Day 279: I'd like to give a shout out to the unsung hero who invented the fringe twister. According to Google's AI, tools for twisting fringe date back to ancient China, and the modern versions (of which there are several different designs with varying numbers of clips) cannot be attributed to any one person. Okay, that will have to satisfy me, and suffice to say that in my opinion, this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. No, wait...that idiom doesn't apply in my case since I make my own. That said, of all the gadgets I own, this one gets five stars, an A-plus in the categories of Clever, Functional and Time-Saving. I already have one end of the shawl done, and that's 128 little twisted fringes. If I was doing this with the "lick your fingers, roll one group 20 times, lick your fingers, roll the second group 20 times" method, I'd be here until Christmas. Even so, it's a lengthy process, and not one you'd sit down and complete all in one go.
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