Your calming voice is encouraging. I would however like to see how you turn a heel with different needles! Love your videos, always explain very clearly. Your videos are always easy to see so there is no guessing. Thank you.
Thank you, Karen. Which type of heel do you use the most? A heel flap with gusset stitches picked up around the sides? Or a round heel (with short rows)?
Thank you very much for the stress free demo of all of the choices that we have. Really enjoyed seeing the difference between how they were all done and how comfortable it looked. Your voice does really sound stress free. Thanks so very much.
It's very good if you knit your knit stitch stronger or looser than your purl stitch. For some nice effects in your projects it might be fine to use this method, too! I like to use my hook set sometimes additional to my knitting needles. Then l clip my hook to the cable which at the left side has its knitting needle! You need, of course, interchangeables, or you use two different circular needles.
You have a natural gift for teaching. You are very clear in all your tutorials. Thank you. I have learned so much and hope to use them as I grow in my knitting. From far west Texas! 🐂 Connie Lambert
I'm a fairly new knitter, and just recently learned how to use dpn's for socks. I've been considering trying magic loop, so this was very timely for me. And bonus! I learned about flexible needles and knitting with 2 circulars! Thank you so much! Patty
Hi Patty! Thanks for watching and I'm very glad you liked the video. We get a lot of questions about the differences and we thought it would be good to show it. Glad you agree! Happy sock knitting.
Thank you Cynthia! In the third part, with one circular needle and two different sized tips, weren't you knitting with the smaller tip. I thought it would be used only for holding the stitches...not knitting the stitches. Thanks for the video! You're a great teacher! Love your podcast with Barb! You're so fun and relaxing to hear! Sometimes if I'm having trouble sleeping it helps to hear you and Barb talking in the background to assist me in falling asleep.
Hi Annette, thanks for watching. In the third and fourth parts of the video where I was using one long circular and two circulars, I was using the bigger needle to knit with and the smaller needle just to hold the stitches. You are right, if it's not set up that way, it's very difficult to knit the stitches as they will not be the right size (and will be hard to mount up on the left hand needle.) But it's hard to see in the video as the needle tips look very similar. We are so glad that you enjoy the podcast! And that you find our voices soothing. We hope you can come again.
I came to my decrease in a hat I am knitting and would normally transfer to a longer cable and use magic loop - guess what I didn't have a longer cable and the one I had was too short for magic loop -- a aha moment as I remembered your video and refreshed how I could use two circulars, which I had (thank goodness my two interchangeable sets even though different company use the same cord mechanism) - so I've just finished two rounds following your instructions and boy do I love this method. I could have switched to DPNs but where is the adventure in that - being able to learn something new even if it is a small thing on each project is awesome :)
Hi Lynne, thanks for your comment! We're really glad you found the video useful. I also really like to knit on two circulars! It makes such a difference to have a few different techniques in your knitting toolbox, eh?
Thank You! I purchased some flexi-flips from you for socks, but haven’t cast on yet (soon). This tutorial has me excited to get at it ... I’m hopeful I’ll like them. I think they could be great for sleeve knitting
Excellent. I found that I needed to give them a good tryout to get used to them. You'll find your comfort level with them as you progress through a project. I think you'll really enjoy knitting with them after you get used to them in your hands. Advantages: only two needles holding the stitches; no pulling or pushing (as with circulars), more flexibility to try on as you go (as opposed to dpns).
Thank you so much! I have learned a great thing from you ! Wish I had come around this video before I struggled with my raglan sleeves 😅 but now I know ! Thanks again, I loved it !
So many thanks for demonstrating these needles! I bought a pair of addi flip stix but didn’t really get what they were and how to use them! I now get it! Plus I have had the concept of two different sized tips for magic loop explained to me before ..,.but again didn’t understand how that worked! Love love that idea....now all I need is the addi interchangeable! Have them on my wish list!
