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I’ve officially become enamored with a new-to-me knitting tool: Knitter’s Pride Karbonz needles. These needles are made from carbon fiber and have slick nickel-plated brass tips.
Oooooh, shiny.
As you may have noticed over the last few months, I’ve been slowly transitioning from the colorful Knit Picks Harmony needles I’ve used almost exclusively for the last few years to sleek, black KP Karbonz needles. It began when I realized I was mending far too many holes in my socks and needed to tighten my gauge. However, I wanted to knit with size 0 (2.0 mm) DPNs that didn’t feel like bendable, careful-or-they’ll-snap-in-half toothpicks. So I ordered some Karbonz DPNs and loved them.
Current sock in progress. Click for project page.
And I thought — maybe the Harmony’s are NOT the be-all-end-all of knitting needles. I first learned to knit on Susan Bates metal needles but have been fiercely anti-metal since…
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So glad you shared this. 🙂
I’m curious to know if you find going down a needle size helps with the socks. My mum’s been doing a lot of sock darning lately, and I’m thinking of ways to resolve this.
I’m a pretty loose knitter so I go down needle size a lot for gauge. But I think places like heel flaps and toes benefit
I love the look of those. I’m personally not a terribly picky knitter when it comes to needles but that might be a function of there not being much choice locally: you buy what’s available or go without. 🙂