Knit Picks Try It Square Wood and Metal Interchangeable Knitting Needle Set - US 6 and 7 (Foursquare and Nickel-Plated)

I have a question please. Do the Mosiac Wood tips come in the SQUARE SHAPED TIPS? If so that's my next purchase. THE NEEDLES ARE FABULOUS. I need a variety of colors though as green yarn on green needles us hatd to see for me. so the noaiacs you plan accordingly by color and needke size required you can I'm assuming totally work it out and be happily using them all. I realy really WANT A SET of interchangeable SQUARE needles of THE MOSIACS color way, #SANTA!! IF YOU ARE LISTENING?!?My review:I tried several to MANY kinds of circular needles, to very disappointing results. Here is a too long review of WHY I LOVE LOVE LOVE KNIT PICKS SQUARE WOOD NEEDLE SETS.I bought a large full set of red lace ChiaGoos i'lnterchsngable needle sets of intetchangles last year for the reviews. They are excellent and the joints are so perfect and the cords really spoiled me. Every other needle i tried had issues where the yarn had to travel over the cord to needle join and every other set caught on that join fraying the yarns.What a disappointing long tedious mess. I read how much people liked Kniters Pride and Knit Picks. My local yarn store has Knitters Pride. This us after trying clovers and a few others I forget thrm all none I could tolerate. I tried three types of Knitters oeide and disliked all three. Frankly they ended up being awful the royals I thought I'd like.loved the tips with the metal tip that was nice but even the little place where the metal and the wood met there was a jog. THATS NOT OK. The needle and the feel of the needle was great as were the Karbonz they were both light to hold, they held the stitches well even but as soon as the piece had to travel over the joins where the yarn had to travel from the cord to the needle they were ruined to me. Absolutely dont like working so hard abscsoebdibg a lit of money on good yarns for its destruction while trying to build the fabric. NO THANKS That just makes no logical sense to me.Then I read that Knit Picks and Kniters Pride were the same company. Oh No! Less to experiment with, I thought.I absolutely tried ChicaGoos bamboo tips to great joins just like the stainless needles but the wood the bamboo is horrid. I really do not like rhem. The tips are weak and feel like flat tooth picks. They didn't produce a smooth fabric either.I read from on knitting instructors from YouTube videos aboit needles they would review I'd read the comments. When people complained about their Kniters Pride needles were not performing as the instructor would report thar they worked well for them the instructor would say that the commentor should contact the company as there is an issue with their pair as theirs did not grab the yarn. What a delimma. I'm not the only one reporting this. So I dont terl so so picky and frankly just confused and concerned at will this ever work out?So I took a chance and drove in. I tried Knit Picks because of the sample pack.So what did I have to loose?So I gave it a try with a sample kit from Knit Picks.I got four square size US 6 - 4 mm, and size US 7 - 4.5 mm.I AM IN LOVE WITH THE SQUARE NEEDLES. THERE'S IS NO FRAYING OF YARN THEY ARE PERFECTLY SMOOTH. I don't see how they can be the same company as Kniters Pride because the quality control is so different its impecible. The needles are strong slick but hold the stitches well. I could not be more happy with my purchase.They ate so so easy to hold your hands dpnt tire.you dint wsbtvro stop knitting. It is so and very easy to knit with they dpk not spit the yarn either. So so smooth. I can't say enough good things about them. I love them and will bw buying a whole set now as many sizes as I can find. I also love the black cords. They are every bit as awesome as my ChicaGoos. When I get my Knit Pro set Ull be totally set. those along with my ChicaGoo set. I'll will not need to be buying knitting needles well accept I need some dmtimes I may need a size 15 or seeomethoing but only something very uniqueI'm hoping that I can get the Mosiac colors in the square wood needle sets. Must be the square wood. Because they will be for demonstrations, cables and knitting in the round when I'm needing wood. I need them to be secure on the needle as stainless isnt the way to go for lace for me I need wood for lace projects. So Knit Picks wins out. I am so so happy I tried these. I not only will recommend these, I wish I had the money to advertise my very timely and thr VERY frustrating aganoy of searching for the proper needles to purchase. So many brands and different versions of those brands were tried too, to no avail. I didnt try Knit Picks because Kniters Pride were terrible and I heard it was the same company one un the US one in the UK? So why try the same company? However, someone another instructor from YouTube convinced me to try these and whulla. Miracles do occur. Don't give up hope the right needle fir you is out there.These are great! Try them I believe you will be happy with your purchase and just as pleased as me and happy you read thos entire review. I am so thrilked with this purchase, I never write long reviews like this, never. These needles seriously rock my kniting life! Thank you Knit Pro!!!!

