Wednesday, 27 August 2014

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN KNITTING NEEDLES OUT BROOMSTICKS

Now the needle will be about 23mm diameter and is free.

Do use a wooden broomstick not a plastic one because the shaping of the tip will not happen. Your also gonna need to buy p1600 and p1200 sandpaper (supper fine). Find acrylic yarn and wood glue. Light a candle light because you shouldnt use lights.


  1. Get a wooden broomstick that you have not bought so go find it because if you dont that means you're lazy and if you did buy one...shame on you.
  2. Take broomstick and carve a tip, buffer with a rough spinning surface.
  3. Once you have done that use the p1200 to smoothen out the surface as we dont want fibres to get caught on the sticks. Use the p1600 to transform the surface into a slick one.
  4. Wrap acrylic yarn around the one end of each needle. If you are wondering which side then look at the needles pointed tip and say with me now not this side. So the opposing end of the needles tip . 
  5. Apply wood glue to the acrylic after it has been wrapped around the yarn. Apply 5 layers of yarn and wood glue 

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