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knit affair Knitting Needles Review & Giveaway!

October 12, 2015 7 Comments

Check out these colorful & contemporary knitting needles, perfect for gifting!

This spring, I discovered an uber-cool knitting needle company called knit affair. A young knitting industry company from Berlin, knit affair offers contemporary accessories for knitters. Knit affair features both straight and circular knitting needles, as well as a range of accessories, all of which are produced with respect to the environment. Super cute, with manufacturing that cares about the environment? I’m all about it!

These sustainably produced, colorful knitting needles are handmade in Berlin and oh-so-fun!

Manufactured in Germany by local craftsmen and artists, knit affair needles are not only beautiful, but they’re a company whose products I’m glad to work with. These pretty needles use sustainably harvested wood from Germany and incorporate water-based colors and varnishes that comply with requirements for certified children’s toys. The finished needles are easy to knit with and don’t look like your grandmother’s needles.

These sustainably produced, colorful knitting needles are made in Berlin and oh-so-fun!

While the “your-grandmother’s” phrase is so epically overused in knitting marketing, I’m using it literally here. As someone who learned to knit from her grandmother and great-grandmother Schnell (yes, I’m named Heidi, and my mom’s maiden name is Schnell), I really did learn to knit on extra needles they had around the house. When my great-grandma passed at age 102, I inherited many of her heavy, old-fashioned knitting needles that work perfectly fine to this day, but in no way do they pack the visual punch of their carefully-crafted, contemporary counterparts from knit affair.

Check out these colorful & contemporary knitting needles, perfect for gifting!

I’ve been loving working with these fun needles, and knit affair has generously offered to sponsor a giveaway of their needles that’s open to international entries (seriously! everyone can enter!). How awesome are the neon tipped needles, the metallic option, and the colorblock ones too? It’s really cool to see someone producing needles that are not only fun to work with, but a way to make your public knitting oh-so-chic!

These sustainably produced, colorful knitting needles are made in Berlin and oh-so-fun! Enter to win a pair for yourself or a friend.

Enter to win needles from knit affair!

The lucky winner can choose one of the options below, in colors and sizes of choice (styles as pictured throughout this post).

  • 3 pairs of straights with single color beads
  • 2 pairs of straights with multi-color beads
  • 1 pair of design needles

Visit this page to enter.

This post and the corresponding giveaway were provided by knit affair. 

Filed Under: Giveaways, Reviews & Sponsored, Knitting, Knitting & Crochet Tagged With: colorblock knitting needles, german knitting needles, giveaway, knit affair, knitting needles, sustainability

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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  1. Kcscrapper

    October 14, 2015 at 11:32 am

    Wish me Luck!

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  2. JoyceS

    October 17, 2015 at 10:16 am

    Just proves you can never have too much yarn or too many needles!! Beautiful!

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  3. LindaN

    October 17, 2015 at 10:36 am

    I’d love to win the turquoise needles. They’d be fun to knit with.

    Reply
  4. charlotte

    October 17, 2015 at 11:03 am

    OMG>>> no excuse not to get started if I win>> love those gold and black beads needles, I am sure they would make me do better!!!!! Thank you for the chance to win>> Happy Holidays

    Reply
  5. MaryEllen

    October 17, 2015 at 2:43 pm

    What beautiful needles!! I’d love the neon ones!

    Reply
  6. Bonnie

    October 17, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    I,too,learned to knit with very old heavy needles…not sure who they belonged to…do love the gold and black needles ……NEVER TOO MANY NEEDLES!

    Reply
  7. Bonnie Matossian

    October 17, 2015 at 4:25 pm

    NEVER too many needles!

    Reply

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