Very, very frustrated.

[Pleater]

I am so glad that these things happen to other people too.

I have a large number of knitting machines and I can be sitting knitting away, using the little tools from time to time, then I will go to pick one up and it will not be there.

My theory is that all that mass of machinery causes something like a wormhole, linking similar masses of knitting machines, and from time to time a tool, or other small object falls in and slides to another knitting room.

That is why from time to time I also find tools I know I have never bought, and spare widgets for accessories over and above the proper number.

On another occasion I will find that instead of having a left and a right widget, as required, there are two of the same handedness.

There also seems to be a universal law which dictates that no matter how many cones of yarn there are in the stash there is never one of the right colour and thickness for the present project.

Maybe it is all due to a requirement to keep the sellers of yarns and widgets in business.

It can't all be random acts of absent minded carelessness - can it?

Anne the Pleater

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

Why has no one suggested the one, the true, the only sure-fire way to find that pesky little knife? Ask Diane to find it!

Sorry Arlen, I know how frustrating it is for you. Most of the time, when Jamie has lost something, after he has torn apart the whole house looking for it, he'll come to me and express his frustration (often in a somewhat agitated manner) and I'll reach down between the couch cushions and hand him the offending object. Usually at this point he will swear, and then politely thank me.

Give it a try (although I suspect you already have)

Be well,

Star

[Phogfan86]

When you find it, be ready. You may also find about a kajillion socks you've lost in the dryer over the years.

[Cynthia]

Most of the time, when Jamie has lost something, after he has torn apart the whole house looking for it, he'll come to me and express his frustration (often in a somewhat agitated manner) and I'll reach down between the couch cushions and hand him the offending object. Usually at this point he will swear, and then politely thank me.

Sounds like us! Christopher has to have me help him find things a lot as well

Sorry there seems to be no trace of it, Arlen. That's very strange and horribly frustrating