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This month:
Top 5 (or 10) Favourite tools for our craft(s)
Always, but always, really, close at hand (couldn't live without them):
- a miniature Swiss army knife (at least one! I have three...), in my pocket. They all have tiny but sturdy scissors that I use all the time*
- measuring tape
- & overworked pin cushion, both on a side table
Always close at hand too, once I'm at it (couldn't craft without them):
- round pliers
- crimping pliers (they can come in handy for so much wire work)
Never very far either (they make my life so much easier :)
- paper & pen / pencil (these do tend to be lying about at all times, but they shouldn't...)
- normal size Swiss army knife with miniature screwdriver (in my handbag, along with measuring tape bis)*
- nylon jaw pliers
- flat pliers (these two kinds more recently acquired than the other two pairs of pliers above but very addictive too, in that they can correct mistakes or even prevent them)
- bench blocks and hammers, lots of hammers...
* slightly problematic whenever I have to travel by plane...
5 comments:
great collection of tools :)
I can see it would be hard to travel with your tools!
look at all those tools! I use to have always a swiss army knife in my handbag until I lost it. Now I got a french Opinel. Not full of little gadgets, but very handy.
real tools! it's a treat to see them used in your craft, as they are familiar to me! is that a hockey puck in the last photo?
:))
No, that would be my rubber block. Mind you...
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