New Zealanders are apparently known for their ingenuity. Before the days of airfreight there must have been times when New Zealand, as a small island out in the Pacific, felt cut off from the rest of the world (I feel it even now especially when trying to source hair toys). Waiting months for goods to arrive from England or America, Kiwis took things into their own hands and fashioned what they needed with what they had.
There's some debate that 'Kiwi Ingenuity' is a myth, an urban legend that has grown up to make Kiwis feel that they're superior (or at least equal) to the rest of the world. Myth or not, 'Kiwi Ingenuity' is definitely alive in my home. Last weekend, unable to buy the correct size of circular knitting needles, DH looked at the bamboo ones in the shop and offered, "If you can find the correct size in straight needles, I can remove the needles off a circular set, cut down the straight ones, and then put them on to the nylon to make a set the right size."
He did, and for half the price of most circular knitting needles in the shop! And they work just fine!
Now if we could just come up with some Kiwi ingenuity to replace the floorboards in our bathroom there's a chance I might get my bathroom finished before this decade is over!
There's some debate that 'Kiwi Ingenuity' is a myth, an urban legend that has grown up to make Kiwis feel that they're superior (or at least equal) to the rest of the world. Myth or not, 'Kiwi Ingenuity' is definitely alive in my home. Last weekend, unable to buy the correct size of circular knitting needles, DH looked at the bamboo ones in the shop and offered, "If you can find the correct size in straight needles, I can remove the needles off a circular set, cut down the straight ones, and then put them on to the nylon to make a set the right size."
He did, and for half the price of most circular knitting needles in the shop! And they work just fine!
Now if we could just come up with some Kiwi ingenuity to replace the floorboards in our bathroom there's a chance I might get my bathroom finished before this decade is over!
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