ChiaoGoo Tightening Keys, Mini

The two-second habit that stops a cable from unscrewing mid-row.

If you knit with interchangeables, you already know the failure: forty rows in, the tip works loose, the join gaps, and stitches slide into the crack. Hand-tight is never quite tight enough. That's what these are for.

Slot the key into the small hole in the metal join, brace the tip, and give it a quarter turn. The T-shaped handle gives you real leverage without gouging your fingers, and the same key backs the join off just as easily when you want to swap tips or cables. Use one every time you assemble a needle and the problem simply stops happening.

This is the Mini size, made for the smallest joins in the ChiaoGoo interchangeable system: the fine tips, the mini cables, the connectors and end stoppers that go with them. The joins on small needles are the ones most likely to work loose, and the ones you can least afford to have gap mid-row on sock or lace weight. Pair a key with a rubber gripper if you want more purchase on a stubborn join.

They're small, and small things vanish. Keep one in the needle case, one in the travel bag, and you'll never be the person tightening a join with their teeth on a train.

Specifications
Brand: ChiaoGoo
Size: mini
Length: 8 cm / 3 in
Finish: silver metal

Features
Tightens and loosens cable joins on mini interchangeable needles
Works with fine tips, cable connectors and end stoppers
Sized for the smallest ChiaoGoo joins
T-shaped handle for leverage without hurting your fingers
Small enough to live in a project bag permanently
Pairs with a rubber gripper for extra purchase

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