Home Made Knitting Needles

Home made Knitting Needles
Knitting Basket for my daughters 1st grade class

Supplies:
wooden dowels.
pencil sharpener to sharpens the ends
fine sandpaper, to smooth them
heavy duty pair of scissors
mineral oil
carpenter wood glue

Optional : wooden painted knobs / purchased @ Michaels
Decorates the needles with knobs on the ends.

The way I made them was to basically use wooden dowel rods ( hobby/craft- Michaels),

sizes are different , so pick a size you are comfortable with for your project.

I slip the dowel and checked the size , and it was a 5mm , 8 US . I thought that was a good size for a bunch of 1st graders and beginners at that.

Then cut the dowels about 8" long, or whatever length you feel is appropriate for what you are doing.

Then use a pencil sharpener to make the rough points, ( one end only) and then take sandpaper to the whole needle, then used some mineral oil, to condition the needles

Then to cover the ends,
I used these wooden knobs I found in the jewelry section at Micheals .
colorful with polka dots and the larger ones even has a face painted on them
( these were in the doll making section @ Micheals)

On these I got creative and used some yarn to make hair styles on the top of the ball and just glued it on.
Hair Styes: Mohawk, pink peg tails, blonde pony tail, green bob

I had to sharpen the dowel ( flat end) a little, just enough of a point to enter it on the all ready made hole on the wooden knobs.
Then you place some glue on the tip and place the knob in place.
******** Let the glue dry & ALL DONE ! ********