I have a gadget that has made Misurina so much easier. Thrown in my bag at unravel with the thought, “Not seen that before, for £3.75 I’ll risk giving it a try”. The KnitPro Swivel Cable!
I usually knit in the round on KnitPro Nova needles (The silvery metal ones)and occasionally Symphonie. For very small gauge needle sizes, I have various Addis.
The “twisties” with the cables is always a problem for me – but never as much as my first experience with a circular needle – a cheap Pony needle, when knitting Birch lace shawl in Rowan Kidsilk Haze – I have no idea how I managed! Blogged about here if you are intrigued.
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These swivel cables are wonderful! The cable literally turns where is joins to the screw section and stays straight.
It works. It doesn’t snag. I was so impressed after using it, I went online and bought other sizes!
Mine are part of the Mindful range from KnitPro – I like the aqua blue colour as an alternative to my normal purple cables – there might be purple ones available??!
I should also mention, because they are “Mindful”, they have their own design of cure end stops and cables pin…
There is a whole shedful of other pretty items in the Mindful range but nothing that wasn’t duplicating what I already had. I was strong! <<Pats self on back for resisting the pretty blue…>>>
If you struggle with the twisties – these are worth having a look at.
Oh – and how is Misurina coming along? Great – onto the body with Kitty’s help! More on that next week…
I do have a set of these cables as well. Can’t say I noticed a big difference. At a minimum it’s fun to have some aqua cords in addition to my black ones.
I have one of these too and I do find it much better than other cables – the cable sits where it’s meant to, doesn’t get all up in my face like a friendly octopus, and much less instance of unscrewing and snagging my yarn. In fact I’m working with Kidsilk Haze now and switched to this cable for exactly that reason 😊