Spoke too soon

[jethrien]

Should never comment mid-project. Tried to use too large a thread on too tight a weave, shattered a needle (dumb, dumb, dumb), and then spent forty minutes playing with higher needle gauges and different tensions before finally coming to the conclusion that the only khaki thread I have that isn't dry rotted is just too heavy-duty to work with the needles I have on hand. (It was originally bought for hand repairs to outdoor gear, really.)

*headdesk*

So I've got cream thread hemming my khakis now, because getting new thread and/or needles at five pm in the city without a car is just not a value proposition.

I do need to get a new packet of needles soon, though.