I bought this sampler set because I wanted to try a few different kinds of knitting needles before buying a whole set.TL;DR I am glad I tested out these needles because I really both pairs of needles. In the end, I decided to go with the nickel plated.So here is my review of this set.I previously had an interchangeable acrylic set from Knitter's Pride, which was nice enough but the plastic was too grabby and my stitches didn't glide well. Next I tried the more expensive Knitter's Pride interchangeable wood tips, and really liked those, but they don't come in a set and don't have many sizes available. I considered just buying the Symfonie Dreamz set, but saw a sampler set which contained a pair of those, plus two others. I also bought a second sampler set from Knitter’s Pride with 3 other needle styles in addition to this Try It set. I'll write separate reviews for those items, but I will be comparing these needles to those.This Knit Picks Try It set came with size 6 (4mm) Majestic Options tips and size 7 (4.5mm) Nickel Plated Options tips.When I opened this set, I tried out the nickel plated tips first. I had just tried out the Nova Platina tips from one of the Knitter’s Pride Comby sets and I hated those tips. I wasn’t sure what I would think of the nickel plated tips. When I compared the weight of the two pairs of needles, these nickel plated ones seemed to have a bit more heft. They both were hollow, but the nickel plated just felt a bit nicer. The finish on the nickel plated felt just a tiny bit more smooth. Also the taper on the very tip was a bit shorter than the Nova Platina, so I was hoping it would feel better. (I hated the longer taper on the NP.) For overall length, the nickel plated tips were just a big longer, too.When I tested out the nickel plated tips on a project I had in progress with 5mm acrylic tips, they felt really nice. The stitches definitely glided a lot better than the acrylic. The main things I noticed was that the taper was SO MUCH better than the Nova Platina, and while the metal still did a tiny bit of a weird scrape thing, it was hardly noticeable. That was one of the big issues I had with the Nova Platina. They did a horrible scrape sound/feeling that reminds me of nails on a chalkboard and I couldn’t stand it. But the nickel plated didn’t have that problem. I also did a quick test from a new cast on, and the metal seemed to be helpful in getting into my tight cast on stitches. So I really liked the nickel plated tips after the initial test.Then I tested the Majestic wood tips, and I first compared them directly to the Knitter’s Pride Symfonie Dreamz tips I had from another sampler set. The Majestic tips were overall a little longer than the Symfonie Dreamz, and the color was a lot nicer. (The Symfonie Dreams seemed to have a bad dye job on the pair I was testing.) The taper was a bit longer on the Majestics, and the very tip was slightly more sharp, but still slightly rounded at the end so not too sharp. The wood itself was pretty much the same between the two in terms of the finish and how the stitches glided. The main thing to me was the taper and tip was just overall nicer on the Majestic needles. However, one small thing to note is one of the Majestic needles has a tiny bit of an imperfection on the surface down near the metal join, and it is just enough to catch fine fibers in my yarn sometimes. I’m not sure if lightly sanding with a fine emery board or something might help that. Oh and the one other thing was I was having trouble seeing stitches when using a dark brown yarn on these dark-colored needles.So, after testing two sampler sets of Knitter’s Pride needles and these two Knit Picks needles, I decided I really liked the Knit Picks needles. So then my next decision was going to be between the nickel plated and wood.For the next day and a half, I went back and forth between the nickel plated and Majestic needles. They were similar enough in size to have a pretty good comparison. For the most part, stitches seemed to glide better on the nickel plated needles. A couple of times it almost seemed too slippy, to the point where stitches were trying to slip off the tip of the needle. Honestly, I’m not sure why. I’ve used these exact needles with the same yarn a bunch since then and haven’t had that problem. Perhaps I have gotten used to them now and can control them better? But anyway, one of the things that helped me decide between the two is the imperfection I previously mentioned in the wood needles. The nickel plated weren’t going to have that kind of problem. Plus the metal ones wouldn’t break, where the wood ones possibly could. Also, the nickel-plated set was a couple dollars cheaper than the wood sets, so that helped my decision as well.In the end, I chose to buy a set of the nickel-plated needles. It took forever for them to ship, but I finally have them. As a note, I actually am not liking the 6.5mm and 8mm tips in the full set, plus the separate pair of 9mm I bought. Those bigger sizes seem a lot more hollow than the smaller sizes, and are a bit awkward in my opinion. I may end up buying supplemental single wood tips in those sizes. But anyway, in terms of the Try It set, I did really like the set overall, and I am keeping it.

This is a great sample kit to see if you 1) like cabled needles without purchasing a complete set and 2) if you interchangeable needles. Knitpicks has a great selection to choose from and in beautiful colors. I’ve been using them for many years and have several sets. When you have several projects on needles and need an extra set, these sample sets are a great choice if you can’t get individual needles. There are pros/cons to interchange needles.Pro: you can change the needle size with little effort. The cable sizes range from 16”-60”. You can have standard size or short for convenience especially when using a 16” cable working in the round, it’s fantastic!Cons: the join sometimes comes apart after years of use. I’ve had to screw the needle back on on my older cables but the positive is they last for years so it’s not a regular occurrence even though it is still a con.All-in-all, I’m 100% sold in interchangeable knitting needles and my go to brand has been Knit Picks!

I found the square interchangeable needles an excellent way to knit, and easier to grip than traditional round needles. That said, the round interechangeable needles have always been easy enough, and I particularly like that the metal ones in this kit are are easier to use than the wooden/bamboo ones I've used for the last few years.