Bamboo (et al) needles.....what to do with those little nicks?

General Knitting
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I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten a few nicks around the tips since I started knitting. Is there a way to smooth these out?

Thanks!

2

I think you should be able to take very fine sandpaper to them and polish them up a bit - enough to take the edges of the nicks, anyway.

3

I use a find emery board (the spongey ones) and lightly sand the ends sometimes. I always have an emery board in my knitting bag because I can’t stand if I get a rough spot on my cuticle or nail that snags the yarn. So it’s right there when I need to fix a ragged part of a wooden or bamboo needle too.

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I saw on Knitty Gritty a little trick too…take raw rice, put it in a tall container (Pringles can?) and then dip your needles in, up and down, to “polish” up your needles and bring back some of the smoothness. I don’t know if it would get bigger nicks out or not though…

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I use a fine sandpaper and am careful to rub one way toward the tips, then use sewing wax and rub where sanded then polish with a soft cloth. Hope this helps… Mary

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a little wax paper rub after the fine sanding can help too. (if you don’t have sewing wax.)

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What kind of raw rice? Does minute rice work as well as long grain white? What about wild rice? Brown rice? Short grain white?

Or am I just being annoying?:teehee: