Hankering for Yarn » knitting needles from chopsticks http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn Knitting, Crochet, Spool Knitting, Spinning and Weaving Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Knit your noodles with free needles http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/knit-your-noodles-with-free-needles/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/knit-your-noodles-with-free-needles/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:52:04 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/knit-your-noodles-with-free-needles Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> My dear friend, Arlee, is a FABULOUS teacher (and wonderful person).

She started a knitting club at her school, and has 46 kids knitting up a storm.

We were chatting the other evening, and she said:

‘Oooh… getting knitting needles for all those kids is  expensive !’

And I responded: ‘Why not MAKE them knitting needles? !’  (I love ‘GREEN’ eco friendly/recycling projects)

Just take a set of used, clean chopsticks, some beads and a nail file….

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Wash the chopsticks. File any rough spots on the chopsticks, and shape the ends into a softly rounded point:

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Glue (or wedge firmly) the  beads onto the blunt ends:

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And – Voila! you’ve got a fine set of cheap and cheerful, excellent knitting needles that you can knit your noodles with!

And, you have kept them out of the landfill! Yay!

I used these knitting needles to knit the world’s easiest teddy bear:

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