Review on 🧶 Review: Knit Picks Try It Wood and Metal Interchangeable Knitting Needle Set US 6 & 7 (Caspian) - Is it Worth Trying? by Hannah Curi

I bought this pattern set because I wanted to try a few different types of knitting needles before buying the whole set. TL; DR I'm glad I tested these needles because I actually make both pairs of needles. In the end I opted for nickel plated. So here is my review of this set. I used to have an acrylic replacement kit from Knitter's Pride, which was good enough, but the plastic was too grippy and my stitches didn't slide. Spring. I then tried the more expensive Knitter's Pride interchangeable wooden tips and really liked them, but they don't come in a set and don't have many sizes available. I was thinking about just buying a Symfonie Dreamz pack, but saw a sampler pack that had a couple of these and two more. I also bought a second sampler set from Knitter's Pride with 3 different needle styles in addition to this try-it set. I will write separate reviews for these items, but I will compare these spokes to these. When I first opened this set, I tried the nickel-plated tips. I just tried the Nova Platina tips from one of the Knitter's Pride comby sets and didn't like the tips. I wasn't sure what to think of nickel plated tips. When I compared the weights of two pairs of needles, these nickel plated needles were slightly heavier. They were both hollow, but the nickel ones seemed a little nicer. The plating on the nickel plated seems a bit smoother. Also, the taper at the 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.) In terms of overall length, the nickel-plated tips were also much longer. Big. The seams definitely slid a lot better than the acrylic. The main thing I noticed was that the taper was MUCH better than the Nova Platina and while the metal was still a little scratchy it was barely noticeable. That was one of the biggest problems I had with Nova Platina. They made an awful scratching sound/feel that reminded me of nails on a blackboard and I couldn't take it. But with nickel plated such a problem was not. I also did a quick test with a new bandage and the metal seemed to help me penetrate my tight bandage at the seams. So after the first test I really liked the nickel-plated tips. I then tested the Majestic wooden tips, first comparing them directly to the Knitter's Pride Symfonie Dreamz tips I had from another sample kit. The Majestic lugs were slightly longer overall than the Symfonie Dreamz and the color was much nicer. (It seems the Symfonie Dreams didn't paint the pair I tested well.) The taper was a little longer on the Majestic and the tip was a bit sharper, but still slightly rounded at the end, so not too sharp. The wood itself was almost the same between the two in terms of finish and stitch glide. For me the most important thing was that the taper and tip was generally better with the Majestic needles. One small thing to note though is that one of the Majestic needles has a small surface defect near the metal hinge and sometimes it is enough to snag the fine fibers in my yarn. I'm not sure if light sanding with fine sandpaper or anything else would help. Oh, and one more thing: I had trouble with the stitches showing when using dark brown yarn on these dark colored needles. So after testing two sets of Knitter's Pride needles and these two Knit Picks, I decided I really liked the yarn. Knit. So my next decision was between nickel-plated and wooden needles. For the next day and a half I tossed and turned between nickel plated needles and Majestic needles. They were similar in size enough to make a pretty good comparison. The stitches usually lie better on nickel-plated needles. A few times it seemed too slippery to the point where the stitches were trying to slide off the needle tip. To be honest I'm not sure why. I have since used these precise needles with the same yarn and have not had this problem. Maybe I've already gotten used to them and can control them better? But anyway, one of the things that helped me decide between the two is the imperfection I mentioned earlier about the wooden pins. Nickel plating does not have this problem. Also, unlike the wooden ones, the metal ones didn't break. Also, nickel plated needles were a few bucks cheaper than wooden ones, which also helped with my decision. In the end I decided to buy a set of nickel plated needles. It took forever to send them but I finally have them. As a side note, I don't like the 6.5mm and 8mm tips in the full set, nor the separate 9mm pair that I bought. These larger sizes feel a lot emptier than the smaller sizes and are a bit chunky in my opinion. I may end up buying additional individual wooden tips in these sizes. But in any case I really liked the Try It Set overall and will keep it for myself.