Because I have stuff I need to do but am procrastinating.
First off: the soil profile. Yeah, the A layer is mixed organic and mineral material, the B layer probably contains more clay.
And the circular needles thing - it's hard to immediately see the exact size on a needle. I mean, I can tell a 2 mm from a 4 mm but in the 3.5 mm/3.75 mm/4.0 mm/4.5 mm range (which are typical sizes you'd use for sweaters), I usually have to use a sizer to tell for sure. And circular needles come in MANY different lengths.
I was actually more visualizing it as the Knitting Alpaca being in a store, needing a particular size and length of circular needle (like: you need a size 5 (3.75 mm) with a 16" cord for hats) but the store has 32 and 40 inch size 5s, and 16 inch size 1s, 2s, and 3s. Because I've TOTALLY been there. (I was looking for a short-cable size 5 the other day when I was at JoAnn's; the smallest short-cable circular they had was a size 6. Grr. And yes, it does make a difference to knitting gauge.) So it would be like being at an art-supply store and needing a black pencil of a particular hardness grade, and they only have red pencils in that grade, and all the black pencils they have are either harder or softer.
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Ah, thank you, now I see. Sorry for being such a party-pooper.
I am not that professional in my knitting tools, I don't have many. I prefer to have the gauge right, and then to look for the longest cord in that size - this way I can use the circular needles for small circles as well as big, for cuffs and collars and hats alike.
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