Glass Knitting Needles

OnlySamwise · 04-12-2008, 08:27 PM

Hi, does anybody know where to get glass knitting needles? Oh, and does anybody know if they're any good? Like is there something that you don't like about them?

jheatherley · 04-13-2008, 03:55 PM

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...itting+needles

Cynamar · 04-13-2008, 04:00 PM

I know I would break them!

OnlySamwise · 04-14-2008, 04:01 AM

Thanks

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Ya, I'd probably end up breaking them too but they look so cool

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Cynamar · 04-14-2008, 04:46 AM

They do look cool and I'm sure they're tempered or something to make them strong. I hope so!

OnlySamwise · 04-14-2008, 10:41 AM

Well most of the ones I read about are made with Pyrex and they say it's very durable . . . but I'm still scared to break 'em

lol. The cheapest ones I found were fifteen dollars (don't know about the shipping though) on sale. I'm dying to get a pair but I have to wait for the money

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Ronda · 04-14-2008, 01:24 PM

http://www.dreamweaveryarns.com/cata...p?cPath=23_189
I've been looking at these. I don't want to knit with them. I just want to buy them so I can look at them!

Cynamar · 04-14-2008, 06:27 PM

They would make a cool gift.

BinkyKat · 04-14-2008, 08:37 PM

I have 3 pair that I got on Ebay a couple years ago. I just had them out for "show and tell" at my weekly knitter's meet-up. Mine are made of pyrex (borosilicate I believe). They are pretty sturdy, but I'm sure if I dropped them on a hard floor they'd snap.

I have knit only a tiny bit with them - they are pretty slippery. Some people may not like the rubbing together of glass rods, but it didn't bother me. I got them more for the neato factor and for display 'cuz I'm a goon for tools and gadgets.

Cynamar · 04-14-2008, 08:47 PM

That's what I would want them for. I see cool exotic wooden ones and want them for that, too--to put in a vase or something.