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Learn to Knit: Double Pointed Needles

24th July 2019 circular 0 min read
Learn to Knit: Double Pointed Needles | Knitting Tutorial


This method of working in the round is probably what most knitters are familiar with. If it's something you've worked before then it may be the circular knitting style that you gravitate towards?
I find working so many needle tips tricky, I seem to be constantly stabbing myself in the hand! It does also require the purchase a a different set of needles.

With this method you have a set of 4 or 5 short straight needles with tips on both ends. You divide your work over 3 or 4 of the needles, join in the round and then use the fourth of fifth needle to knit with.

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Carol Feller

Carol trained as a structural engineer, and she brings that love of analysing structure into her knitting, creating complex patterns that are easy to understand, while her approach to process is all about testing and playing, and making mistakes along the way. That’s where the joy lies!

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