Leather Cord and Needle Stitch Holder Kit

Leather Cord and Needle Stitch Holder Kit

Name: Leather Cord and Needle Stitch Holder Kit
Brand: Cocoknits
SKU: CK-LCNSHK
Price: 29.90 GBP
Availability: InStock

When knitting top-down, seamless sweaters, there comes a point when you need to take your sleeve stitches off onto a holder. Safety-pin type stitch holders don’t work for this. Scrap yarn works, but tends to slip up into the stitches, making the job of getting each stitch back onto a needle laborious. You can leave them on a spare circular needle or cord – but it’s challenging to have needles and cord hanging everywhere. Julie Weisenberger, Cocoknits founder, found that a leather cord had the flexibility of yarn, but was firm enough to keep the stitches from disappearing up into themselves. The interior-threaded needle means you can knit onto and off of the cord – like a leather circular needle. The needles screw on and off the leather cord.

Leather Cord and Needle Stitch Holder Kit

When knitting top-down, seamless sweaters, there comes a point when you need to take your sleeve stitches off onto a holder. Safety-pin type stitch holders don’t work for this. Scrap yarn works, but tends to slip up into the stitches, making the job of getting each stitch back onto a needle laborious. You can leave them on a spare circular needle or cord – but it’s challenging to have needles and cord hanging everywhere. Julie Weisenberger, Cocoknits founder, found that a leather cord had the flexibility of yarn, but was firm enough to keep the stitches from disappearing up into themselves. The interior-threaded needle means you can knit onto and off of the cord – like a leather circular needle. The needles screw on and off the leather cord.

Includes

Two interior-threaded needles
Three lengths of leather cord
- one long (150cm/59in)
- two short (75cm/29½in)
Sturdy Kraft storage drawer

Product details

Needles made of nickel-plated steel
Long Cord holds stitches of sweater body
Short Cords holds stitches of sleeves

How to use

Use the Stitch Holder Kit in lieu of scrap yarn whenever you need to hold live stitches. The threaded needles allow you to knit off of your leather cord.
See tips and tricks for using your stitch holder kit.
Keep the contents of your kit in the reusable Kraft drawer.

Care

Find a video of care and use instructions HERE
Just like hands, leather can get dry & needs moisturizing. We suggest treating the cord with Thread Magic or another thread conditioner to keep your cords smooth and limber.
Screw the needle on only until it is attached to the cord. If you continue to over-screw, you risk breaking the leather inside the needle.
Snipping the end of your leather cord at an angle will facilitate attaching the needle.
Leather has a grain, so be sure to "go with the grain" when sliding stitches on & off the cord.