Thursday, March 5, 2009   So, I'm knitting along with a very
splitty yarn (Rowan lenpur linen) on 200+ stitches on a long
(about 36") circular needle when suddenly I hear a "pop" and I
find myself holding a needle tip and the cable is heading south
with quite a few stitches merrily escaping. (Insert your
favorite curse right here)  I can't express how sad I was at
that moment. Splitty, slippery stitches falling hither and yon.
A deep breath, another muttered curse, and slowly I recaptured
the errant stitches and managed to fix several runs.  Sadder
still was the realization that I could no longer trust these
needles. I mean really -- the cable breaks (or pops out -- I
really can't tell) the first time I use it? Not good, not good
at all. And this was after having to super glue the wooden
needle tip into its metal connector before I even started the
project. Totally unrelated problems by the way -- this is an
interchangeable needle set -- the cables are sold separately
from the needle tips. So, first time use