Pins and needles

Hopefully you already have some of these around the house. If not, they’ll be a big help when you get into multi-piece projects like sweaters and other clothing. There’s no mystery here – pins hold things together so you can stitch them permanently. Needles can be used to weave loose ends into your work or add smaller detailing to your projects.

Cable needles : This subset of needles are used to add large amounts of detailing to your work. If you’re new to knitting, you may not be familiar with the term “Aran sweaters.” Aran sweaters are very intricately worked pieces said to have been used by Irish fisherman. Each family had a specific pattern so that, should the fisherman be killed in an accident, he could be easily identified by his sweater. Even if you’ve never seen them, you can probably imagine how detailed each pattern had to be to serve as an identifying mark – think of coats of arms and how different each one is from the last. That intricate work is done through the use of cable needles. Do you need cable needles? That depends on whether or not you’re working a cabled pattern. If so, you definitely need the cable needles specified in your pattern. If you have no ambition to ever work on cabling, then you have no need for cable needles. See? Simple.

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