In my recent knitting activity, I have been
frustrated when some of my inexpensive, bought-on-Ebay,
bamboo-with-plastic-cables circulars have broken their cables in the middle of
a row.
I am nothing if not my mother’s daughter. I continued on. And then I super-glued and kept on keeping
on. And they kept breaking. Some of the more used sizes, I fear, have
reached the end of their life span. The
needles are okay for what they gave me…a range of sizes in circulars of 32”
that got me by for several years…for about $12.00. For the whole set. I am not complaining. They were not meant for the Loops of
Magickness.
They also gave me the time to review what I
wanted to Really Have. And what I really
wanted to have is the ‘Berninas’ of interchangeable needles…Addi Clicks by Skacel. (A Bernina is a high end sewing machine...like the Electrolux of sewing machines.) (An Electrolux is a high end appliance...like a Volvo...anyway...)
I found some Addis that a fellow Raveler was
selling. Gently used, a good price
point, shipping paid…I forked over some leftover Christmas money to further
justify the expense.
My Addi Lace Clicks arrived last week. Eight sizes of tips, and 5 cord lengths.
(Wonderful Guy wonders if I will ever need to buy another set of needles again?
I hesitated to answer…because really? The answer is..probably yes.) I have admired them.
I have petted them. I have
connected and disconnected them. I have
showed them off.
Maybe for all my other circs to go belly up and
I REALLY need the new ones?
3 comments:
Fire those babies up! If you need a reason, knit me a pair of socks!
I think you should just jump in with both feet (or hands) and start something wonderful.
Oh my goodness, use them! And then tell us how they are. =) haha
I have a set of Knitpicks Nickle-plated Options that are starting to go bust and would love to see how the Addi Clicks are.
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