Flake
Remember back in August, when I was so excited for lovely, long DPNs? And bought three sets? And loved them with an undying fervor? Yeah. So here’s how that turned out.
It’s a bit hard hard to take a picture of, but if you look closely, you can see that the tip is flaking rather badly. It’s happening to all three sets.
I get that needles are tools, and that tools show signs of use over time. I don’t expect tools to last forever. But I’ve had the needles for less than five months, and they’ve only been used for two or three projects (depends on which set we’re talking about, but either way it’s not what I’d call heavy use). And I do expect needles to last longer than this.
I’m totally bummed and once again on the hunt for sturdy, long DPNs. Though I’m starting to think they just don’t exist…
Is it time to splurge on Signature DPNs? Or is 8″ long enough?
Rereading your earlier post I see that they’re not. Addi do 40cm DPNs which is just over 15.5″. Jamison’s of Shetland sell them (and knitting belts!) if you can’t source them closer (the exchange rate is almost favourable and VAT will be removed at checkout)
Oh no! And I was hoping they’d be great because I could use some… I make look at the ones Noirem suggested…
How disappointing ….
so frustrating when that happens!
Have you looked into the Knitter’s Pride Karbonz needles? I have them and absolutely love them.
I’ll take a look, thank you! I want to find ones that are 12 to 14 inches long, which is tricky to find.