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Wooden needles
Jan 12^th, 2018 at 10:54am

I've found a new hobby in the making of wooden needles from fallen or cut branches and sticks around my area and frankly I have far too many. I've already given away a few to people on this forum and in fact sold two to a guy in Italy and three to someone in America so it seems that there is at least some demand for them Cheesy

So... Anyone want a wooden needle? They vary in type of wood, dimensions and the size of the holes because I just work with what I find and the wood dictates what I end up with. All the needles in the picture are available but I only need to go for another walk around the park and I'll soon have some more so I don't think I'll ever sell out for long. They're all untreated bare wood except the one in the centre which is treated with linseed oil (which is why it's a bit golden). I do have a plan to experiment dyeing them with beetroot at some point so there might be some red needles coming up soon.

This is the Trading Post so yeah... I'll except almost anything. Like I said, I have too many and I'm only going to make more Cheesy

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Wooden needles Reply #1 - Jan 12^th, 2018 at 3:03pm interesting - why ? what could you use them for ?
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TheJackinati Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 314 Australia Gender:	Re: Wooden needles Reply #2 - Jan 13^th, 2018 at 1:55am Curious Aardvark wrote on Jan 12^th, 2018 at 3:03pm: interesting - why ? what could you use them for ? That ancient, mystical art of Nalbinding?
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Wooden needles Reply #3 - Jan 13^th, 2018 at 9:32am Exactly! I've made a hat and I'm about a 1/4 of a way through a scarf. Also they could be used for weaving (I'm planning on using one next time I have a go at a woven sling pouch).
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Wooden needles Reply #4 - Jan 13^th, 2018 at 10:58am Are you going to share a pic of the hat?
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Wooden needles Reply #5 - Jan 13^th, 2018 at 1:16pm Slightly blurry perhaps but still...
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Wooden needles Reply #6 - Jan 13^th, 2018 at 6:34pm Nice hat! Always wanted to make my own wool hat. Someday. Maybe
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Wooden needles Reply #7 - Jan 14^th, 2018 at 4:36am Well if you need a needle let me know
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beausanford1 Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 6	Re: Wooden needles Reply #8 - May 17^th, 2020 at 2:40pm Are your wooden needles still available and what is the cost to the U.S.A.? Thanks russ
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Wooden needles Reply #9 - May 18^th, 2020 at 3:31am Hi! Yeah I have a load of wooden needles left. How many would you like? Also this is the trading post so I'm happy to take a trade or paypal.
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brokeOkie Tiro Offline It’s slinging time! Posts: 24 Oklahoman in N. China Gender:	Re: Wooden needles Reply #10 - May 18^th, 2020 at 10:04am Sweet hat, Kick! And those wooden needles are groovy.
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Wooden needles Reply #11 - May 18^th, 2020 at 10:24am Thanks! I've made much better ones than that one now Also some small pouches. One of them I use for my sunglasses.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Wooden needles Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2020 at 9:21pm would like to see your sunglass pouch
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Re: Wooden needles
Reply #13 - May 19^th, 2020 at 3:14am

I annoyingly can't find a picture of the sunglasses pouch, but here are too of my best efforts. I made a small pouch to carry a whet stone on my belt and then a nålbinding version of a WWI cap comforter. Very easy to make (a tube sewed at both ends and folded over itself) and very warm. Perfect for the Finnish winter. If you unfold it and include a large safety pin or kilt pin, it can be used as a scarf.

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"Nothing matters, but it’s perhaps more comfortable to keep calm and not interfere with other people." - H.P. Lovecraft, in a letter to Frank Belknap Long, 7 October, 1923

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Wooden needles Reply #14 - May 19^th, 2020 at 12:26pm very cool - that whetstone pouch would probably fitmy gerber (which has both metal and diamond files, so technically is also a whetstone). Nice job
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