Scissors

My Dad always said "The right tools for the right job". He was a brick mason but that phrase seems to be appropriate for any job. Here in my studio I have many pairs of scissors. This is only as small selection. I have others, mostly small ones, that I use when traveling with hand sewing.

Don't you dare cut that piece of paper with any of those. Move on to the kitchen where some older pairs are ready for paper, cardboard or even a chicken bone.

Out on my desk is another set of scissors. I think there was a sale at the now defunct RagShop when I got carried away buying these.

I'm not even going to tell you how many pairs of scissors my husband has. How many pairs of scissors are in your house?

Scizzors

I noticed the other day that I have an awful lot of scizzors in my house. There are these in my studio.

Some of these are old, from the days when I did a lot of embroidery. The really big ones were my mother in laws pinking shears, they weigh a ton and hurt your fingers. The long ones are suture scizzors from the doctors office. If you know someone in the medical field, see if they can snag you a set.

Out in my desk are a few pairs of paper scizzors. They must have had a sale at Joanns.

Then there are the household scizzors that cut anything from paper to chicken bones. The itty bitty ones with the rounded tips are mustache scizzors. A few months ago the screw fell out and I could not find another pair like these anywhere. I found a place online that repairs scizzors and they did a great job.

So how many pairs of scizzors are in your home and why do we call them pairs anyway?