In message <blu0-smtp878bbe415af90d402aad71a7...@phx.gbl>, Malvary Cole
<malva...@sympatico.ca> writes
With all the good suggestions for covering the points of scissors, does
anyone have a good idea for covering the end of a pricker that lives in the
lacemakers tool bag.
I find the plastic sleeving that is used on the individual wires in
telephone and computer cables is just right for covering the sharp ends
of prickers and needlepins. (This is where being married to a datacomms
engineer and helping him with cabling jobs occasionally comes in very
useful!). The sleeving from CAT5 cable is about the right size - I tried
some from an external telephone cable (when the engineers replaced the
line I scrounged a small length to try - the plastic sleeving in this
case is a very tight fit on my needlepins and the wire is just a bit too
stiff for spangling, but useful to fold into a tool for threading
beads!). If recycling, you need a pair of pliers or cable strippers to
remove the sleeving from the wire.
--
Jane Partridge
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