Kimono sweater log-jam

Well, I had every intention of working on the kimono sweater this month, but I sort of stopped myself from doing that.
I'm using denise interchangeable needles on the sweater, and I'd taken the needles off the cable a couple months ago and I'm using them on something else.

I could get the needles back from the "something else" project, if only I'd written down or made a simple file note in something on this computer to say what the project was, but, I didn't do that.
So I'm up the proverbial creek wthout a paddle. I'll have to finish a few projects before I know where those particular needles went to, as the denise needles do not have the sizes engraved upon them. The case they come in is imprinted with the sizes at each pair of slots, which is nice, but that doesn't help if the case is nowhere near at hand.

As for the non-existant knowledge of certain old project details/notes? (The problem isn't endemic, but it's there.) Well, I'll definitely fix that in the next couple months. I have to. I normally write down some notes of projects in order to not have the same fiasco happen again.

You'd think I'd learn. I've been crafting for over 30 years and I forget simple things like that. I don't know. I'll now have to make a template for knitting notes *sigh*.

Anyway. In other news, I've started knitting for the Christmas season. I've also made two sets of double-pointed needles in order to facilitate the Christmas season knitting, as I didn't want to either wait for the needles needed, or spent the exorbitant prices asked on the internet for 12 and 13mm double pointed needles (especially the 13mm).
I made mine out of the appropriate sized dowelling (which required a trip to B&Q with a set of callipers and patience, as not all dowelling is the size stated - I learned this the hard way last year.)

So. 12mm and 13mm dowelling was found and purchased for the total sum of £6.
Each piece of dowelling was 2.4 metres long, which I cut (with a hacksaw) 5 pieces off of each size - a total of 10 pieces (5 -12mm and 5 -13mm).
I sanded smooth each piece, then hand cut (with a disposable craft blade) and sanded the points on each end.

They look very nice. I still have to varnish each needle, but I'm already using the 13mm set, knitting shopping bags - they look nice and considering the recent furore in recycling plastic shopping bags and saving the environment, I'm hoping they'll be well received.

I'll be back....
Later.
Got knitting to do. Lots of knitting
. . .eek.