I have not! I have to work my way up to these things slowly! Get the wool, for a start. (I actually have a list of woolly things I need to get: some yellow crochet cotton to fix a string bag I've had for years after the moths ate the wool that fixed the leather handle on; an elastic-setting needle to put some new elastic in a couple of sets of pyjamas; some brown-and-black striped linen, if possible, to mend the edges of an old South American rug I bought from a travelling friend and which has itself become a ravelling friend; a book of actual needles since all the ones I have are old and rusty - and some dark blue, black and white wool to make the mousetardis.)