Ho deciso allora di scrivere questo post dedicato proprio ai ferri circolari per valutarne i pregi ed i difetti.
Ecco quelli che secondo me sono i vantaggi:
- Si può lavorare in tondo. Io ho iniziato a lavorare in tondo coi ferri a doppia punta perchè non conoscevo ancora il "magic loop" che consente di lavorare anche circonferenze più piccole pur disponendo di una sola misura di cavi. Lo svantaggio dei ferri a doppia punta è che sono meno maneggevoli e tendono a scivolare via dal lavoro
- Si possono realizzare capi senza cuciture.
- Si possono realizzare capi con molte maglie avviate come maglioni interi e scialli.
- Sono più maneggevoli e perciò si può lavorare a maglia ovunque senza rschiare di infilazare qualcuno, con i gomiti appoggiati e persino stando stravaccati in poltrona.
- L'uso non provoca dolori alle spalle come invece può accadere con i ferri diritti.
- Lavorare in tondo la maglia rasata diventa ancora più facile in quanto si lavora esempre a diritto.
- Rende più semplice lavorare con il sistema continentale, ovvero con il filo a sinistra, ed è ancora più veloce.
- Non sono facili da reperire, specialmente quelli buoni, quelli che si trovano sono la maggior parte delle volte talmente pessimi da scoraggiare chi prova ad usarli per la prima volta da usarli una seconda.
- Può succedere che la mano non sia proprio regolarissima.
Scartati tutti quelli "grigi" delle uniche marche che si trovano in giro (Prym e Pony) e quelli cinesi di bamboo venduti a mazzi bisogna in primo luogo decidere il materiale che preferiamo.
Io che preferisco il metallo ho risolto tutti i miei problemi investendo qualche soldino e comprando il kit KnitPro Nova Metal di ferri intercambiabili che mi sento di consigliare. Li ho comprati on-line.
Esistono anche in legno, bamboo, plastica e fibra di carbonio, in kit da 3 a 8 paia di punte con relativi cavi e "tappini".
Esistono anche altre marche altrettanto valide: i Denise, i Clover, gli HiyaHiya e gli Addi.
Gli Addi, di cui ho comprato quelli fissi in metallo, sono veramente ottimi,ma il kit di quelli intercambiabili è più costoso.
Per chi è alle prime armi, non vuole spendere molto e ha la possibilità di passare in un negozio Tiger con 3 euro si toglie la paura: infatti si possono trovare ferri circolari fissi n. 3, 4 e 5.
Qui in link dove potete trovare molte informazioni sui ferri circolari
In attending the web, I realized that many people who knit who still wonder that is advantageous to use of circular needles instead the straight ones, or if not there is still someone that has not ever seen them.
So I decided to write this post dedicated just to circular needles to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Here are the ones I think are the advantages:
You can work in the round. I started to work in the round with double pointed needles because they do not yet know the "magic loop" that allows you to work even smaller circles despite having only one measure of cables. The disadvantage of double pointed needles is that they are less easy to handle and tend to slip away from work
You can create seamless garments.
You can make garments with many casted-on meshes as sweaters and shawls.
They are easier to handle and therefore you can knit anywhere without skewer someone, with backed elbows and even being sprawled in an armchair.
The use does not cause shoulder pains as it can happen with straight needles.
Working round the stockinette stitch becomes even easier as you work always knit wise.
Makes it easier to work with the continental system, or with the wire on the left, and it's even faster.
We come to the defects:
Are not easy to find, especially the good ones, those that are found are most of the time so bad as to discourage those who try to use them for the first time don't use them again
It can happen that the work is not just very regular.
As with all evidence the advantages, at least in my humble opinion, far outweigh the flaws we come to speak of the kind of circular needles to choose from.
Discarded all those "gray" of the only brands that are around (Prym and Pony) and Chinese bamboo sold in bunches must first decide on the material that we prefer.
I prefer the metal so I solved all my problems by investing some money and buying the kit knitPro Nova Metal Interchangeable needles that I would recommend. I bought them online.
There are also in wood, bamboo, plastic and carbon fiber, in kit form from 3 to 8 pairs of tips with its cables and "caps".
There are other brands as valid: the Denise, the Clover, the HiyaHiya and Addi.
The Addi, which I bought the normal ones in metal, they are really good, but the interchangeable kit is more expensive.
For beginners, who do not want to spend much and has the opportunity to go into a Tiger store with 3 euro and no fear: in fact you can find circular needles n. 3, 4 and 5.
Are not easy to find, especially the good ones, those that are found are most of the time so bad as to discourage those who try to use them for the first time don't use them again
It can happen that the work is not just very regular.
As with all evidence the advantages, at least in my humble opinion, far outweigh the flaws we come to speak of the kind of circular needles to choose from.
Discarded all those "gray" of the only brands that are around (Prym and Pony) and Chinese bamboo sold in bunches must first decide on the material that we prefer.
I prefer the metal so I solved all my problems by investing some money and buying the kit knitPro Nova Metal Interchangeable needles that I would recommend. I bought them online.
There are also in wood, bamboo, plastic and carbon fiber, in kit form from 3 to 8 pairs of tips with its cables and "caps".
There are other brands as valid: the Denise, the Clover, the HiyaHiya and Addi.
The Addi, which I bought the normal ones in metal, they are really good, but the interchangeable kit is more expensive.
For beginners, who do not want to spend much and has the opportunity to go into a Tiger store with 3 euro and no fear: in fact you can find circular needles n. 3, 4 and 5.
