self made hairtoys thread

**Begemot** · February 6th, 2019, 12:20 PM

Awesome job, languagenut! Looking forward to seeing action shots

**languagenut** · February 6th, 2019, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Kattt

Oh wow, very pretty! Love how natural it is, and the wood has some very nice grain!

Originally Posted by Katsura

Very nice work languagenut, and I love the natural finish.

Originally Posted by bparnell75

You do nice things languagenut. Did you cut that with a bad saw?

Originally Posted by Begemot

Awesome job, languagenut! Looking forward to seeing action shots

Thank you everyone!

Bparnell, I cut it out with a scroll saw, then sanded it to smooth out the shape.

And... you know the routine... cloudy-day lighting, fluffy day-after-wash hair, and awkwardness at taking pics of the back of my head... can't see much of the fork, but hey, at least it's in focus!

ETA: I've been wearing it all day today and it's holding great; very comfortable

**Katsura** · February 6th, 2019, 10:38 PM

That's an amazing bun languagenut, and I can see the fork is lovely too and performing perfectly.

**milosmomma** · February 6th, 2019, 11:57 PM

Wow languagenut, both your bun and fork are very impressive!

So I inherited alot of crochet and knitting supplies from my uncles mother who recently passed. She had very very many double point knitting needles, so many that there were quadruple pairs of most sizes so I made a boat load of simple work horse forks. I think the smaller ones are called wavelength pins? I remember reading about them here long ago. She also had some very large needles that when bent are about the size of my overthehawaiianmoon 2 prong aluminum forks. Needless to say I am super grateful. Here are singles of each but all of them has a mate or 2 as well.

Sorry for blurry pics, taken with DDs tablet because my cell phone is currently missing

Overthehawaiianmoon fork for compare of size. The large pins are very sturdy and actually look pretty in a bun. I would have done an action shot but only my available camera is pretty terrible lol.

**Begemot** · February 7th, 2019, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by languagenut

Thank you everyone!

Bparnell, I cut it out with a scroll saw, then sanded it to smooth out the shape.

And... you know the routine... cloudy-day lighting, fluffy day-after-wash hair, and awkwardness at taking pics of the back of my head... can't see much of the fork, but hey, at least it's in focus!

ETA: I've been wearing it all day today and it's holding great; very comfortable

So pretty!

Gorgeous collection milosmomma

I love the colors!

**spitfire511** · February 7th, 2019, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by milosmomma

Wow languagenut, both your bun and fork are very impressive!

So I inherited alot of crochet and knitting supplies from my uncles mother who recently passed. She had very very many double point knitting needles, so many that there were quadruple pairs of most sizes so I made a boat load of simple work horse forks. I think the smaller ones are called wavelength pins? I remember reading about them here long ago. She also had some very large needles that when bent are about the size of my overthehawaiianmoon 2 prong aluminum forks. Needless to say I am super grateful. Here are singles of each but all of them has a mate or 2 as well.

Sorry for blurry pics, taken with DDs tablet because my cell phone is currently missing

Overthehawaiianmoon fork for compare of size. The large pins are very sturdy and actually look pretty in a bun. I would have done an action shot but only my available camera is pretty terrible lol.

These have been my go-to for so long! They work wonderfully under a slouchy winter hat because they don't stick to it! Love them!!

**Alexandrina** · February 7th, 2019, 11:34 AM

So I can see languagenut's beautiful picture, but nothing is showing up for milosmomma's. Can other people see it or is it just a problem on my end maybe?

**Groovy Granny** · February 7th, 2019, 11:44 AM

I haven't posted since August, so I can't reply to each person

What great creations people

Milosmomma I did the same thing with my Mother's DPNs when I first joined and had no hair toys (I use circular needles for knitting)

They work great

Alexandrina ~ I can see her pic

BTW ~ welcome

**milosmomma** · February 7th, 2019, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Alexandrina

So I can see languagenut's beautiful picture, but nothing is showing up for milosmomma's. Can other people see it or is it just a problem on my end maybe?

I think it could be because you've only got 5 posts, I believe you need 25 to see pictures that are posted from member albums through the forum directly? You can see peoples pics that are posted through a secondary picture posting website such as imgur.

**Groovy Granny** · February 7th, 2019, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by milosmomma

I think it could be because you've only got 5 posts, I believe you need 25 to see pictures that are posted from member albums through the forum directly? You can see peoples pics that are posted through a secondary picture posting website such as imgur.

Of course ...that's why....I forgot about that