On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:34:33 GMT, Wooly spun a fine yarn
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:13:28 -0500, YarnWright
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>>Thought I'd throw in an ON topic query or two!
>>So... what are your fave knitting needles?
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> Depends on what I'm knitting.
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spewwwwww! A very conservative answer from a know liberal! :D Noreen
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:32:42 -0500, YarnWright spewed forth
Har!
Well, since you asked: Rosewood
I love rosewood needles. Unfortunately they aren't suitable for everything (witness my beg for needles I could use to knit Zephyr without going nuts!) nor do they come in all the lengths I need so sometimes I'm forced to use Inox and/or Addis.
+++++++++++++Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...
Actually, you could very likely rework rosewood needles or make new rosewood needles changing the shape of the tips, sanding for texture, or polishing for extra smoothness so that some rosewood needle could be used for more of your chores.
One reason that I like my homemade needles is that I am never afraid to adapt them for the project at hand. If you are doing unique knitting, you need unique needles. If you are doing wonderful knitting, you need wonderful tools. >>Not necessary expensive or exotic tools. I mean, we are talking about pointed wooden sticks here. But, we want them shaped, and textured just so - and that may not be the shape or texture produced by some production lathe that was designed and is operated by men that have never knit a stitch in their life.
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