This one is for bibliogrrl:

[sosoclever]

Non-knitters will likely not be interested.

From Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac:

Do not feel that you are in any way obliged to possess perfect sets of four needles. Emergency and experiment have taught me that a very motley quartet will finish off a hat quite adequately. I have made a hat on a #10 1/2 circular needle and finished it

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[sosoclever]

Oh, I knew that you knew (and you knew I knew you knew), but when I read that, it made me think of you.:-) And it's also nice to hear that someone generally respected in a community agrees with you.

Of course, EZ considered gauge to be so important that she spelled it with all capitals.;-P