Knitting Needles

We have a wide variety of needles available in different materials, sizes, and types. This is a quick overview of information on them.

Wooden and bamboo needles are excellent for people with arthritis or carpal tunnel, or for those of us who tend to drop stitches. They are warmer to the touch, and don't wick warmth away from your hands. They are also very light. They are not spectacularly slippery, so those of us with the stitch-dropping tendency often prefer them, too.

The finest finish are on the rosewood needles. Rosewood has a fine, long grain which lends itself to fine woodwork. The Brittany birch needles are wonderful, too, and considerably less expensive.

The bamboo needles are the Clover needles from Japan, well-finished, and of excellent quality bamboo that won't splinter at the tips. The nickel-plated needles are slick. They are built for speed for the good knitter who doesn't have the stitch-dropping problem. You can generally knit up to a third faster on the slick nickel-plated ones relative to other types of needles. Because they are metal, they are colder to the touch, and people who have problems with their hands may find their hands ache more. The Turbo needles are generally considered the best of their type on the market, in terms of both their finish, their flexibility, and their connections, in the case of the circulars. I find the INOX Express to be close to them in performance, and considerably less expensive.

We have a variety of each, from the good, serviceable type to the beautiful and elegant to use.