Wooden Knitting Needles

Um... Some hardwood dowel and a pencil sharpener?

Seriously...

AFARC, needles are tough, due to the exact sizing needed. I've done a couple more my SWMBO, but they were difficult to get to the exact size she wanted

A quick Google search of "wooden knitting needles" gave not only a lot of ready resources, but plenty of actual choices.

They're cheap, too.

Robert

I should have done my own research. I hadn't done it, but she had tried, and came up with very few - at least in Canada. But you're right, even a Youtube video on how to make them.

Thanks Robert.

Tanus

I figured there was a skill involved, and my skills with the lathe are pretty rudimentary. I didn't know about the size thing.

Dave suggested dowels and a pencil sharpener. I guess that falls into the same thing of sizing, tho. But it's sure an easy alternative.

Tanus

You might want to look for a dowel making jig or plans on how to make one. There are a few out there. That would give you your consistant size. Then you could use the pencil sharpener to get it closer to right. The "keeper" on the needle doesn't "have" to be a sphere so you could turn some disc and drill out the hole to the correct size.

Last night I saw a package of bamboo skewers at Walmart. They were about 14" long and pointed. I guess you could put your own counter weight on the non-pointy end...

Package of 100: $1.00.

Complain about Chinese products all you want, but I figure they know how to make hand-held sticks.

Bit skinny for knitting needles, though, aren't they?

I have no idea. I'm a lover, not a knitter.

But you could make a dandy rubber-band crossbow for them.

LOL. I'll tell her that. The other issue that she told me just now is that US and UK suppliers won't ship to Canada.

Tanus

Maybe she could knit one of these:

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I have to save this one for the right occasion... unlikely as it is, you never know...