Pictures? Do you have pictures? I'd love to see the handwarmers in silk.

I've been spinning silk here at home on a drop spindle, from hand-painted tussah top. It's beautiful, but the stuff spins extremely fine, so the two ounces that I have in this color will probably last me the rest of the year.

I'm addicted to knitting. I have at least 20 pairs of verious sized needles with projects on them. If I can't have needles, I'll even use pencils lol

Laughing... the first person I ever taught to knit, I did it on pencils. She wanted to learn RIGHT NOW, and I had yarn but no needles. It worked, but I still like my needles better.

At a fiber retreat last fall, I saw square knitting needles. Has anyone tried them? They hold no appeal for me, but I might be missing something.

OH - one other thing. I have a set of the Denise interchangeable needles, so that I can make circulars of any size. If you're up to your armpits in needles (and circulars in particular can get out of hand), the Denise set is a fantastic idea.

Sarah has gotten me bonkers for knitting again (I used to knit a lot in my 20's and then completely forgot how). I've made two scarfs so far and now want to try my hand at something harder... like a scarf with a pattern or new texture, like ribbing or stripes... any suggestions for a beginning knitter?

Take a look at www.knitty.com - it's a great resource! There are patterns for all levels of knitters from brand new to very experienced. There are also lots of interesting articles.

I used pencils for knitting on a plane to Japan once (since they take away your needles!) I empathize with the silk spinning poster. I love to spin very fine yarn, but it takes forever. I'm working with a camel merino blend right now - it is so soft and fun! Otherwise I'm knitting hats in two colors (so-called mosaic - but not piecework squares as is popular these days). I need lots of gifts for a trip to Japan and I decided to spin or weave some of the gifts. I think they will pack well.