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How do you turn crochet hooks and knitting needles?

I use a Lee Valley dowel maker with custom madrels to size the metric dowels. I then turn contrasting finials. I use different woods on the finials for different sizes. If the customer buys 4 sizes, they get 4 different colored finials to help them find matched sets.
 
I've been reading a lot of complains about wooden needles warping from people in knitting community.

What about making a needle from several segments of different wood to minimize warping?
Will butt joint be strong enough on such long and thin piece?


Thanks,
Alex
 
One of my Facebook friends is Katherine Kowalski, who specializes in producing really nice crochet hooks and knitting needles. You might get some ideas from her web site found HERE.

She might be contacted for advice, if necessary.

Good luck!

Rob Wallace
 
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