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A detailed review of the Knitter's Pride Karbonz knitting needles.
The Karbonz needles are some of the most durable and versatile knitting needles. Made from carbon with metal tips they seem to combine the best of both worlds in one perfect needle. In this video, I will put the bold claims on the website to the test. Here's the transcript:
In the Karbonz range, there are DPNS, interchangeable needles, and fixed circulars. There are also single-pointed needles. But I never knit with such needle, so that’s why I didn’t include them in this video
All these needles share the same general construction. It’s a carbon body with metal tips for all the different needles. I’ll take a look at these shared characteristics first and then I’ll show you the various sets and differences.
Knitter’s Pride is, as far as I know, the only company that produces carbon knitting needles. Carbon is extremely durable, yet incredibly light and very warm to touch. Unlike metal, it’s very hard to bend it and even if you can it will snap back into its original configuration. It does not splinter like wood does either but has similar friction that prevents your stitches from slipping off too easily.
I particularly want to note the sheer lightness. These are metal dpns in size 3mm and they weigh 20 grams. And these are carbon needles. Same size, same length. And they are 12 grams. That’s 50 percent less.
So, are the Karbonz perfect in every way?
Well if you take a closer look, then you will see that only the body of the needles is made from carbon. The tips are metal. Nickel coated brass to be quite precise.
The tips are sharp enough for almost all projects but not the sharpest. Hiya Hiya and ChiaoGoo are sharper. This is addi here. They all got a much longer taper as well. So, if long sharp tips is what you are looking for the Karbonz will disappoint you.
Also, you have a little kink here at the transition between the body and the tip. I want to be honest here. When you glide over it with your fingers, its definitely noticeable. But the more important question is perhaps if the yarn gets caught and that’s a definite no. In all my years knitting with them that has never happened.
What does happen, however, is that the coating may eventually rub off after quite some heavy use. Personally, I don’t see it as a real negative. The thing is, a lot of needles aren’t coated and you definitely feel the difference. Actually, it’s the main issue I have with needles from Hiya Hiya or ChiaoGoo. The surface drives me insane.
These are coated but it’s a very thin layer of nickel that makes these needles so slick and it’s just normal and expectable that it rubs off at one point just like gilding does. It’s something I know and I can live with. When the needles are past their prime I exchange them – until then, I am working with the better tool for me.
Another thing that will rub off is the needle size. It’s printed on carbon but it will fade after one or two uses. It’s definitely something that could be improved but I personally care more about the knitting quality of a needle than visuals.
And there, all these needles excel. Thanks to the hybrid character, meaning metal tips and carbon body, you can knit almost as fast as with the Nova Platina or addi needles and yet you have the body that keeps your stitches from slipping off. Really nice to be honest.
So, how durable are the needles if carbon is all that amazing?
Well…this is a difficult question. The carbon itself is almost indestructible. I own them in every size and I knit a lot with them and they never broke in half or so. It’s why I love them so much. When you are knitting with small size needles and you are an experienced knitter, then you will always turn to metal needles. Yet these 2.00 mm needles bend so damn easily. It’s the very reason I love the Karbonz so much. A typical metal DPN will last me 2 maybe 3 socks and that was just not efficient for me.
The thing, however, is, that there’s a lot of metal on these Karbonz knitting needles. The tips are basically glued to the body and that can break away given enough force. And, if we are talking about the circulars, then the cable might snap out of its hull here at the back as well. So, in all honesty, you get quite some durability but it’s not like a one-in-a-lifetime purchase either.
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