Last Sunday, I accompanied Mike in his laboratory. He needs to work on something and that day was the only day he could work without the hassle of someone else waiting for him to finish so others could use some of the equipment he needs.

Mike working

That’s mike on the background. His pc on the left, his microscope he assembled on the furthest left, the detector (gray and blue on the right) Some lens tissue on the center atop some miscellaneous boxes, His working table is surely a mess.

And I was supposed to finish a crocheted bolero so I brought some yarns and the unfinished project. As a precautionary measure, I always bring extra yarns with me, on the fear that I might be bored on the recent one I am working on.

And yes I did. so I decided to start the shrug that was ordered to me It was supposed to be made in wool (Yeah, i want to start crocheting wool). I did not know the exact size but I assumed it has to be longer than me. It always has to be.

The wool yarn I was using was the bluish gray (100g) from the store. I removed the ‘plastic cone’ from this yarn so I could measure the weight. Thus it was difficult to work with.

But, i was in mike’s lab and there has to be something in there that could help me. I saw some metal rods (which i asked mike how much, $6 to %10 !!!) and a metal base mounted on the optical table (the working table mike was working on) hehe, voila. i had a threader!

Improvised Threader

A closer look…

Closer look of the threader

And testing if the threader works..

Testing the threader

Yei! I am ready to work again.

Thus with my magnificent instrumentation i was able to crochet comfortably. But alas, we had to spend more time in the lab because mike was unable to align his needed laser properly. And i was really cold. So my fingers are already shivering from the cold and i can’t insert the hook from the right hole so I stopped working and asked mike to take a picture of me with the crocheted article I had worked.

Here it is…

Me and my first woolen crocheted article

And before we went home (at 10pm) Mike was able to make his experiment work, and thanks to what? Hahaha.. inspiration he had coz i was with him.. <3