Knitting needles with movable cable for knitting small circumferential area
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1. A circular knitting needle assembly comprising:
- a first knitting needle and a second knitting needle, each of said first and second knitting needles having a substantially cylindrical body and an elongated channel extending substantially the length of said substantially cylindrical body;
a flexible cable connecting said first and second knitting needles to one another, said flexible cable having a first end slidably received in said elongated channel of the first knitting needle and a second end slidably received in said elongated channel of the second knitting needle.
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A circular knitting needle assembly allows for knitting of small circumferential areas of garments. The circular knitting needle assembly retains knitted loops on a flexible cable that is slidably engaged with a pair of elongated hollow knitting needles. Each of the knitting needles has an elongated channel extending substantially the entire length of the knitting needle, and an end of the flexible cable is retained within the elongated channel.
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1. A circular knitting needle assembly comprising:
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a first knitting needle and a second knitting needle, each of said first and second knitting needles having a substantially cylindrical body and an elongated channel extending substantially the length of said substantially cylindrical body;
a flexible cable connecting said first and second knitting needles to one another, said flexible cable having a first end slidably received in said elongated channel of the first knitting needle and a second end slidably received in said elongated channel of the second knitting needle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A circular knitting needle assembly comprising:
a first elongated knitting needle, a second elongated knitting needle, and a flexible cable slidably engaging each of said first and second elongated knitting needles, each of said first and second elongated knitting needles including a tapered tip at each end thereof, and wherein at least one tapered tip on each of said first and second elongated knitting needles is removable from said associated elongated knitting needle.
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8. A circular knitting needle assembly comprising:
a first elongated knitting needle, a second elongated knitting needle, and a flexible cable slidably engaging each of said first and second elongated knitting needles, wherein the sliding of said flexible cable is bounded by a pair of channels, one of said channels running substantially the length of said first elongated knitting needle, and the other of said channels running substantially the length of said second elongated knitting needle.
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