This was very simple. My daughter had a great time picking out the beads to put on the ends of her needles. Kids can do this project. It may help them be a little more interested in learning to knit. We didn’t color our needles. We just didn’t really have anything that would stay with out sealing it. But if you have the stuff you can make some beautiful personalized needles.
All you need is pre-cut wooden dowels, beads (hole must fit your dowels), pencil sharpener, and wood glue. Use your sharpener to sharpen one end of your dowel, just like a pencil. Put your bead on the other end and secure with glue if needed. So easy!
I read about making knitting needles this way on some other blog. I can’t remember where though. If you posted this idea on your blog, let me know so I can link to know. I would like to tell everyone where this idea came from!
I loved the feel of my new wooden double pointed needles I had to start using them right way! I’m making a hat that hopefully I will get to wear. My hats normally get taken by family members as soon as there off the needles!
Try out this project and have fun!
