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Knitting Needles Plus Bonus Knitting Needle Conversion Chart FREE GUIDE TO Knitting Needles Plus Bonus Knitting Needle Conversion Chart ® ©Interweave | Not to be reprinted | All rights reserved | interweaveknits.com Free Guide to Knitting Needles PLUS BONUS KNITTING NEEDLE CONVERSION CHART When a project and knitter find their perfect needle match, stitches slip by effortlessly. Like knitters, needles come in all shapes and sizes, and somewhere on that wall of needles at your local yarn store, there’s FREE GUIDE TO KNITTING a set perfect for you. But is it wood? Metal? Plastic? NEEDLES PLUS BONUS KNITTING Straight or circular? Fixed or interchangeable? Short NEEDLE CONVERSION CHART An Interweave Knits eBook edited by of buying every pair and trying them all out, how do the Interweave Knits Staff you find your needles, the ones that create a seamless EDITORIAL STAFF transition between your hands and your project? EDITOR, INTERWEAVE KNITS Eunny Jang We tested dozens of needles to help you find your EDITOR, KNITTING DAILY Kathleen Cubley knitting soulmate. CREATIVE SERVICES DESIGNER Charlene Tiedemann PHOTOGRAPHY Amanda Williams PRODUCTION Dean Howes Cheers, Eunny Jang Editor, Interweave Knits ©Interweave | Not to be reprinted | All rights reserved | interweaveknits.com i b e without exception, a pleasure to hold and c f to behold. a Pros: Good-looking, warm to the touch, d g quiet, light (especially bamboo) Cons: Can be delicate; smaller sizes vulner- able to breaking or warping under stress Good for: Lace knitters and beginning knitters, who will appreciate the way Wood Needles stitches stay put; knitters with arthritis a Knitter’s Pride Basix b Brittany c Crystal Palace or repetitive stress injuries; any knitter d e Addi Natura Knitter’s who craves a tactile, sensory knitting Pride Symfonie Dreamz f Knit Picks Harmony Wood experience g Blue Sky Alpacas METAL Common varieties: aluminum, brass, nickel-plated brass, stainless steel Needles we tried: Addi Lace and Turbo; ChiaoGoo RED, HiyaHiya Sharp and Stainless Steel; Knit Picks Nickel-Plated; MATERIAL Knitter’s Pride Nova; Pony and Pony Total, Most knitting needles are made from Signature; Susan Bates Quicksilver, Silval- some variety of wood, metal, or plastic. ume, and Velocity Which material you prefer will depend on Metal for knitting needles is selected how you knit and how you want your knit- for strength, corrosion resistance, and ting process to feel. ability to take a smooth, durable finish. Metal needles can take and hold a sharp WOOD point and are strong, allowing for very fine Common varieties: birch, laminated birch, diameters. The finish on a metal needle bamboo, ebony, rosewood will affect the grip it has on stitches and Needles we tried: Addi Natura, Blue its overall appearance, though stitches will Sky Alpacas, Brittany, ChiaoGoo, Clover tend to glide quickly and smoothly on most Takumi and Takumi Velvet, Crystal Palace, metal needles. Nickel-plated metal needles HiyaHiya Bamboo, Indian Lake Artisans, have the lightest stitch grip, facilitat- Knit Picks Harmony Wood, Knitter’s Pride ing fast, smooth knitting. The surface Basix and Symfonie Dreamz, Lantern treatment of anodized aluminum needles Moon, Pony Rosewood, Tulip produces a slightly stronger grip. The wood used to make quality knitting needles is typically hardwood. It’s strong, fairly rigid but not brittle, and splinter- Metal Needles a a Addi Lace b Knitter’s Pride Nova free. It can be dyed, stained, polished, and/ c Addi Turbo d HiyaHiya Stainless Steel or finished to a high gloss. Both solid and e Signature f Susan Bates Silvalume g Susan Bates Quicksilver laminated woods are found in high-quality needles; laminated wood needles may feel denser and more substantial in the hand. b Wooden needles feel warm to the touch, c yield slightly with hand movement, and produce soft, dull clicks as the needles brush against each other. Depending on the surface treatment, wooden surfaces d tend to be subtly “sticky,” which prevents e stitches from slipping off accidentally but sometimes requires manual manipulation f to move stitches along. All the wooden needles we tried use carefully selected g raw materials and precise manufacturing processes for finished products that are, ©Interweave | Not to be reprinted | All rights reserved | interweaveknits.com 1 a a b c b c d e d f g e h f Point Styles a Signature Stiletto b Addi Lace Plastic Needles c HiyaHiya Sharp d Knit Picks Nickel- a Knitter’s Pride Spectra Plated e Knitter’s Pride Symfonie Trendz b Susan Bates Crys- Dreamz f Susan Bates Quicksilver talite c Denise d Knit Picks g Brittany h Crystal Palace Zephyr Acrylic e Addi Plastic f Susan Bates Luxite Metal needles are cool to the touch and What Do We Recommend? click more loudly than wooden needles. FOR THE TRADITIONALIST: Straight to jumbo Size 35 plastic straight needles Pros: Strong, rigid, promote smooth, fast needles and double-points in rich to mix and match with abandon. Try knitting hardwoods and bamboo or pastel- Addi Plastic, ChiaoGoo