For those of you who dust, do you dust with a product or just a dust cloth or duster of some sort? I’ve always just used a cloth or duster but I find myself writing my initials or obscene drawings in the dust of one particular piece of furniture on what seems like a daily basis and I’m wondering if there’s some product that would possibly repel dust. Is this just a dream? What, if anything, does Pledge do? I have Pledge wipes, but I don’t think I’ve noticed that they do anything other than make surfaces slightly shiny while they dust. Am I missing something?
For those of you who knit, does knitting in the round with dpns ever stop sucking? Because I suck at it. I’ve been knitting a sweater since Christmas and I finally got to the sleeves and I thought for sure I could make them work with circulars but then, after I somehow managed to pick up the required number of stitches I got 4 or 5 rounds in and realized I was fooling myself and ripped it all out. When I attempted to start again I couldn’t for the life of me get all 52 stitches on the needles. I got stuck somewhere around 40 twice, and Madgirl, who deserves a medal for her attempt, also only got somewhere around 40. As I watched Madgirl counting and picking up stitches I reread the pattern and saw that it called for dpns to begin with. How I missed that, and how the woman in the yarn store who helped me figure out which size circulars to use missed that, I do not know. So I started and knit a round and realized I was knitting on the wrong side. I unknit the beginning of that round and was so flustered that when I began the round again I forgot to increase and was still 12 stitches short. I managed to increase and knit a few rounds successfully and after I thought I had it together I somehow screwed up and found myself knitting on 2 instead of 3 needles. Or is it 3 instead of 4? I have stitches on 3 and I’m knitting with 1, so how do you describe it? Obviously I don’t know what the hell I’m doing.
Erin | 29-Mar-07 at 7:08 am | Permalink
I use this stuff by Caldrea - one is an all-purpose cleaner and the other is like a wood-polishing cream for dusting. I like the Caldrea stuff because it doesn’t smell as strong as, say, pledge or whatever and it’s mostly plant-derivative ingredients.
girlfiend | 29-Mar-07 at 8:35 am | Permalink
But does the Caldrea repel dust any better than just a microfiber cloth? I’ve used Murphy’s Oil soap for wood (and just realized the aforementioned wipes are Murphy’s, not Pledge) and it smells okay, but it’s the desire to keep the dust away I’m focusing on.
Mix | 29-Mar-07 at 9:50 am | Permalink
I have absolutely nothing to contribute to this post.
Fraulein N | 29-Mar-07 at 11:02 am | Permalink
I use that “wood for good” spray you can get at Target. That seems to do a pretty good job of repelling dust.
Diana | 29-Mar-07 at 1:13 pm | Permalink
If you find the end to the knitting in the round suckage, let me know. I finally had to take a sock class just to learn how to work the damn things, and still have ladders and missed stitches. Complaining aside, you should be able to do anything on two circulars that you do on dpns, and I find it’s a lot easier to manipulate them. Just make sure that you either have two different lengths or colors so you don’t mix them up. If you ever come to Minneapolis, I’ll introduce you to the wonderful women that taught me…
Erin | 29-Mar-07 at 7:49 pm | Permalink
I think it does - but my house gets super, super dusty so I tend to dust a few times a week anyways, so maybe I’m not the best judge.
eleanor martineau | 30-Mar-07 at 8:18 pm | Permalink
I just learned a terrific alternative to ALL dpn knitting here:
http://www.purlwise.com/2003/12/the_handy_magic.html
It really works! And I am a very lame and beginner knitter so that’s saying something.
Good luck!