What I find nice is to also keep a circular needle handy with small diameter needles. Why? Because I have never done a lifeline because I found this works for me and don't have to put a life line in. Just as you can pick up previously worked stitches when you want to do an After-Thought Heel, you can put that needle where you need it to be. As it is with a lifeline, unless you are really good guesser where you are going to make a mistake and you put your lifeline in 2 inches ago, but you have 400 stitches on the needle, just picking up the stitches onto a needle of enough smaller diameter to make the transfer easy, you can then knit off of that needle with your working needle. I am a sock knitter, knit most socks with 9" circulars but if I have to do a toe or a heel flap, I may switch to two circulars, then back to the 9" needle when the instep is complete. This way there is no line where my Magic Loop change of needle happens. I have a kit which lets me do that and having the extra needle tips for sizes I use to make my socks, allows me to find the most comfortable way to knit. This allows me to avoid DPNs which my reclining sofa finds delicious. It does not have a taste for the circular cords fortunately. If we move then I find my lost needles. LOL!
Super explanation of three methods I think different sized needles on your one cord makes it easy to mount one half of your stitches but not for that second, bigger needle wherass the two circs and placement of the smaller to start the stitches of a half is easier on both. What do you think? Hugs WAH>
Hi Wendy, I use my interchangeables as much as I can and if I'm knitting in the round, I always put a smaller needle on the "mounting" side. It just makes knitting easier. As long as you are knitting in the round, whether it's one long needle (magic loop) or two circulars, the stitches will always mount up on the smaller end. It's (almost) magic!
Is there any way you could do a video on knitting an easy sock in the round on 12 inch circulars. I see them all the time on nine inche needles so I am guessing that it would all be the same process? if so I could look at one of those bout would love to see you do a sock on either two circs or the addi flex tips.
Hi Linda. Thank you for your suggestions. There's a "technical" difficulty with knitting a sock on a 12" circular - the circumference of a sock is smaller than the length of the needle. 8 - 9" circulars work because they are smaller in length than the circumference of the sock. I am working on a video right now, knitting a sock on dpns - from start to finish. If it works out, I'd be happy to do another one, on two circs (that's my personal favourite!)
You have a very good rhythm with dpn's, I am going to try out the way you place the empty needle in your right hand because I have the bad habit of holding it in my left hand while I rotate the work which has led to me pulling the needle out of my stitches by grabbing the wrong one!
Thank you so much! I think part of the reason is that I'm using the Addi Flip Stixs in the video. They're metal but they're hollow, so that makes them really light. I think that if the needles are slipping out of your stitches, the needles are probably too slippery and/or too heavy. If you don't have access to the Flip Stix, try wooden dpns and see if that helps. Or, maybe it's time to switch to working on two circulars or magic loop? Thank you for watching the video.
Hello! Nice video! But there are a lot of other brandings with a bigger range of needles: Knit picks, HiyaHiya, Chiaogoo and others! And all other Brandings don't have these blunt tips, even if they're "sharp". l've got all ADi's cause l was told it were the best but 2 found they're very blunt compared with the others, additional the bayonett - closure of the interchangeable is not good if you're no loose knitter.
Thank you. You are right, the choice of what needles to use is a very personal one. I like the chrome plated feel of the Addis. There are lots of options and it's great if you can try out a few before you invest.
@@CynthiaHyslop Did you ever feel the Chiaogoo needles or the HiyaHiya? They're - compared with what's in - not too expensive and after 6 years of using the needles are like new, the cables as well. Addi was worse after 1/2 a year, the connection needle to cable wasn't as smooth as before and l had to buy more and more cables. I'm no loose knitter and so yarn didn't "want" to go over that joints. So l stopped to use Addi immediatly after finding HiyaHiya. The cables there curl, too, as Addi, but after dremeling away the first tiny "step" it needs to connect with cable the adapters fit to the Chiaogoo - cables as well! time by time l bought both brandings. Both are so wonderful needles! Now dsing the same cables (red lace mini and S), l love to use what l want. Next few weeks l'll buy the bamboo of HH or CG, l'm not sure which l want :) Can l buy HH or CG in your shop?
@@ConnyNordlicht Hi Conny, thanks for asking about the needles. I do have some HiyaHiyas and some Chiagoo as well. We do sell the Chiagoo Twist Minis but not HiyaHiya. I made Barb hold to a strict budget on buying needles so we only offer (primarily) the Addis. We completely understand how needles can become a very expensive addition to your knitting tools!
Hi Conny, just checking in! Have you tried the Rocket Tips on the Addis? They now also have a squared needle. Just wondering what you think of those ones.
Sorry about the delay, Phyllis. I think fingerless gloves might be a little easier than socks but my vote would be for you to try the project that holds the most appeal to you!
No, but it takes some practice. Try tightening the first stitch on each DPN, after you knit it, to tighten up the slack between the end of one DPN and the start of the next. It doesn't help to knit the first stitch tightly... it only works (for me) to tighten up the stitch after it's made.
Hi Marlene, you'll probably find that the flexi flips might still ladder for you, you'd just have less places because you have less needles involved. The way to clear up the ladders is to tighten the first and second stitch on each needle AFTER you knit it. (Don't knit tightly, just give the yarn a tug to tighten the stitch after it's been made. Or, use two circulars or magic loop. Those methods are better if you have an issue with laddering.
@@CynthiaHyslop two circulars are the same as flexi flips which are short circulars, isn't it? The longer cable can be helpful first.The flow from one tip to the other is smoother and this is great! I'm a knitting teacher, too, and l like to see others knit with fun! Be blessed!
Hi Linda, yes you can use two 16in circulars to knit in the round. I find the 16” needle tips to be short in my hand so I prefer 24in needles. If you can, try it out and see what works best for you.
Cynthia, I am intrigued by your method of using different sized tips on circulars. I wonder how it can work on a sock, especially on a 16-inch length? I’ve only seen interchangeable tips as small as US4 (US3 only on Karbonz, and then only on special short tips), and for cable lengths starting at 24 inches. I’m currently knitting a sock on “sock yarn” with two fixed 16-inch circulars of US 2.5/2.75mm. I would love to use your “magic” but I don’t see how it can work for me. Please let me know the secret! Thanks!
Hi there, Natalie. I do use this method for socks but you're right in that it's hard to find interchangeable needles that small. I use Chiaogoo Twist Minis: rivercityyarns.vendecommerce.com/collections/chiaogoo for socks and I put the 1.5mm on one end and the 2.5mm on the other end. I usually magic loop as the cord is very small and flexible but you can make two circulars with this set as well, without buying additional tips. The smallest cord length in the smallest set (4" tips) will give you two 16" needles if that is your preferred length. (I like to knit on two x 24 inch needles.) Hope that helps.
I am glad I did not buy the metal needles but bought the slightly more expensive bamboo flexi-flips as I have a nickel allergy. Occasionally should I have some hand lotion on my hands, or have recently had my hands in water or if I was hot and my hands were damp or if I was knitting on a high humidity day, the absorption of nickle would be worse. It makes me red, and my fingers have sometimes split at the cuticles. This is very hard to heal. This also would happen with my hands if using aluminum needles. So unless the metal in the needles is surgical stainless steel, of a wooden needle or bamboo, I don't use them. I avoid plastics for the reason of also absorbing any chemicals. My father died of Alzheimer's disease. So I don't drink sodas or anything out of aluminum cans or cook in aluminum cookware either. I show no signs of his disease. My mother for years cooked in aluminum cookware, even though she switched to stainless steel, my father drank a lot of beer from aluminum cans. He was also a truck driver during the years that gasoline contained lead. So some of the Alzheimer's could have also been lead poisoning. His father had been a farmer and farmers can become contaminated with various chemicals. Most of my dad's brothers also ended up with Alzheimer's disease if they lived long enough. The women were not sick with this so I suspect it was they were not inhaling the chemicals from agriculture so much. So I may seem to go overboard with caution but the brain you save may be your own. If I go a bit slower on bamboo, does not matter so much as that I am not going to suffer any contamination. I used to have arthritis in my hands badly and it was from drinking milk as casein, the dominant milk protein, is not well digested in people as we do not have the renin in our stomachs. Milk can also cause leaky gut which allows this protein to cross into the blood and it can accumulate in the skin, in the joints and also in the brain. I got off of milk totally, and inside of one month my hands were mostly free of pain. At three months off all dairy, substituting soy milk or almond or coconut milk, my back began to get better. Having been in a wheelchair for months at a time from the arthritis, I do tend to take my body being contaminated with things it does not handle well, seriously. I've been off dairy now 9 years and have not used my wheelchair in 4. My husband actually spent to buy an electric wheelchair for me. I told him I don't need it any more so we sold it. I also have gone totally plant-based and have lost 50+ lbs now and am feeling much better. There are so many more chemicals we are now exposed to greater than at any other time, that developing allergies which really isn't an allergy, it is poisoning, can be expected. Some will have a reaction on the skin. But if you absorb it but it is not showing a surface reaction, it may affect your liver. You have only one liver and I had my gallbladder out so it is wise to not do anything more to hurt my liver. The gallbladder went after I stopped drinking milk but I was still eating stuff like bags of tortilla chips or potato chips and the fat in that was bad for my gallbladder. Never had one pain until it had gone toxic on me and was at the point of rupture. So what a needle is made of, I am willing to take seriously. My husband had cancer of the Prostate, my mother and sister had breast cancer and these are also related to the protein in milk, the casein. Clearly animal protein above 20% in the diet is risky, but plant-based proteins do not provoke cancer. The dairy industry and meat industry and poultry industry feed these animals with growth hormone which also makes us fat and it causes along with too much protein, cancer to grow. The only thing I have not been able to get rid of is the ringing in my ears, but so long as I knit, I can cope with it.
Thank you for noting that the Addi Flexi Flips now come in bamboo tips. We didn't have them at the time we made this video so it's a great observation to make that you can have a wood option. Your comments about knitting and how it helps you cope are also really appreciated. It's good to hear that you're taking a proactive approach to staying healthy!
Why would you just not use a circular needle going all the way around on one long circular needle to get your circle and in the beginning obviously hook it together on your first row. That’s.
Absolutely, Becky. You can start with just a few stitches on the needles. Here is a link to Sylvie Rasch's (the inventor of the Flexi Flips) video where she is working on 24 stitches (a smaller amount).
You are excellent teacher. Thank you for this tutorial🫶👍
Glad it was helpful!
Your calming voice is encouraging. I would however like to see how you turn a heel with different needles! Love your videos, always explain very clearly. Your videos are always easy to see so there is no guessing. Thank you.
Thank you, Karen. Which type of heel do you use the most? A heel flap with gusset stitches picked up around the sides? Or a round heel (with short rows)?
Cynthia Hyslop Heelflap with turned heel or Afterthought heel.
This was really helpful. I really like your calm voice and your explanations. Thank you. 🙂
I'm so glad!
Thank you very much for the stress free demo of all of the choices that we have. Really enjoyed seeing the difference between how they were all done and how comfortable it looked. Your voice does really sound stress free. Thanks so very much.
Thank you for the comment, Steve! It's fun (for me) to get to play around with all the new needles. It's the best part of my job!
nice to see various methods knitted seamlessly from one type of needle to another :)
Thank you! We agree... it's good to show that there are a lot of different "tools" that you can use to accomplish the same thing.
This was a great tutorial… wish I’d found it sooner!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Very nice video. You are a great teacher.
Wow, the idea of using two different sized tips for magic loop is brilliant! Thank you for sharing!
Glad you liked it!
It's very good if you knit your knit stitch stronger or looser than your purl stitch. For some nice effects in your projects it might be fine to use this method, too! I like to use my hook set sometimes additional to my knitting needles. Then l clip my hook to the cable which at the left side has its knitting needle! You need, of course, interchangeables, or you use two different circular needles.
You have a natural gift for teaching. You are very clear in all your tutorials. Thank you. I have learned so much and hope to use them as I grow in my knitting. From far west Texas! 🐂 Connie Lambert
Thank you so much, Connie. We appreciate the feedback.
I'm a fairly new knitter, and just recently learned how to use dpn's for socks. I've been considering trying magic loop, so this was very timely for me. And bonus! I learned about flexible needles and knitting with 2 circulars! Thank you so much! Patty
Hi Patty! Thanks for watching and I'm very glad you liked the video. We get a lot of questions about the differences and we thought it would be good to show it. Glad you agree! Happy sock knitting.
Thank you Cynthia! In the third part, with one circular needle and two different sized tips, weren't you knitting with the smaller tip. I thought it would be used only for holding the stitches...not knitting the stitches. Thanks for the video! You're a great teacher! Love your podcast with Barb! You're so fun and relaxing to hear! Sometimes if I'm having trouble sleeping it helps to hear you and Barb talking in the background to assist me in falling asleep.
Hi Annette, thanks for watching. In the third and fourth parts of the video where I was using one long circular and two circulars, I was using the bigger needle to knit with and the smaller needle just to hold the stitches. You are right, if it's not set up that way, it's very difficult to knit the stitches as they will not be the right size (and will be hard to mount up on the left hand needle.) But it's hard to see in the video as the needle tips look very similar.
We are so glad that you enjoy the podcast! And that you find our voices soothing. We hope you can come again.
Fabulous tutorial! I had no idea how to use 2 circulars, as I always do magic loop. Thanks for the info.
Thanks, Patti. I'm a big fan of two circulars!
Thank you so much for showing us how to use them. Now I can start my socks with the flexiflips. You are a wonderful teacher. You take care now.
Thank you so much, Margaret. I appreciate the compliment!
Thank-you! Marvelous Tutorial. I learned a great deal! 10.17.2022 FORT LAUDERDALE, FORIDA, USA
FROM JOY!
Wonderful!
Cynthia, thank you so much for demonstrating these methods. So easy to follow and understand. Thanks again!
Thank you so much, Barbara. I'm really glad you liked it.
This was such a helpful video! I am working up to my first sweater and now I have some choices about how to approach the sleeves. Thank you!
Thank you! It's really rewarding to hear that the video was helpful. Happy sleeve knitting!
Oh love the 2 circulars too. Happy knitter.
Yay!
thank you for a very clear video on the various ways to knit in the round ... great job :)
Thank you, Lynne!
I am new to your channel. One of the best tutorials I, have seen. Looking forward to more. Thanks so much. Patty j Mixon
Thank you, Patty! That's so very nice. I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
I came to my decrease in a hat I am knitting and would normally transfer to a longer cable and use magic loop - guess what I didn't have a longer cable and the one I had was too short for magic loop -- a aha moment as I remembered your video and refreshed how I could use two circulars, which I had (thank goodness my two interchangeable sets even though different company use the same cord mechanism) - so I've just finished two rounds following your instructions and boy do I love this method. I could have switched to DPNs but where is the adventure in that - being able to learn something new even if it is a small thing on each project is awesome :)
Hi Lynne, thanks for your comment! We're really glad you found the video useful. I also really like to knit on two circulars! It makes such a difference to have a few different techniques in your knitting toolbox, eh?
Just adding a quick note to find knitting with two circulars and information about needle tip size being different - can be found after 27:19 :)
Thank You! I purchased some flexi-flips from you for socks, but haven’t cast on yet (soon). This tutorial has me excited to get at it ... I’m hopeful I’ll like them. I think they could be great for sleeve knitting
Excellent. I found that I needed to give them a good tryout to get used to them. You'll find your comfort level with them as you progress through a project. I think you'll really enjoy knitting with them after you get used to them in your hands. Advantages: only two needles holding the stitches; no pulling or pushing (as with circulars), more flexibility to try on as you go (as opposed to dpns).
Thanks great demo. You make it look so easy.
Thank you so much, Lana. I appreciate that!
Thank you so much! I have learned a great thing from you ! Wish I had come around this video before I struggled with my raglan sleeves 😅 but now I know !
Thanks again, I loved it !
Thank you so much, Ana! We appreciate the comment. The tools we use really do have an impact, don't they?
Best demo of the Flexi-Flips I’ve seen.. I finally get how they work.. I think I would like to try them.. Thanks!
So glad to hear it, Sandy! We have them up on our online store as well: rivercityyarns.vendecommerce.com/products/addi-flexi-flips
Cynthia Hyslop Thanks..💜
Sandy Grogg , that is so true!
So many thanks for demonstrating these needles! I bought a pair of addi flip stix but didn’t really get what they were and how to use them! I now get it!
Plus I have had the concept of two different sized tips for magic loop explained to me before ..,.but again didn’t understand how that worked! Love love that idea....now all I need is the addi interchangeable! Have them on my wish list!
I’m really glad you liked it! Yay!
Thank you! This video was incredibly helpful.
I'm so glad!
Merci beaucoup 😊 je comprends mieux 🌹
Merci! Vos commentaires sont appréciés.
Great demonstration, thank you.
So glad you liked it!
Thank you so much for the overview. I am not intimidated to try circular knitting now.
Glad to hear it, Kat!
You have no idea how this decoded the mystery I really appreciate it
Your tutorial was excellent. Going to try the flexi flips. Thank you. 💕
Yay! Thanks, Regina.
Excellent video! Thank you so much!
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching.
Great demo could you show how to cast on equal ly on the flexibility flips thank you
Thank you for the suggestion. I’ll look into adding a segment on casting on.
Very helpful!!!
Thanks, Michelle!
What I find nice is to also keep a circular needle handy with small diameter needles. Why? Because I have never done a lifeline because I found this works for me and don't have to put a life line in. Just as you can pick up previously worked stitches when you want to do an After-Thought Heel, you can put that needle where you need it to be. As it is with a lifeline, unless you are really good guesser where you are going to make a mistake and you put your lifeline in 2 inches ago, but you have 400 stitches on the needle, just picking up the stitches onto a needle of enough smaller diameter to make the transfer easy, you can then knit off of that needle with your working needle.
I am a sock knitter, knit most socks with 9" circulars but if I have to do a toe or a heel flap, I may switch to two circulars, then back to the 9" needle when the instep is complete. This way there is no line where my Magic Loop change of needle happens.
I have a kit which lets me do that and having the extra needle tips for sizes I use to make my socks, allows me to find the most comfortable way to knit. This allows me to avoid DPNs which my reclining sofa finds delicious. It does not have a taste for the circular cords fortunately.
If we move then I find my lost needles. LOL!
Absolutely. All the things you have mentioned are great. Thank you for commenting!
Super explanation of three methods I think different sized needles on your one cord makes it easy to mount one half of your stitches but not for that second, bigger needle wherass the two circs and placement of the smaller to start the stitches of a half is easier on both. What do you think? Hugs WAH>
Hi Wendy, I use my interchangeables as much as I can and if I'm knitting in the round, I always put a smaller needle on the "mounting" side. It just makes knitting easier. As long as you are knitting in the round, whether it's one long needle (magic loop) or two circulars, the stitches will always mount up on the smaller end. It's (almost) magic!
Is there any way you could do a video on knitting an easy sock in the round on 12 inch circulars. I see them all the time on nine inche needles so I am guessing that it would all be the same process? if so I could look at one of those bout would love to see you do a sock on either two circs or the addi flex tips.
Hi Linda. Thank you for your suggestions. There's a "technical" difficulty with knitting a sock on a 12" circular - the circumference of a sock is smaller than the length of the needle. 8 - 9" circulars work because they are smaller in length than the circumference of the sock. I am working on a video right now, knitting a sock on dpns - from start to finish. If it works out, I'd be happy to do another one, on two circs (that's my personal favourite!)
You have a very good rhythm with dpn's, I am going to try out the way you place the empty needle in your right hand because I have the bad habit of holding it in my left hand while I rotate the work which has led to me pulling the needle out of my stitches by grabbing the wrong one!
Thanks, Lisa, and I hear you! It probably helps that I'm watching my hands under the camera. Lots of focus and attention!
You make knitting with DPN’s look soooo easy. I’ve always had a problem with the resting needles slipping all the way off my stitches 🥴
Thank you so much! I think part of the reason is that I'm using the Addi Flip Stixs in the video. They're metal but they're hollow, so that makes them really light. I think that if the needles are slipping out of your stitches, the needles are probably too slippery and/or too heavy. If you don't have access to the Flip Stix, try wooden dpns and see if that helps. Or, maybe it's time to switch to working on two circulars or magic loop? Thank you for watching the video.
Hello! Nice video! But there are a lot of other brandings with a bigger range of needles: Knit picks, HiyaHiya, Chiaogoo and others! And all other Brandings don't have these blunt tips, even if they're "sharp". l've got all ADi's cause l was told it were the best but 2 found they're very blunt compared with the others, additional the bayonett - closure of the interchangeable is not good if you're no loose knitter.
Thank you. You are right, the choice of what needles to use is a very personal one. I like the chrome plated feel of the Addis. There are lots of options and it's great if you can try out a few before you invest.
@@CynthiaHyslop Did you ever feel the Chiaogoo needles or the HiyaHiya? They're - compared with what's in - not too expensive and after 6 years of using the needles are like new, the cables as well. Addi was worse after 1/2 a year, the connection needle to cable wasn't as smooth as before and l had to buy more and more cables. I'm no loose knitter and so yarn didn't "want" to go over that joints. So l stopped to use Addi immediatly after finding HiyaHiya. The cables there curl, too, as Addi, but after dremeling away the first tiny "step" it needs to connect with cable the adapters fit to the Chiaogoo - cables as well! time by time l bought both brandings. Both are so wonderful needles! Now dsing the same cables (red lace mini and S), l love to use what l want. Next few weeks l'll buy the bamboo of HH or CG, l'm not sure which l want :)
Can l buy HH or CG in your shop?
@@ConnyNordlicht Hi Conny, thanks for asking about the needles. I do have some HiyaHiyas and some Chiagoo as well. We do sell the Chiagoo Twist Minis but not HiyaHiya. I made Barb hold to a strict budget on buying needles so we only offer (primarily) the Addis. We completely understand how needles can become a very expensive addition to your knitting tools!
Hi Conny, just checking in! Have you tried the Rocket Tips on the Addis? They now also have a squared needle. Just wondering what you think of those ones.
Awesome....
Very pleasant voice and clear directions BUT please do not say, "These ones" just say "these." Thank you.
Good point, Cheryl. Thank you.
It’s very difficult to make socks or fingerless gloves? Which is more difficult and should be done second?
Sorry about the delay, Phyllis. I think fingerless gloves might be a little easier than socks but my vote would be for you to try the project that holds the most appeal to you!
When you use DPNs, do you get ladders in the corners?
No, but it takes some practice. Try tightening the first stitch on each DPN, after you knit it, to tighten up the slack between the end of one DPN and the start of the next. It doesn't help to knit the first stitch tightly... it only works (for me) to tighten up the stitch after it's made.
So do you feel the flexi flips would help me with laddering? I always get ladders when I use dpns.
Hi Marlene, you'll probably find that the flexi flips might still ladder for you, you'd just have less places because you have less needles involved. The way to clear up the ladders is to tighten the first and second stitch on each needle AFTER you knit it. (Don't knit tightly, just give the yarn a tug to tighten the stitch after it's been made. Or, use two circulars or magic loop. Those methods are better if you have an issue with laddering.
@@CynthiaHyslop two circulars are the same as flexi flips which are short circulars, isn't it? The longer cable can be helpful first.The flow from one tip to the other is smoother and this is great! I'm a knitting teacher, too, and l like to see others knit with fun! Be blessed!
can you use two sixteen inch circulars to knit socks in the round?
Hi Linda, yes you can use two 16in circulars to knit in the round. I find the 16” needle tips to be short in my hand so I prefer 24in needles. If you can, try it out and see what works best for you.
Cynthia, I am intrigued by your method of using different sized tips on circulars. I wonder how it can work on a sock, especially on a 16-inch length? I’ve only seen interchangeable tips as small as US4 (US3 only on Karbonz, and then only on special short tips), and for cable lengths starting at 24 inches. I’m currently knitting a sock on “sock yarn” with two fixed 16-inch circulars of US 2.5/2.75mm. I would love to use your “magic” but I don’t see how it can work for me. Please let me know the secret! Thanks!
Hi there, Natalie. I do use this method for socks but you're right in that it's hard to find interchangeable needles that small. I use Chiaogoo Twist Minis: rivercityyarns.vendecommerce.com/collections/chiaogoo for socks and I put the 1.5mm on one end and the 2.5mm on the other end. I usually magic loop as the cord is very small and flexible but you can make two circulars with this set as well, without buying additional tips. The smallest cord length in the smallest set (4" tips) will give you two 16" needles if that is your preferred length. (I like to knit on two x 24 inch needles.) Hope that helps.
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I am glad I did not buy the metal needles but bought the slightly more expensive bamboo flexi-flips as I have a nickel allergy. Occasionally should I have some hand lotion on my hands, or have recently had my hands in water or if I was hot and my hands were damp or if I was knitting on a high humidity day, the absorption of nickle would be worse. It makes me red, and my fingers have sometimes split at the cuticles. This is very hard to heal. This also would happen with my hands if using aluminum needles. So unless the metal in the needles is surgical stainless steel, of a wooden needle or bamboo, I don't use them. I avoid plastics for the reason of also absorbing any chemicals.
My father died of Alzheimer's disease. So I don't drink sodas or anything out of aluminum cans or cook in aluminum cookware either.
I show no signs of his disease. My mother for years cooked in aluminum cookware, even though she switched to stainless steel, my father drank a lot of beer from aluminum cans. He was also a truck driver during the years that gasoline contained lead. So some of the Alzheimer's could have also been lead poisoning. His father had been a farmer and farmers can become contaminated with various chemicals. Most of my dad's brothers also ended up with Alzheimer's disease if they lived long enough. The women were not sick with this so I suspect it was they were not inhaling the chemicals from agriculture so much.
So I may seem to go overboard with caution but the brain you save may be your own. If I go a bit slower on bamboo, does not matter so much as that I am not going to suffer any contamination.
I used to have arthritis in my hands badly and it was from drinking milk as casein, the dominant milk protein, is not well digested in people as we do not have the renin in our stomachs. Milk can also cause leaky gut which allows this protein to cross into the blood and it can accumulate in the skin, in the joints and also in the brain. I got off of milk totally, and inside of one month my hands were mostly free of pain.
At three months off all dairy, substituting soy milk or almond or coconut milk, my back began to get better. Having been in a wheelchair for months at a time from the arthritis, I do tend to take my body being contaminated with things it does not handle well, seriously.
I've been off dairy now 9 years and have not used my wheelchair in 4. My husband actually spent to buy an electric wheelchair for me. I told him I don't need it any more so we sold it. I also have gone totally plant-based and have lost 50+ lbs now and am feeling much better.
There are so many more chemicals we are now exposed to greater than at any other time, that developing allergies which really isn't an allergy, it is poisoning, can be expected. Some will have a reaction on the skin. But if you absorb it but it is not showing a surface reaction, it may affect your liver. You have only one liver and I had my gallbladder out so it is wise to not do anything more to hurt my liver. The gallbladder went after I stopped drinking milk but I was still eating stuff like bags of tortilla chips or potato chips and the fat in that was bad for my gallbladder. Never had one pain until it had gone toxic on me and was at the point of rupture.
So what a needle is made of, I am willing to take seriously. My husband had cancer of the Prostate, my mother and sister had breast cancer and these are also related to the protein in milk, the casein. Clearly animal protein above 20% in the diet is risky, but plant-based proteins do not provoke cancer. The dairy industry and meat industry and poultry industry feed these animals with growth hormone which also makes us fat and it causes along with too much protein, cancer to grow.
The only thing I have not been able to get rid of is the ringing in my ears, but so long as I knit, I can cope with it.
Thank you for noting that the Addi Flexi Flips now come in bamboo tips. We didn't have them at the time we made this video so it's a great observation to make that you can have a wood option. Your comments about knitting and how it helps you cope are also really appreciated. It's good to hear that you're taking a proactive approach to staying healthy!
Why would you just not use a circular needle going all the way around on one long circular needle to get your circle and in the beginning obviously hook it together on your first row. That’s.
Hi Phyllis. Do you mean why don't we use one, very short circular needle to work in the round?
Can flexi flips work with just casting on 15 stitches? I am making a project where you cast on 15, and then do increases.
Absolutely, Becky. You can start with just a few stitches on the needles. Here is a link to Sylvie Rasch's (the inventor of the Flexi Flips) video where she is working on 24 stitches (a smaller amount).