I have been getting emails about KnitPick's new acrylic Options tips, which are called Zephyr. I have and use Options circular needles 95% of the time. I only occasionally use Pony Pearl straights to teach someone to knit, test a stitch or other atypical use for which I have a yen to or feel compelled to knit with straights.
My original KnitPicks Options purchase was a full set of Harmony Wood needles. They are beautiful and delightful to knit with. The problem is that the metal collar that holds the screw that the cable locks onto, unattaches. KnitPicks is always accommodating and replaces tips that have come apart, but after it occurred too many times, I returned the Harmony Wood set and exchanged it for the Nickel set. Not as lovely to look at, but not a wimper of a problem with them.
On close examination of the connectors on the Zephyrs, they appear to be the same as the Harmony Woods. I'm probably going to try a set or 2 of Zephyr tips and hope the adhesive bonds more permanently to the acrylic than it did to wood. I know I can return them if they don't live up to my expectations.
My original KnitPicks Options purchase was a full set of Harmony Wood needles. They are beautiful and delightful to knit with. The problem is that the metal collar that holds the screw that the cable locks onto, unattaches. KnitPicks is always accommodating and replaces tips that have come apart, but after it occurred too many times, I returned the Harmony Wood set and exchanged it for the Nickel set. Not as lovely to look at, but not a wimper of a problem with them.
On close examination of the connectors on the Zephyrs, they appear to be the same as the Harmony Woods. I'm probably going to try a set or 2 of Zephyr tips and hope the adhesive bonds more permanently to the acrylic than it did to wood. I know I can return them if they don't live up to my expectations.
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