I Love Knitting, Cons: Cool to the touch; heavy if made of colored anodized aluminum with early Pony Pearl, and Susan Bates Crystalite solid metal twentieth-century vintage appeal. and Luxite needles. Good for: Knitters who want stitches that Try Brittany, Blue Sky Alpacas, Clover FOR THE ORGANIZER: Interchange- Takumi, Crystal Palace, Lantern Moon, able circular needle sets and flow quickly and smoothly; lace and sock knit- Pony Rosewood, and Susan Bates double-pointed needle sets organized ters who need strong, small-diameter needles Silvalume needles. by color. Try Addi Click, Clover Takumi, FOR THE EFFICIENCY EXPERT: Denise, HiyaHiya, Knit Picks, Knitte’s Nickel-plated fixed-length circulars, Pride, Lantern Moon, Pony Rosewood, PLASTIC lace-point or stiletto-point tips. Try Addi and Tulip interchangeables. Also try Common varieties: acrylic Turbo, ChiaoGoo RED, Knit Picks Knitter’s Pride Symfonie Dreamz and Needles we tried: Addi Plastic; Denise; Nickel-Plated, Knitter’s Pride Nova, Susan Bates Silvalume double-pointed Knit Picks Zephyr Acrylic; Knitter’s Pride Susan Bates Velocity, and Clover Takumi needles or Pony Total. FOR THE AESTHETE: Spectra Trendz; Pony Pearl, Children’s, and Velvet needles for speed, and Addi Beautiful Lace, ChiaoGoo RED Lace, HiyaHiya wooden and metal straight needles with Total; Susan Bates Luxite and Crystalite Sharp, and Signature Stiletto-point elegant endcaps and exotic wood Plastic needles fill the performance needles for accuracy. double-pointed needles. Try Brittany, gap between wood and metal. They have a FOR THE CUTE ONE: An affordable Blue Sky Alpacas, ChiaoGoo Blue moderate grip on stitches and a cool hand assortment of sizes and shapes in plastic Flower, Crystal Palace, Lantern Moon, that warms quickly. The sounds they pro- and acrylics, from sparkly double-points Signature, and Tulip needles. [continued on page 4] ©Interweave | Not to be reprinted | All rights reserved | interweaveknits.com 2 Addi Turbo Knitter’s Pride Sets of interchangeable knitting loosening during knitting, but the interchangeableneedles provide an assortment of join between needles cable and needle tip needle tips and cables of varying is slightly more noticeable. In our lengths to mix and match, saving test, the join was perceptible but you money and space. Each of the did not impede the flow of the several different methods for yarn over the needle, though Knit Picks connecting needles to cables has knitters with tight stitches or its own quirks. thinner yarns may notice the join Every interchangeable set has a more. The cables are comparable more noticeable join than its to those on high-quality fixed- fixed-length circular needle length circulars. equivalent. The key is to pick the Good for: Knitters who work join style that works best with your primarily with fingering-weight and knitting style. larger yarns; knitters with average- to-loose tension THREADED HiyaHiya Needles we tried: Clover Takumi, TWIST AND LOCK, ABUTTING HiyaHiya, Knit Picks, Knitter’s Pride, Needles we tried: Denise, Pony Lantern Moon, Tulip Rosewood Needle tips and cables have Needle tip and cable abut and threaded ends that screw together. lock in place with a slight twist. The tight fit makes the transition The transition on Denise cables between cable and tip very feels smooth and secure. Cables smooth, but the join can loosen are a little thicker than on other while knitting. Different manufac- sets, but are supple and coopera- turers remedy this issue by tive. Needle tips are only available including tightening tools to in high-quality, durable plastic. secure the connection (Knit Picks, Pony Rosewood sets include thin Knitter’s Pride) or using swivel and thicker cable widths, with cables (HiyaHiya, Tulip) that move corresponding gold and black the twist action away from the connectors. Tulip connection point. The cables of all Good for: Switching needle sizes these needles are comparable to with ease; the twist-and-lock those on high-quality fixed-length method is quick and easy to circulars. customize. Good for: Knitters who knit with minimal twisting motions or wrist NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED? movement Most interchangeable needles can be purchased individually as TWIST AND LOCK, OVERLAPPING replacement components or in Needles we tried: Addi Click sample sets that contain a handful of Needle ends fit over the cables needle tips and a cable. Buy one set and lock in place with a slight of needle tips and one cable and try twist. This system is less prone to them out before committing. Denise ©Interweave | Not to be reprinted | All rights reserved | interweaveknits.com 3 a b Double-Pointed Needles a HiyaHiya Stainless Steel b Knitter’s Pride Symfonie c Dreamz c Addi Natura d Blue Sky Alpacas e Addi Aluminum d e ger taper will make the tip seem sharper and duce are quiet and neutral. Although there OTHER CONSIDERATIONS can be an aid when you work with several are many proprietary formulas for plastic, NEEDLE TIPS stitches at once.
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