The Case of the Flyaway Straight Pin
Alternate title: How I Spent My Friday Morning In the process of trying on my newly sewn pants with its generic trial waistband, I went into the closet to get the portable full-length mirror. Something grabbed the waistband on the way out. It was the groove/hole for the latch on the doorframe. Oh, no, I thought, and checked the pants and nope, no hole and no pulled threads nor snags. Whew! However.... ....one of the straight pins holding the band on had gone AWOL. I made a quick check of the area and no pin in sight. I checked on hands and knees next, using my super light, running my hand through the carpet fibers---and still no pin. Since it's a low pile it would be easy to spot. Then I spotted the white pin head about three feet away, but that's all it was---the pin was not attached! I continued to check carpet in all areas I thought the pin could possibly go; I checked my person; I checked my newly se...