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Feb 2023
10:38am, 3 Feb 2023
30,740 posts
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HellsBells
I can do magic loop easily enough but I really don’t like it
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Feb 2023
11:47am, 3 Feb 2023
4,838 posts
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Elsie Too
I've started trying to do socks on magic loop but I've put it away in the naughty corner for a while. I started this whilst increasing my hours at work and my brain just can't cope with it. I'll pick it back up in a couple of weeks when I get more used to full time hours at work.
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Feb 2023
4:15pm, 3 Feb 2023
3,426 posts
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Kittenheels Kath
Having used magic loop for a while, I'm with HellsBells, and like Meglet I now use two circulars.
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Feb 2023
4:28pm, 3 Feb 2023
4,311 posts
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jabberknit
Just me with the DPNs then? I quite like using them. I've done sleeves TAAT on 2 circs, and use circulars for most of my knitting, but have never tried magic loop.
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Feb 2023
5:23pm, 3 Feb 2023
10,061 posts
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Raemond
DPNs for socks here, though I do also have some tiny sock circs that are nice to use when they happen to be just the right size which maybe half of the time. I bought some fancy carbon fibre DPNs that I love to use. They go faster :nods wisely:
I often use circs instead of straight single point needles because they're easier to transport and use on the train, and I have a lovely set of knitpro interchangeable ones in rosewood that cover pretty much every size I could want.
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Feb 2023
5:53pm, 3 Feb 2023
321 posts
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GetOutTheDoor
Dpns for socks and some sleeves. Another fan of 2x circular. I have rosewood envy though. They sound beautiful.
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Feb 2023
6:28pm, 3 Feb 2023
30,742 posts
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HellsBells
I’ve just discovered that hiya hiya make their own version of flexiflips, called flyers, in a choice of sharp steel, blunter steel or bamboo. I’ve ordered a set of sharp steel 2.5mm - theoretically these could be my absolute ideal sock needles
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Feb 2023
6:36pm, 3 Feb 2023
17,114 posts
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Garfield
I love my knitpro interchangeable needles...some metal, and a few in rosewood or the rather oddly square needles, which, once used to them, are good.
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Feb 2023
7:02pm, 3 Feb 2023
23,304 posts
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Meglet
I’m so used to using circulars for everything that if I ever use straight or dpns I find I automatically drop them at the end of a row!
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Feb 2023
7:44pm, 3 Feb 2023
1,310 posts
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JenHB
I used dpn for my socks have a variety of (long) circular needles but use them like normal ones (when I'm in a car it means I can't loose a needle - a frequent occurrence using straight ones when younger)
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