On May 27, 2005, at 22:41, Lynn Carpenter wrote:
It is a giggle to me that lace needle gauges are so expensive compared
to
"regular" knitting needle gauges. Smaller holes are apparently much
more
expensive than big ones! :)
No kiddin'! :) When I was still in my doll-house (1:12 scale) mode
(pre-lace), it was cheaper for me to buy a set of 15-or-so, all
different sizes, but all less-than-1/16" *drill bits*, than to buy a
20-hole gauge (a piece of plastic with pre-drilled, identified as to
size, holes)...
1/16" drill bit is the smallest size available at Walmart (my personal
gauge for "commonly available") as a single bit. Anything smaller than
that has to be bought in sets, from specialised sources (not Walmart),
at a much higher price per bit. But, high as that price might be, it's
*still* lower than the price of the less-that 1/16" *holes* <VBG
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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