Knitting needle kit - 25mm

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My husband has long been eager for his wife to utilize various 25mm knitting needles for her expansive yarn projects, so this kit was designed to fulfill her numerous requirements in a highly adaptable manner. This 25mm knitting needle kit allows numerous configurations, including standard needle, circular needles, both double and single-ended, and broomstick lace needle. The individual segments are connected using either a male or female thread, plus a grub-screw for converting the female into a male screw. Each part was printed in white PLA. I needed to under-extrude when printing (92%) to ensure that there were no surface blobs that might snag on the yarn. The very tip of the needle was gently sanded to remove a tiny string of plastic and to make it perfectly smooth. Anything other than perfectly smooth will snag on the yarn and make knitting or crocheting challenging. Each segment can be mixed and matched depending on the required configuration, but to actually purchase all of those needle types in 25mm thickness individually would cost more than $50. The circular needle and broomstick lace configuration requires a short length of 5mm aquarium tubing to join the ends. Just push the tube into the pieces called base or base-A and tie a knot to stop it from slipping out. To test out the needle, my wife downloaded this free broomstick lace pattern by Vita Apala: http://monpetitviolon.com/2014/11/11/free-pattern-broomstick-lace-cowl/ She used a multi-hued red yarn to make the final cowl, and she gave the cowl to a friend as a birthday present.