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nwhikerI want to knit something. A hat. I found instructions that I can kinda follow.
I need yarn, circular needles, and stitch markers.
First thought: buy them all on amazon.
But. Further research leads me to think that the size of circular needles that this easy beginner project recommends are not the ones I'd need to do, well, any other hat project.
Circular needles of decent quality are kinda expensive ($23 for the size the project says to use). And, again, all the other projects I found suggest much smaller needles. (I get why the big ones, and the chunky yarn: will make it go faster, LOL).
Then I had an idea. So I pulled up a search engine to search for "used knitting needles King County", hoping the library system (which hosts maker labs) would have something like that.
I got a whole bunch of hits for the other kind of needles, not knitting. As well as suggestions about needles exchanges and personal sharps disposal and--
My search engine is probably going to try to get me into detox for the next six weeks.
I need yarn, circular needles, and stitch markers.
First thought: buy them all on amazon.
But. Further research leads me to think that the size of circular needles that this easy beginner project recommends are not the ones I'd need to do, well, any other hat project.
Circular needles of decent quality are kinda expensive ($23 for the size the project says to use). And, again, all the other projects I found suggest much smaller needles. (I get why the big ones, and the chunky yarn: will make it go faster, LOL).
Then I had an idea. So I pulled up a search engine to search for "used knitting needles King County", hoping the library system (which hosts maker labs) would have something like that.
I got a whole bunch of hits for the other kind of needles, not knitting. As well as suggestions about needles exchanges and personal sharps disposal and--
My search engine is probably going to try to get me into detox for the next six weeks.
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Date: 23 Jan 2024 03:55 (UTC)do you have any kind of "creative reuse" stores nearby? This probably isn't anywhere near you, but the kind of thing I mean: https://www.seattlerecreative.org/shop
Ours usually has some knitting stuff. Come to think of it, so does our PTO Thrift Shop, so maybe check a thrift shop?
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Date: 23 Jan 2024 06:30 (UTC)My thrift stores aren't great for craft stuff, I suspect the people in the know get their first. I'll have to check out that Seattle store, thank you! I found something similar, but it was funded via Seattle so reserved for people with Seattle addresses, the King County ones are too far from me, so I'd completely stopped looking in that direction.