It’s so easy to get caught out by the pretty isn’t it? Hopefully you got the hydro bill sorted!

My main needle choice for some years have been Knitpros. Interchangeable symfonies are my go to needles and I mainly use zing DPN and for the smallest sizes in general because I am Mrs Clumsy so very fine wooden needles are a poor choice for me. Full disclosure while I have been a Knitpro user for years, I have in the last two or three years started working with the company.
Looking through my needle store most of my other needles (that get used regularly).are metal from Addi.
As someone who knits every day – as a designer, swatching and creating samples are part of my work life – I am very particular about how the needles feel in my hands, smoothness and weight. I also prefer circulars and dpns . I find I knit faster on shorter lengths plus I find I have more tension in by back/shoulders if I use long straights not good for someone who has had problems with their spine.

Ooh ethical yarn snob could be in there although it feels a bit like surely you would want to be ethical if you knew? I guess the problem is that you don’t always know as the info isn’t always there. I will add it to the list!

Glad to hear you are on Team Tinsel. It’s for winners 🙂

Yes definitely agree on the good tools part, especially when you are using them a lot. There probably should be another episode called Needle Snob – which are your go to brands?

I had avoided falling into any to the yarn snob categories but Judy raises the issue of needle snobs. It is not that I refuse to knit on anything but carbon fibre but there are definitely needle types and brands I prefer and I will spend a bit extra to have those. Then again as a designer who makes quite a lot of her own samples, good tools are important

OH these are some really good ones! Adding them to the list. Thanks Judy!

Did you come out in a particular snob camp?

Ooh! Then there are the knitting needle snobs…