a new project and button shops
June 26, 2007
last night ben and i took a good long walk and bought me a kitchen scale for weighing yarn.
this morning, i weighed all the hats i could find around and was surprised to note that the adult sized stockingnet stitch hats (on size 7 US needles) are all under 3 oz.! and the smallest child’s hats are under 2! it really doesn’t take much yarn to make a hat, people. i had my suspicions, but now it’s scientifically proven (or something)…
beyond my current fixation and revelations, there’s another new button contest entry to read. and the question/ponderance for today is about where we find buttons. i’ve inherited and thrifted mostly, but i’ve heard tell of some amazing button shops. a couple of the button stories share stories of button shops and i remember one from a blog i read accompanying a discussion on flickr that i lost :) here… she even took pics of the outside and inside of the shop. like how i stole someone else’s adventure for this blog post? i think i’ll enter her into the contest too even though i told the story.
