Cirular needles

#1

does anyone know how to untangle the circular needles, and are they hard to work with?

#2

If your circulars are coiled up, try soaking them in very hot water and then pulling them straight. That should help. I thing circs are very easy to work with.

#3

I hardly work with my straight needles anymore, even if I’m not working on a circular pattern. Circular needles are just easier for me to work with, and I don’t drop them as often. :wink:

Holly

#4

i have never owned a straight needle. all my work, flat or round, has been done on circs!

#5

it is SO hard to loose the matching needle with Circs, I have so many short sets of DPNs or nice double needles
Circs are good, and you just need 2 to do the reductions

ask all questons, ONE of us will help you out

ecb

#6

thank you to all you ladies who helped me…thinking about taking a few knitting classes…that might help me understand alot more :wink:

#7

Being pretty new to knitting myself, I find that I much prefer circular needles to straight. I find I am less clumsy (for lack of better word) and seem to have much better control. I got some Susan Bates which were nice, but then I spoiled myself and bought some Addis. Oooh, are those really nice! I never realized how expensive a hobby knitting would become. But I consider it an investment! :smiley:

#8

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#9

i prefer DPN’s so far. bamboo DPN’s esp. its aesthetically interesting to work with them. i get a happy oogy feeling that i just dont get working with circs. though very functional, circs just arent sexy like DPN’s are.

#10

I like DPNs and circs both. Circs are so efficient, and DPNs impress the onlookers :lol:

#11

:roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

#12

Ingrid, I didnt know about that trick with circular needles… I have been “fighting” them thinking it was something we all had to deal with… :??

#13

One of the reasons Addis are so popular is that the cord never gets stuck in a curl. Always very relaxed and flexible.

#14

:roflhard: :rofling: :roflhard: :rofling: :roflhard:

Which is why I :heart: my Denise’s even though they are “plastic”… I think I need some Addi’s to fill out the sizes the set doesn’t cover. :wink:

#15

:rofling: yer gonna get in trouble if you keep callin’ them plastic!! :stuck_out_tongue: They are actually resin! :wink:

when i first learned to knit i bought a few pairs of needles of different brands and sizes. there was no rhyme or reason behind what i chose at all. one of them was a pair of susan bates plastic needles. they were the most horrendous things to work with. i tried them just that one time and gave them away to the first taker. the Denise’s are NOTHING like that experience at all! it helps that they don’t feeeeeeeeel plastic-y either! :thumbsup:

#16

Well considering where I work, I’m already a target for trouble! And yes, I agree they don’t feel “plasticky”, but I do seem to notice a flexibility to the needle shaft {at least in the smaller sizes} that is taking a bit of getting used to. Oh why can’t I get an Addi interchangeable set… thin flexible cords and nice smooth metal tips! :heart: :inlove: :thumbsup:

#17

I looooooooooooooooove my denises and use them for everything except socks. For socks, I use brittany 5" birch dpns and I love them too.

#18

Well considering where I work, I’m already a target for trouble! And yes, I agree they don’t feel “plasticky”, but I do seem to notice a flexibility to the needle shaft {at least in the smaller sizes} that is taking a bit of getting used to. Oh why can’t I get an Addi interchangeable set… thin flexible cords and nice smooth metal tips! :heart: :inlove: :thumbsup:[/quote]

lol YOU aren’t in trouble with me for where you work…i just wanna make sure they treat you well while you are there and pay you a decent wage…that’s all! :wink: