I’m currently finishing off yet another round of secret knitting. All I can say is that I’ve had a design accepted for an upcoming sock book from Lark Books and apart from bouncing about with glee, it means knuckling down and knitting!

So while work on the Having Hope socks has been delayed, it’s given me time to get obsessive about the needles I use. As I mentioned in my last post about the socks, I bought some Prym circs which annoyed me and Diane helped me out by sending me some Addi Turbo circs instead.

Well, all was well for a while until the cord began to bother me. I like the cord on the Prym circs. It’s very fine and bends nicely. The Addi cord felt cumbersome in comparison, even though having the stitches slipping easily over the cord onto the needle was an improvement.

So I did the only thing I could do. I bought more needles.

Here we have my growing collection of 2.5mm 80cm long circular needles. The latest acquisition is at the top of the picture - a Knit Picks metal circ that has both a straight needle and thin cord. I have found needle perfection. For the moment…

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