How to make knitting needles out chopsticks

Wooden knitting needles are the best type of needles to knit with; However they also cost more than the average plastic or metal ones. This how-to will show you a way to make a pair for free!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• wooden chopsticks
• a pencil sharpener

1. The next time you order chinese cuisine, ask for a couple pairs of wooden chopsticks to go along with your meal.

2. Take the chopsticks and carefully sharpen the smaller ends the same way as you would sharpen an unsharpened pencil

3. dull the sharpened points of the chopstick by lightly burning the pointed tips with a lighter and then tap and rub them back and forth across the surface of a dinner plate.

4. you have now tansformed your chopsticks into knitting needles for free.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember to request chopsticks at your favorite resturant, they all have them, but you may need to ask for them.
• coating them with clear fingernail polish or wood finish gives them a wonderful look and makes them smoother for any yarn type.
• Pushing a flattened thumbtack on the oppisite end really gives the the authentic knitting needle look

[Working4Rachel]

on 1/11/2009 Unique idea and great article