ChiaoGoo Forté 2.0 Interchangeable Circular Needle Set, 5" (13 cm)

The luxury end of the brand knitters already reach for first.

Ask a room full of knitters what's in their project bag and ChiaoGoo comes up again and again. The joins that don't snag, the cables that lie flat out of the packet, the points that are sharp without being vicious. It's the brand people buy once and then keep buying. Forté is what ChiaoGoo does when it stops being practical and starts being indulgent.

This is the top of the line. Fourteen pairs of 5-inch tips, and not one of them is filler: eight small sizes in stainless steel with carbon fiber, six large ones in stainless steel with African Blackwood. The small needles stay light and slim through hours of sock and lace knitting; the big ones have the warmth and weight of real wood in your hands on a bulky sweater. Every join is laser etched with the size, so it never rubs off and you're never squinting at an unmarked needle.

The cables are the newest thing ChiaoGoo makes. The silver SWIV360 cables do everything the beloved red and blue TWIST cables do (memory-free, no coiling, no hot-water tricks) and they swivel, so your work turns freely instead of fighting the cord. Three red [S] TWIST cables come along as well, for the fine-gauge days when you want the classic feel. Nine cables in three lengths, in both join sizes: whatever circumference the pattern asks for, you already have it.

And the case is the giveaway that this is the special edition. It opens like a book, with a double-sided removable board that holds all fourteen pairs firmly in place, a magnetic strip, elastic loops for the notions, four pockets for your pattern, and a full zipper so nothing escapes on the train. There's even a little metal tin for the smallest tools. Made from REACH-compliant man-made material.

Buy it as your first serious set and you'll never need another. Buy it after twenty years of knitting and you'll finally have the one you wanted all along.

Set Contents

Carbon Fiber & Stainless Steel Tips [S], 8 pairs, 13 cm / 5 in

• 2.75 mm (US 2)
• 3.00 mm (US 2.5)
• 3.25 mm (US 3)
• 3.50 mm (US 4)
• 3.75 mm (US 5)
• 4.00 mm (US 6)
• 4.50 mm (US 7)
• 5.00 mm (US 8)

African Blackwood & Stainless Steel Tips [L], 6 pairs, 13 cm / 5 in

• 5.50 mm (US 9)
• 6.00 mm (US 10)
• 6.50 mm (US 10.5)
• 8.00 mm (US 11)
• 9.00 mm (US 13)
• 10.00 mm (US 15)

SWIV360 Cables, 6 silver memory-free cables

• 35 cm / 14 in, [S] and [L]
• 55 cm / 22 in, [S] and [L]
• 75 cm / 30 in, [S] and [L]

TWIST Red Lace Cables, 3 memory-free cables, [S] join

• 35 cm / 14 in
• 55 cm / 22 in
• 75 cm / 30 in

With tips attached, the cables make circulars of 60 cm / 24 in, 80 cm / 32 in and 100 cm / 40 in.

Accessories

• 4 cable connectors (2 small, 2 large)
• 4 end stoppers (2 small, 2 large)
• 2 [L]-to-[S] adapters
• 2 tightening keys
• 1 heart-shaped rubber gripper
• 20 stitch markers
• 2 darning needles
• 2 safety pins
• 1 stainless steel scissors
• 1 retractable measuring tape
• 1 swatch / needle gauge
• 1 pen
• 1 small metal tin for small tools
• Zippered case with double-sided removable needle board

Specifications
Brand: ChiaoGoo
Model: Forté 2.0, item 4500-C
Tip length: 13 cm / 5 in
Size range: 2.75 mm (US 2) to 10.00 mm (US 15)
Materials: carbon fiber, African Blackwood, stainless steel
Joins: [S] and [L], compatible with all similarly coded ChiaoGoo interchangeable parts

This product is final sale and cannot be returned or exchanged.