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The smaller DPNs are so fine, somehow, I’ve managed to break one of my
3.3 mm bamboo DPN. Luckily for me, I didn’t
throw out it out right away. Instead I hoarded it away in my ‘for recycle box’, and then headed again to the corner craft shop for a new set. Now I have seven of this size, and oh they do
come in handy for knitting in the round for my mittens and socks … I use up to five DPNs
in place of a CN.
Sometimes later, I found a useful way to
recycle the broken DPN… what I call my ‘frogging needle’. What I did was to sharpen the
jagged broken ends, and with a kitchen knife (though I’d suggest using a Swiss
knife or similar if you have one, for safety reasons), carve up a tiny hook at
the tip. Frogging is now made easy with this little tool; the other (remaining) pointed tip
is useful to pick up and hold stitches too!
above: homemade ‘frogging needles’ against a
5yen coin
Upcoming post: rustic mesh bag
ps: did I mention about my other (growing
collection of) fine knitting needles...
above: a pair of Made in India aluminium
knobbed needle (2.5mm thick and 35 cm long);
below: a set of 4 bamboo 2.0 mm DPNs.... can’t wait
to knit something with these!
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