Needle review: KnitPicks nickel plated double pointed needles
I’ve only used wooden DPNs so far, but I wanted to try some aluminum or nickel plated ones. Sometimes, the yarn drags and while I like the quiet of the wood, the clacking of needles doesn’t bother me at all.
I recently bought these KnitPicks DPNs. They’re nickel plated and very smooth.
I started some socks and wanted to give the needles’ good points:
Very pointy: While I’m doing a very vanilla pair of socks right now, if you have a pattern that requires a lot of decreases, knitting through back loops and those sort of gymnastics, you’ll have no problem guiding these …read more
