...Addi needles for lace? I thought I saw a mention of it but can't find it (that may of course be due to the migraine drugs). I ask because I think I mentioned trying to make a scarf with some beautiful two-ply cashmere laceweight that is slack-twisted enough that no matter what needles I use, I either can't get the point into the stitch or the needle splits the yarn at every stitch. Is there an Addi type of needle especially for lace? Help! At this rate I'll die of old age before I finish that scarf.
I see you got an answer about the Addi needles but I just wanted to mention that I solved a similar problem last year by sharpening the points of bamboo needles with sand paper.
> My sentiments exactly. I find metal needles too slippery for me, which is > why I use bamboo for just about everything, but I need pointier tips for > lace. I'm really liking the Addi lace needles. Those k -more-than-2-tog > parts are a lot easier to handle. I do wish they made them in larger > sizes; one lace item in my queue is done on size 8s, and I'm not willing > to take the chance and sharpen my bamboos for fear that I'll ruin them > (I'm not exactly the most coordinated person on the planet).>
Nobody ever accused me of being very coordinated either. :-) The ones I sharpened were relatively inexpensive size 7 SPs from a Jo-Ann store so I wasn't concerned about ruining them. I wasn't able to get the points perfectly even but they did the job for me with no problem.
If I still had any cheap ones left I'd try it, but I've since converted my circs to Addi Naturas, and there's no way I'm gonna try it with them. I'll find a way to muddle through. If the lace pattern doesn't have any larger decreases I should be okay with the Naturas.
There is a pattern for Lace in diynetwork's Knitty Gritty site the guest on it work how to do one. It has what you use for lace. Pam-Doggirl3 My sites:
Just got back from The Atlantic Providences and saw some lace knit on finer needles. ( Do not ask how fine, they were hand made and way, way, too fine. That lady had way too much time on her hands. Let's put it this way, now that she has a knitting shop, she wants $300 for a couple of square inches of that super fine lace she made years ago.
But enough of the stories of Baron Munchousen. The most amazing thing that I saw was the Belfast Mini Mill. It was wonderful.
Then this shop keeper on Cape Breton, managed to swear me into promising to knit my wife (an Aran) sweater in August. I think she was trying to sell me yarn, which she sells at twice the mill price. Snooty lace maker above sells the same yarn for 3 times the mill price. But I fooled them both! We went to PEI and I bought dyed 2-ply woolen spun yarn for 4 sweaters, plus yarn for matching hats, mittens, socks, plus a pile of natural creams and grays for less than $100 US.
Oh, yes they do mail order. The professional knitters around there use a lot of this yarn. I have been wearing socks from this yarn for the last 10 days , and it is not bad stuff. More on this later! I will give you the details when I lay out the issues.
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