Oh, not if it's metal - allergies; I thought it was knitted from wool or fibre! Thanks anyway.

(I have Tribbles in You Never Make Me Scream, and a ref. to Mycroft upending the laundry basket over himself, sticking a plunger through it and crawling into S's room late one night intoning the famous two-word phrase in another fic, but can't recall which!) Have just started watching old Dr Who. Currently on Spearhead From Space. It's fab!