New Knitting Gadget for Gram

Goodnight and I started going through her school supply list for high school and we went shopping for a few things.  While in the school supply department, I spotted the following that I decided I needed for knitting:

It’s a bright pink ruler!  Oh, I have a couple of rulers at home, and a couple of yardsticks, and a couple of tape measures, so I didn’t buy this one because I needed it.  I bought it because it does this:

It’s a snap bracelet!  I don’t care that mine says ‘Wild Thing’ on it.  One end overlaps the other, so I can cover the words . . . or expose them as my mood dictates, I suppose. 

While I’m knitting, I tend to wrap my sewing tape measure around my neck so I have it handy for measuring as I go.  It’s a long tape measure and sometimes it slips off without my noticing.  This bracelet will stay out of my way, but be handy for when I need it. 

Makes me want to knit.  I just might!

 

Pen Policy Put on Hold

I have had a long-standing policy about pens.  I decided that I didn’t ever need to buy any.  Because I work in education, I have attended enough conferences where exhibitors passed out pens.  I also have also received a fair number of promotional pens from years of attending state or county fairs.  Pens get handed out at parades and they get handed out at my work.  I save whatever I receive and I use them.  Hence, no need to buy pens. 

My long-standing policy didn’t just bend a little, it totally caved in yesterday when I bought more than one pen I spotted while picking up some school supplies for Goodnight.

They are all the same, making the sign for ‘I Love You.’  Because I am fluent in American Sign Language, I bought all of them from that store.  They are a bit thick for grasping, but . . . I don’t care.  Lotsa love in my pen holder on my desk at home now!

My sign language ’I Love You’ pens reminded me of the photo my blog buddy Carol posted in May.  Scroll to the bottom of her post.  I wish I had a crossing light that did that!