{"id":1444,"date":"2013-03-09T08:24:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T13:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2013-03-09T08:24:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T13:24:07","slug":"point-of-no-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=1444","title":{"rendered":"Point of No Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These socks took close to forever for me.<\/p>\n

\"mistake-stitch-socks-done\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I blame this on the needles. No, really. The needles. And those needles? Signature Needle Arts<\/a> 6 inch double points. Why? Because they are too damn pointy. I was splitting yarn like I have never split yarn before.<\/p>\n

I got the needles at last year’s Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I had heard so much about them, and such raves, that I thought that I would give them a try. To try them out, I made the socks above using Smooshy with Cashmere that I got from Cloverhill<\/a> at the same festival. And a splitting I went with the first sock. Another problem that I had is that I had a difficult time seeing my stitches on the main part of the needle, as the needle’s color was close to the yarn that I was using. Maybe I just need better lighting, in that case.<\/p>\n

The first sock took a darn long time, but since the needles were new to me and the yarn was new to me, I needed to eliminate one variable to see what was causing the splits. So for the second sock, I changed back to my Addi Turbos. No splits. Not a one. (BTW, Smooshy with Cashmere? Very nice yarn. Will definitely use again.)<\/p>\n

Just to confirm, I started another pair of socks in a yarn that I have used before with no issues, Sheila’s Wullenstudio<\/a> sock yarn.<\/p>\n

\"hounddog-sock\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see in the photo, I am back to using Addi Turbos. Why? Because I was splitting with the Signatures.<\/p>\n

Now maybe all of those that rave about these needles aren’t using the stiletto points, but that is all that is available for the double points unless you get a custom order or get the 4 inch needles, which are too small for me. Or maybe they are using the needles with yarns that have a harder twist than what I have tried before. I will have to give that a try, as these needles are too expensive to just let sit idle.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2013 by G. P. Donohue for textillian.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reference These socks took close to forever for me. I blame this on the needles. No, really. The needles. And those needles? Signature Needle Arts 6 inch double points. Why? Because they are too damn pointy. I was splitting yarn like I have never split yarn before. I got the needles at last year’s Maryland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,10,13,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after","category-clothing","category-tat","category-wip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}