Thought I'd throw in an ON topic query or two! So... what are your fave knitting needles?
me:
Have fun! Noreen
What size? At US#1, I like steel. At size 6, steel is so bad I can not use the right words here. And for what purpose? Sitting at home in my easy chair, I like fast slippery sock needles. Out traveling, I like sock needles that absolutely will not fall out and get lost, even if they are so rough that they give me blisters.
Let me change the question a bit: You are flood victim and you are being allowed to take 1/2 pound of knitting needles and tools and up to 10 pounds of any ONE yarn to last you for the indefinite future. You have 30 minutes to pack and get out the door. What do you take?
I would take my good/smooth wood sock needles in 6" size 4
1 set of 5-18" #1 steel gansey needles knitting sheath Swiss army knife with scissors tape measure set of 5-10" steel #1 DPN set of 5 - 7" aluminum #0 DPN 10# of Bartletts sport weightSorry, my other task for the day is to brainstorm out the potential consequences of global warming including abrupt climate due to changes in thremolhaline currents. Kind of depressing because we are not ready and we are not getting ready. And, the folks that should be leading do not have any better grip on the science of global warming than they had on military science when they said that a hydrogen generator for the Iraq Artillery was a "Mobile Biological Weapons Lab." You know who I mean.
Aaron
I'd agree with the Denise set and add my Bryspun 10" straights. I love the points. Bryspun DPNs and Brittany DPNs
Alison
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:13:28 -0500, YarnWright spewed forth :
Depends on what I'm knitting.
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All of my straight needles are Boyes.
My circular needles are Boyes also.
I do have a Denise set I use most when I need a circular.
I also have two set of Boye interchangeable circulars.
All my double points are clover with a few Susan Bates.
My favorite needles are my full set of Clover bamboo flex needles or maybe my Denise set? Hhhhmmmm.
Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail
Well, I'm partial to bamboo because I like the control; I tend to drop stitches like crazy off aluminum or steel. All of my circulars are Plymouth bamboo, and I love them. I like short DPNs, like 5", so I like the Brittany birch DPNs (except I keep breaking the 2-mm ones; I've gone through several sets in the past few years). I recently picked up a couple sets of Crystal Palace bamboo DPNs that I really like; they're 6" so not *too* long, and they seem to be holding up to my abuse rather nicely. I had been bending my Inox bamboo DPNs to the point where they were gonna start snapping, so I'm giving them a rest; they're also 7" needles, but I tolerate the length because the needles are nice.
The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom
I think my favorites are the antique steel Boye dpns, for the tip shape. Sizes 1, 0, 00, and the unbranded 00000. Also the set of stainless steel 14" size 1 dpns that my sister made. I'm also fond of the anodized aluminum dpns I've had since the 1970s, sizes 5,6,7,8, that I use for hats.
=Tamar
Do you use a knitting sheath? Is it modern or did it come with the antique needles?
On 22 Jun 2006 06:13:48 -0700, lanfear32 spun a fine yarn
nod nod nod! Noreen
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