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Nov 07, 2011
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by: Mary

I found a couple of good substitutions for the cheap and sometimes painful Knitting Tools that are mostly available.

The more expensive one, and it needn't be a lot of money can be $5 or less on sale or in a mark down bin. Go to a hardware store or a store with a good hardware section. Just check around, you may find one on line even. Ask the clerk for the tool that has a sharp point on the end and is used for making small holes to 'start' nails or screws or to mark where a nail or screw will go. You place the point of the tool on the wood and hit the other end with a hammer to make a starting hole for the screw or nail. One really NICE thing is the handle is usually wood and comfy to hold. The other nice thing is that is isn't needle sharp, just about perfect, and it's usually steel. It lasts a LONG time! The point is straight when you buy it but if you put the steel tip in a vice then tighten it and firmly but gently tap the handle with a hammer or sometimes you can bend it carefully and slowly with your hands until you get the degree of bend you want in the 'hook' then you will have a Knitting Tool that will last you many years, possibly a lifetime! You can adjust the curve this way until, through use, you have adjusted the curve exactly the way you want it to your own personal likes. As they are not expensive if you shop around, you may find you want to make several for different looms or different types of yarn.

The other Knitting tool I found that wasn’t meant to be one, was at our Dollar Store. They have tools for getting pieces of nut out of the shells after you crack them open. For $2 and 5 tools, FOUR of those were great for Knitting Tools! Two were the same, just picks and the 3rd and 4th were picks that were slightly curved on one side. You can change any angles of these picks the same way you did the other one. Carefully and slowly! If you go on knitting sites where they sell yarn and knitting tools, they often sell cushion sleeves, dense foam rubber sleeves for your crochet hooks that fit the nut picks I got from the dollar store. Also eBay is good for cheap packages of 6 to 10 for them from Hong Kong. A couple of dollars and no shipping cost IF you look carefully. Put a little white glue on the foam sleeve as you are putting it on and for a total of less than $2 a piece you have good, very inexpensive comfy Knitting tools that will last a long time.

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