I bought Addi Turbos for my wedding shawl, thinking it was important enough to warrant great needles. They are not great, and they made knitting lace even more hellish than it already can be, particularly for someone who has never done it before and was using a yarn so fine, it might as well have been mist.
Addis have a reputation for being the top of the line knitting needle, but I have had nothing but trouble with them. Especially lace OMG all those increases and decreases. If I didn't lifeline obsessively, I would have never gotten anything done. These days if I don't have bamboo or other wood at hand -- because they are expensive -- I'm happy with good old Susan Bates. :)
I'm not a big fan of Bates (I think I said "Boyle" upthread) but I'm becoming a fan of Tipping Points. In part because you can thread the lifeline through the needle - so much easier than threading it through later.
Disagree on DPNs, but then when (and where, which is Soviet Union) I learned to knit, circular needles were awful: the cables were stiff and had a tendency to twirl in a spiral, like a corkscrew. Nasty! DPNs were definitely the lesser evil. :-)
Ooh, I can understand that. Hey, you work with the material at hand, right? I started out with DPNs but I always felt like I needed an extra hand or two to make it work.
I have been sending everyone to the Magic Loop vid that's embedded in the comments here, or you can google some other vid that you find more understandable for you. If you look at it like ending up with something that looks like Mickey Mouse ears it's easy to visualize. At least for me. LOL
I love wood needles, lacquered or not, but they tend to be more expensive than I can afford. Like you, never use straights anymore.
I love metal needles and rarely will deal with wood. I love my dpns, unless I'm doing socks two at a time. But it's a rare blue moon before I'll use straights over circulars.
Love Addi Turbos; would like to be able to afford Chiao Goo (?), but they're a bit pricier and harder to find - apparently the cables are lovely, though. Addi Lace Points are better for some things. Don't much like the Hiya Hiya ones, the sizing seems to be a bit iffy.
Can't get bamboo or wood in the small sizes I need for socks.
DPNs - agreed. A recipe for disaster.
Circulars for 95% of things - sometimes straights simply work better.
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I use them for everything.
I bought Addi Turbos for my wedding shawl, thinking it was important enough to warrant great needles. They are not great, and they made knitting lace even more hellish than it already can be, particularly for someone who has never done it before and was using a yarn so fine, it might as well have been mist.
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Addis have a reputation for being the top of the line knitting needle, but I have had nothing but trouble with them. Especially lace OMG all those increases and decreases. If I didn't lifeline obsessively, I would have never gotten anything done. These days if I don't have bamboo or other wood at hand -- because they are expensive -- I'm happy with good old Susan Bates. :)
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Fully support the other 3.
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I love wood needles, lacquered or not, but they tend to be more expensive than I can afford. Like you, never use straights anymore.
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Can't get bamboo or wood in the small sizes I need for socks.
DPNs - agreed. A recipe for disaster.
Circulars for 95% of things - sometimes straights simply work better.
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