Making a Curved Knitting Needle with Blender, AI, and a 3D Printer

Source files are available here: Download Curved and Straight Knitting Needle Model Story My wife has some medical conditions that make doing some detail work with her hands very difficult. She was expressing to me recently how she would love to finish knitting this yarn blanket she has been working on. However, the detail work involved in this particular design is very hard on her hands. She knits often, and typically this is not an issue. I asked her about it and she said she had been looking for semicircular knitting needles, as that would help her but she could not find any. Making I asked to see one of her knitting needles and got dimensions from it. FeatureDimensionOverall length95 mmShaft diameter3.10 mmStraight tip taper length15.3 mmTip end diameter1.26 mm, slightly roundedClosed oval loop, outside23.8 × 6.8 mmLoop opening, inside15.19 × 2.94 mmLoop thickness, front to back3.10 mmShaft between taper and loop55.9 mm I also took a photo. I can do 3D modeling, but I’m not the…