i saw these pretty handmade knitting needles at nicole’s knits. she made a cool pink and blue design… and it looks like “i could do that!” she shows how you get the wooden dowels, match up with a knitting gauge guide, and whittle with a pencil sharpener. you make fimo ends, paint, and voila! you have your own very pretty knitting needles. (i suppose after a couple layers of paint and polyurethane you’ll have to check gauge again).
there are some more detailed tutorials online:
Detailed tutorial by Curious Girl
Tutorial with lots of tips at CheapStix
How to make circular needles at Strings and Things
Anyone else have pics of their own homemade needles?
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i made these
dpn’s nothing fancy, but i sanded, polished and olied them really nice. there is another pair that i made, but i can’t find the pic on my server.
hahahaha you said “By Curious Girl” hahahaha
Here’s a tutorial I did awhile ago, although mine were larger than my pencil sharpener, so power tools were employed.
http://www.talkingcrow.com/blog/2004/10/how_to_make_knitting_needles.html
Loved reading this Blog!Lot’s of different things, artists and crafters!Congrats!I’ll be back!
Yes, made 12mm dpns using a lathe. Great fun. http://need2knit.blogspot.com/2006/07/fo-yarn-swifts.html
Thanks for the links. I may have to try and make some circs soon.
I’ve made my own straight needles (http://toysaregoodfood.com/content/archives/000096.html) and some fun polymer clay ends (http://toysaregoodfood.com/content/archives/000100.html). Hmmm.. perhaps these will be my holiday gifts for my knitgrrls.
what should i put on the end?
thats the fimo!
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