...7.13...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...are y'all tired of hearing me complain about the TOO LONG needles I've been using to knit this dollie...

...well...I've fixed that...haha...and it didn't take but a few minutes...this post will make it seem like it took a lot longer...but it probably took longer to document than to actually do it...

...I really need some 3 to 4 inch needles for these tiny little appendages...so I got out my bamboo skewers...

and found a couple that fit perfectly in the needle gauge for size 2...

...then I sanded them...

...and sanded the super sharp little point to something more knitting-needle-like...

...then I just snapped them in half...

...and sanded a point on the other (broken) end of each "needle"...

...went over each one again with another light sanding...

...and then oiled them...just with a few drops of olive oil...

...and left them to dry and soak it in for a bit...

..and here they are beside the original metal needle...they are a little bit less than half the size...

...and in about 15 minutes I was back in business...

...these are not super silky to knit with but they work well here...being a little bit "grip-ier"...and I'm happy not to have to wrangle those long needles anymore...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!