How about we see what nifty tools or gadgets or whatnots we all have collected with our knitting? 
Here are pics of my glass knitting needles I procured this spring on EBay. They are made of Pyrex. They are usable :XX: (albeit they are very slippery) but I find them to be more collectible and a conversation piece for sure!
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I have the usual junk, but those needles are gorgeous!
I dont have anything anywhere NEAR that cool or unusualā¦those are SO pretty!
Love those needles! I donāt have anything of interest.
I like those needlesā¦a LOT; Iām afraid I have the usual stuff, nothing so coolā¦my most gadgety thing is an electronic row counter and I keep knitting info on my pdaā¦somethimesā¦but no really cool stuff like those needlesā¦NOW I want something really cool like that, perhaps when we take our short trip to Charleston in a couple of weeks iāll find cool stuff.
Binkyā¦where did you get those gorgeous needles?!
Iām a total tool freak!
I got them all off EBay. The blue set I have to double check which seller but the other two I got from āgbglassā (Gail Blum Glass). One day I searched beaded knitting needles and came across them. Now I search that subject a lot and have seen beaded needles, glass ones, as well as beaded crochet hooks. I am totally in the wrong line of workā¦ Iāve seen some of the crochet hooks go for $200 bucks :shock:.
My most expensive pair was 40.00 and these were about the 27.50 mark not counting shipping from the seller.
If anything looking up these unique items is a gas!
Those needles are gorgeous. I donāt have any neat needlesā¦ yet. I want my dad to make me some out of some exotic woods, but heās too busy building my spinning wheel. 
These are a couple neat things that I do haveā¦ my sheep measuring tape (press his belly to retract the tape), and my sterling silver fancy schmancy stitch markers (which I hardly ever useā¦ those little hooks on the ends tend to catch the yarn). But theyāre still purty and theyāre silver. 
How gorgeous!!! I love those needles, and the stitch markers are very nice!!
I donāt have anything super cool like that, but some of my stuff is really old, never used, still in original packages. They were just handed to me by a lady at church when I mentioned that I was learning to knit.
Thatās way cooler than any new shiny tools, IMHO. Got a pic?
That reminds meā¦ I do have a reeeeally old tiny crochet hook. My dad says it was handmade as you can see the file marks on the tip (with a magnifying glass), and the handle is bone. He thinks itās at least 100 years old.
I found it in my grandmotherās jewelry box after she passed away. The interesting part is that I found it by accident only hours after reading through a pattern that called for a tiny crochet hookā¦ something that I didnāt have at the time.
I told my dad itās a really cool feeling to think that it found its way into the hands of someone who will use it for its intended purpose after all these years.
I really wanna get or make some beaded stitch markers. Iām a beading freak to so maybe one day Iāll get to it. I thought about the snag factor too. I have had my eye on one of those sheep tapes, too c-ewe-te! :roflhard:
I have been fascinated with the hand turned crochet hooks.
Silver, funny you should mention your hook. I have hauled around an old sewing box of my grandmaās from two apartments, a storage unit, and my parents house and just 3 or 4 months ago I came across it downstairs and decided to rummage through it again. I hadnāt looked at it in ages, and found 3 tiny hooks in the bottom- one being a bone crochet hook. I totally felt the irony also about finally discovering this craft and I honestly feel like it was a āhelloā from my grandma. She was an avid sewer and I donāt know if she crocheted, but still, my mom says I inherited her crafty nature. I never knew her (she passed away when my mom was pregnant with me) but I know a lot about her. I am most inspired about how whe took in foster babies and sewed a lot of clothes for them to have when they were adopted.
I would love to go to estate sales to see whatās out there in needles and such!
I will post a pic after the moveā¦everything is packed, except for dishcloth stuff.