In the morning I hastily packed my knit project to work with me so I can knit while I wait for the machine to do its thing.
I was happily knitting away, coming to the end of the front part when I realised I needed a darning needle if I want to keep going, and I didn’t remember to pack one. I had to finish the edge with the Italian cast off and then I could continue with the collar. I was only halfway through the day and I would have gotten really bored scrolling the web if I had to stop knitting at that point.
I asked around if by any chance there was a needle anywhere in the shop, but I had no luck. I poked around the random drawers and even considered that maybe someone could make me a needle, after all, we were in a metal working shop.
Then I came across a random piece of steel wire and figured I’m just gonna fashion it into a pokey thing with a loop in the other end. Twisty twisty and a little filing and I had a makeshift darning needle. It worked surpringly well when I payed attention to not get the yarn caught in the sharp double end. I don’t think you can even tell from my results that I did it with a janky needle.
Insert your favourite MacGyver quote here.