Needlemaster 40-Piece Interchangeable Aluminum Knitting Set

by Simplicity Creative Group, Inc

• Boye needlemaster interchangeable knitting set
• 8 Sets of aluminum single-point knitting needles, with cable lengths 20-inch, 24-inch, 29-inch and 36-inch, and travel case
• Includes 4 stitch holders (button) and 2 cable couplers
• Make regular circular knitting needles, straight flexible needles, even elongate the cables with couplers. This set provides infinite possibilities for any project you fancy.
• Founded in 1906, Boye Needle Company was the first American manufacturer of crochet hooks and knitting needles.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.1 x 1.3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WURGNC
• Item model number: 3287312000
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (160 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,016 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
  • #4 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing > Knitting & Crochet > Knitting Needles

Product Description

Boye Needlemaster Interchangeable Knitting Set features circular and flexible straight needles sizes 2-15, 4 cable needles and travel case. Needle master assembly instructions

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

209 of 210 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the closest to perfect of the interchangable needle kits August 6, 2007

By PghYinzer TOP 1000 REVIEWER

I will be honest - this kit is not perfect. But none of the interchangable needle kits you can buy actually are, so I can't really count that against this kit.

For the most part, I really like this kit. Here are just a few things it has going for it:

- Widely available, and quite affordable if you have a weekly coupon from a certain popular craft store ;-)
- Needles are pretty colors which keeps things interesting
- Wider range of needle sizes than other kits
- Allows you to make a twenty inch circular which, while not as short as the seventeen inch you can make with a certain other kit, is shorter than the twenty-four inch you can make with yet another kit
- Metal needles, which I prefer to plastic or wood - all types of yarn slip nice and easy
- Nice points, not too sharp and not too dull
- Individual pieces can be bought separately
- Storage case is compartmentalized well and not too ugly

However, here is what it has against it:

- Shortest circular you can make is twenty inches, which, while better than the twenty-four inch you can make with one kit, is not as nice at the seventeen inch you can make with another (works with a struggle for a hat, too short for collars)
- Cables are a little on the stiff side and the bend where it joins the needle is a little weird - HOWEVER it is not as bad as the non-interchangable Boye circulars (I hate those)
- Some people complain that the cables and needles come unscrewed frequently but I really have not had a huge problem with this
- My biggest complaint - Boye needles are weird sizes compared to other brands. While Boye claims to set the standard, pretty much every brand is different in diameter (consistently so) for sizes six, nine, ten, and seventeen. I have no idea why.

This kit would be perfect if the sizes were the same as all other lines and it had a shorter cable option. As it stands, I still really do like this kit and recommend it - but rather than actually view it as being all the needles you ever need, you might want to have a few needles of another brand in those four sizes that Boye makes strangely.

75 of 75 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Economical and simple for beginners. November 3, 2008

By Kimberly Smith VINE™ VOICE

I bought this set (using a coupon at a craft store website) when I first decided to get into knitting. It serves its purpose well, and has accompanied me through a lot of my early learning. You can use these as straight or circular needles, in all the standard sizes; it really is potentially all you'd need for most projects, but you can order additional cords in larger sizes, extra end caps, and other items you might find helpful if you become more serious about knitting. I think that circular needles are easier to hold than straights and put less weight on your hands as you work-- which is very helpful after a long period of knitting. It is even possible to fudge double-pointed-needle patterns with this set; search knitting video websites for help on how to do that.

As you become more serious, though-- dare I call it Knitpicky?-- there'll be things that might lure you away from this, your first set. Many people end up preferring bamboo or wooden or plastic needles, for example; these are metal. Others want to learn new techniques for knitting small items, like the Magic Loop method; this set isn't compatible with that. A lot of knitters end up opting for other needle systems, like the Denise system or the Knitpicks Options system. (If you want to read a good comparison between the Denise and the Boye systems, look up the review at knitty dot com by Amy Singer).

But why worry about all those possibilities just now? If you're beginning, this set will serve for quite some time. You can upgrade later with all the money you saved from not having to buy individual sets of needles for each of your first few projects.

But I still haven't upgraded mine, and it's been five years now.

ps-The coming-unscrewed problem other reviewers mention can be avoided by using the included tighteners religiously whenever you start a new project (I don't, because I'm lazy and impatient, and still rarely have problems).

67 of 69 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars okay needles, but there is better October 29, 2008

By Y. V. Pickup

I got this set when I first started knitting as that was much easier and cheaper than buying all the straights and circular needles. While it was nice having all the different size needle right there, they would come unscrewed which was annoying and they would disconnect and they stitches would be dropped. I had to check quite frequently that they were not coming unscrewed. I tried knitting with the smallest needles, and the yarn kept getting caught at the connection, because it was wider than the needle. so since we were traveling, we had to stop at a store so I could get dpns of the size I needed instead. I ended up selling these and getting the Denice interchangeable. I like them MUCH better and don't have the same issues.