perfect world, these manufacturers will someday agree on “Size/Measurements” but probably not anytime soon.
Wheat’s US-Metric Steel Crochet Hook Reference*
Updated: 2008-09-14 © 2000-2008 WheatCarr |
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Col 1
Steel
MM |
Col 2
Clover |
Col 3
Clover
SoftTouch |
Col 4
Pony |
Col 5
Boye |
Col 6
Bates |
Col 7
Inox |
Col 8
tulip
Skacel |
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| 1 |
0.40mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No 16 |
No 24 |
1 |
| 2 |
0.45mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
- |
No 23 |
2 |
| 3 |
0.50mm |
– |
No 14 |
– |
– |
– |
No 15 |
No 14 |
3 |
| 4 |
0.55mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
- |
No 13 |
4 |
| 5 |
0.60mm |
No 12 |
No 12 |
No 14 |
– |
– |
No 14 |
No 12 |
5 |
| 6 |
0.70mm |
– |
– |
No 13 |
– |
– |
- |
No 11 |
6 |
| 7 |
0.75mm |
No 10 |
No 10 |
No 12 |
No 14 |
– |
No 13 |
No 10 |
7 |
| 8 |
0.85mm |
– |
– |
no-name |
No 13 |
– |
- |
No 9 |
8 |
| 9 |
0.90mm |
No 8 |
No 8 |
no-name |
– |
No 14 |
- |
No 8 |
9 |
| 10 |
0.95mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No 13 |
- |
No 7 |
10 |
| 11 |
1.00mm |
No 6 |
No 6 |
no-name |
No 12 |
No 12 |
No 12 |
No 6 |
11 |
| 12 |
1.05mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No 11 |
- |
- |
12 |
| 13 |
1.10mm |
– |
– |
– |
No 11 |
– |
- |
No 5 |
13 |
| 14 |
1.15mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No 10 |
- |
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14 |
| 15 |
1.25mm |
No 4 |
No 4 |
No 8 |
– |
No 9 |
No 10 |
No 4 |
15 |
| 16 |
1.30mm |
– |
– |
– |
No 10 |
– |
- |
No 3 |
16 |
| 17 |
1.40mm |
– |
– |
– |
No 9 |
No 8 |
- |
- |
17 |
| 18 |
1.50mm |
No 2 |
No 2 |
No 7 |
No 8 |
No 7 |
No 8 |
No 2 |
18 |
| 19 |
1.60mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No 6 |
- |
No 1 |
19 |
| 20 |
1.65mm |
– |
– |
– |
No 7 |
– |
- |
- |
20 |
| 21 |
1.70mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No 5 |
- |
- |
21 |
| 22 |
1.75mm |
No 0 |
No 0 |
No 4 |
– |
No 4 |
No 6 |
No 0 |
22 |
| 23 |
1.80mm |
– |
– |
– |
No 6 |
– |
- |
- |
23 |
| 24 |
1.90mm |
– |
– |
– |
No 5 |
– |
- |
- |
24 |
| 25 |
2.00mm |
– |
A-0 |
- |
- |
- |
No 4 |
2/0 |
25 |
| 26 |
2.20mm |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No 16 |
3/0 |
26 |
| 27 |
2.25mm |
– |
- |
2/o |
- |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
| 28 |
2.30mm |
– |
B-1 |
- |
- |
B |
- |
- |
28 |
| 29 |
2.50mm |
– |
- |
3/o |
- |
- |
- |
4/0 |
29 |
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Col 1
Steel
MM |
Col 2
Clover |
Col 3
Clover
SoftTouch |
Col 4
Pony |
Col 5
Boye |
Col 6
Bates |
Col 7
Inox |
Col 8
Tulip |
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* Based on Data Current as of February 2007,
updated to add photos on 2007-May-02
updated to add Tulip on 2007-May-24
updated to add on 2008-Sep-14
* ALWAYS MAKE A GAUGE SWATCH
* ALWAYS check/measure the diameter of your hook
- Older Hooks often do NOT have the same Diameter as those made today.
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* If you find an error, please do email me with the correction.
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Incidentally, you can often find reasonably price templates intended for measuring screw sizes at your favorite Hardware store, (mine is ACE then Sears Tool department, since they are independently owned and the people at the ones nearest to me don’t ever laugh when I explain how I plan to use “stuff” – okay they do shake their head a lot, but they always understand what I want, if not why) As soon as I can find it, I will post a picture of my favorite one.
COMMERCIAL: If you want to add Clover Soft Touch Steel hooks to your collection, you can find them at: ItsAllJustString my on-line shop
