Thing One: We are in the midst of our annual Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl here in Northern Colorado! If you’re local, pop in and check out two trunk shows we have going on. (If you’re not local – you should still get some of this new Blue Sky Extra yarn and patterns. It’s a new line just out this summer and it’s super soft and cozy and knits up quickly!) Check out the Blue Sky Extra and the Hunter Hammerson trunk show pictures:
Thing Two: Remember last week’s Thing Two? New addition Lexi? Today’s picture is deceiving. She spent the first day with us snoozing and being snuggly and cozy as pictured here. And then starting the next day, she has been non-stop attack-and-play. HELP!! (Seriously – any suggestions for getting her to chill out a little? Or do I have to wait until she’s a year old before that happens?) She is a handful. I probably deserve that, since I’m the one who wanted her and had to really talk my husband into adding her into our household …. She is still cute, though. 🙂
Thing Three: We have Stephanie Pearl-McPhee coming for our Fall Fling Retreat (which is full), but we booked her a day early so we could invite everyone else to come hear her talk, too! She will be providing us all with an evening of fun at the Embassy Suites in Loveland on Wednesday, September 10th from 7-9 pm. Grab your knitting friends and come join us! Tickets available here.
We’re celebrating our Eighth Anniversary this month! We already shared this year’s Anniversary Kit with you in Monday’s post. (Still some available, but they are limited edition so when they’re gone, they won’t be back. I know some of you have collected all eight kits over the years!)
To further celebrate, we’ll be having Anniversary Contests in our next EIGHT blog posts! (Today, tomorrow, Friday, next week Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Labor Day Monday.) All you have to do to be entered is to leave a comment, answering our question for the day. We have lots of fun prizes that we’ll be sending out!
Today’s question: What is your favorite type of knitting needle: wooden, metal, or plastic?
Sheri whofavorsanyneedlethatisSHARP
I prefer wood – I live the feel of them in my hands!
My favorite needle depends on the yarn and pattern. I think though that I like wood best.
Metal!
I’m a huge addi needle fan. They feel so smooth on the hands and I love the way the yarn glides on them. bamboos are probably my second preference.
Since I’ve only used metal, I’ll have to go with that!
Metal for socks, since they need to be so thin; but well-polished wood for just about anything else!
Metal, the faster and pointer the better!
I love my wooden needles. If out in public you don’t hear the click click like metal. They also slip stitches smoother than the other two.
Wooden DPN’s for socks and metal (Signature or ChiaGoo lace) for most everything else.
I love my Dyakcraft Darn Pretty wood interchangeable needles. But for socks, I prefer knitting with metal circulars, using the 2 circ method.
Metal with sharp points, although I do like wood needles for cotton.
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I adore the Hiya Hiya bamboo needles. Always the first choice for me!
I love Addii turbos most of all, but sometimes I need the “grabbiness” of bamboo when the the yarn is slippery. I have’t tried wooden needles yet.
Wooden
I have a soft spot in my heart for wooden needles, although I use metal too.
Wooden for knitting socks and metal for knitting everything else
I seem to gravitate toward metal needles – love the sharp points and how smooth they are! 🙂
I prefer wood, bamboo needles specifically. I love how they feel as they get warm in the hands.
I like them all for the right project, but plastic seems to be the easiest on my hands.
Metal, but occasionally I’ll use slick wood. Never bamboo.
Metal…especially the straight Signatures with the fancy end caps…they feel good and look pretty.
Sharp metal needles! Anything else makes me feel so slow 🙂
Wood!
I love me a good, sharp, slick metal needle. Yep. Signature stiletto DPNs foot that bill completely!
I like the feel of wooden better than metal. But a friend turned me on to Chia Goo metal needles and they make the knitting fly and at a good price too :o)
I really don’t have a favorite because it depends on what I am doing, what yarn, etc. I have plenty of all types. I do have a favorite however between straight and circular…definitely circular.
Wooden needles are my favorite
Wood!
Carbon fiber!
Metal. I love my stitches gliding over it – makes me feel like an expert knitter! Also, I have very wonderful memories of my grandmother, who was an amazing knitter, knitting us sweaters with her metal circular needles.
My favorite is wood – or bamboo, which is a close relative, I guess.
Į prefer to knit with wood…but the yarn really drives the choice.
My favorite type of needle is metal. Nice and slick.
I prefer metal, but I also like the Karbonz with metal tips
My favorites are wood.
I definitely prefer metal needles. And Happy birthday!
Metal for sure. But I like wood a lot too.
I prefer metal for my circulars, but use wooden dpns. My first experience with dpns was with metal and the stitches were sliding off as fast as I could put them on!
Metal all the way. Haven’t done much lace knitting so that may change!
Definitely metal! Though I like the bamboo crochet hooks.
I am in love with Chiagoo metal!
I’m with you — any sharp needle will do!
My favorite knitting needle is the wooden one.
Metal!
Normally my favorite type needle is metal and sharp! Sometimes wooden comes in handy too. I suppose that I could work with plastic if that was all that was available thought!
I really like Chiagoo needles. They are light weight and have very sharp tips. The are my go-to needle for most yarns
Metal, pointy, pointy metal.
Metal, for sure! Lately, it’s been Chiagoo Red Lace circular needles…
Addi turbo metal needles are the ones I reach for the most often.