Category: Arts
Created by: kschimmel
Number of Blossarys: 8
English (EN) 
Sock needles are double-pointed needles in smaller sizes. They are used for socks, gloves, and other projects knit in the round at a fine gauge.
Lace needles are very fine, wire-like needles used for knitting with laceweight yarn or thread. They have sharper points to enable knitters to manipulate tiny stitches in elaborate patterns.
A recent innovation in knitting needles is the square shaft. Square needles still have points, but the rest of the needle is square instead of rounded so a dropped needle will not roll. Some ...
Ebony needles are made of exotic wood and are decorative as well as useful. The no-working ends of the needles may be beautifully carved.
A set of interchangeable needles consists of flexible cable in several lengths along with various sizes of needle tips to be attached to a cable to form a circular knitting needle.
Some knitting needles have a teflon coating to enable stitches to glide easily over the needles. Knitters who like to knit fast and/or use heavily textured yarn will find the teflon coating helps ...
Jack pins are extra-large knitting needles used for knitting with super bulky yarns or used singly with a crochet hook to produce "broomstick lace."
By: kschimmel