Knitting Needle Primer
In addition to being busy pulling together the final stages of some patterns lately I’ve also been working on a series of posts for the My Sister Knits blog about knitting needles. So far I’ve published 4 posts on the subject. I know that probably sounds odd to many of you - 4 posts about knitting needles with even more to come?
Of the people I know who read me here (aka the commenters who have blogs) most are very experienced and quite knitting savvy. But I have been surprised over the years by the number of people I would consider to be well experienced and knowledgeable people who did not realize that frustrations or ease with a project can sometimes be attributed to the knitting needle of choice (or at least the needle and yarn combo).
The first three posts are really geared towards the most beginning of knitters where I covered the three different types of knitting needles - single pointed, double pointed and circular and in what situations each can be used. There may be a small tidbit in those for experienced knitters and there are some polls that would be interesting if more people answered!
Today I posted the first of four posts about needle materials which I suspect some of you experienced knitters may find interesting and perhaps you can even shed some additional light or share your personal experiences in the comments.
The blog series can be found at http://en.wordpress.com/tag/knitting-needle-primer/
