It’s Furious Balancing

I spend a lot of time shopping online.  Books, yarn, clothes, cat toys, shoes, household goods, gifts, toiletries, etc.  I buy just about everything online since I hate shopping in stores¹.  The idea of going to a mall makes me break out in hives.  I’ve been buying books from amazon.com since October 1998 and I’ve had my eBay account since August 1999.

Still, I find items for sale online that surprise me.  Things that make me say — sometimes out loud, hitting notes only cocker spaniels can hear and scaring the cats — Oh. My. GOD!  That’s PERFECT!!

I found this gem on Etsy the other day.  If you’re not a knitter, this may be lost on you.  If you are a knitter (or are shopping for one), I highly recommend visiting 5elementknittr’s shop and buying one — or five — of these:

That is indeed a wee little crochet hook attached (with a lobster clasp) to a keychain ring.  The one I’m holding in the photo is a size US D/3 (3.25 mm) hook.  She has them as small as US C/2 (2.75 mm) going up to US F/5 (3.75 mm).

Don’t overlook the decorative bead! These will vary, so just go on over to her shop and read up on them.  She has much better photos than I do and you can get the whole run down on sizes, colors, etc.  There is also a version customizable with letter beads (up to 6 characters).

To the Non-Knitters out there: Knitters use crochet hooks to pick up dropped stitches or fix mistakes in their knitting.  There are other uses for crochet hooks, but I use them primarily as a “fix it” tool.  You always need one in your knitting project bag (together with several different kinds of stitch markers, a retractable measuring tape, and coilless safety pins).  Sometimes I swear that the likelihood I have a crochet hook in my knitting bag is inversely proportional to extent of the error I need to fix.   These little darlings are convenient, portable, and useful beyond what mere words can say.

Later this weekend — Knitting Notions, Part Two — in which I demonstrate that I have clearly lost my mind;  but now, a handmade LOLCat!

moar funny pictures

1. Except grocery stores.  I love shopping for food. [↩]

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