Thank you to Sarah, Delia, and Enjay for comments on circular needles. Thanks to the above three plus Lillian and Karen for suggestions about keeping yarn on my needles. Much appreciated. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I found a way to get me through the project in question.

Today, I’m off to the sale at Yarn Expressions to look at circular needles and find a nice, soft yarn.

I’ve been looking at the Boye set of circular needles which looks like it gives you all necessary sizes and lengths of circular needles. Some people I’ve spoken with say Boye is fine. Others say the higher end brands are noticeably better. I know I want sizes 0-3 and because I don’t know exactly which sizes I need, I think I want a set. This rather limits my options. One side of me wants to rush out and purchase circular needles. The other side says patience and research. Get good needles and get exactly what you need. I’m not quite sure what I want. Other than the yarn to stop falling off my needles, I don’t have a clue what I need.

I have somebody on my gift list who, unfortunately, finds even my softest handspun baby alpaca to be scratchy. She can wear the alpaca hat I made her because most of the contact is against her hair. Now she needs a scarf and scarves wear against the tender skin of the neck - chin test anyone? I’m looking at a soft cotton and considering some of the microfiber synthetics. The color has to be “just right” and it must be comfortable. We’ll see what I find.