Wire for Knitting

There are several different types of wire suitable to knit on a machine:-

0.2mm enamelled copper wire which you need to use a few strands together is my wire of choice - I usually use 4 strands together, on a standard gauge machine. 

It comes on 175metre reels (weight 50g) at £4.00 each or Special Offer 4 reels for £14 - enough to make 30-40 small bracelets.

There are around 30 colours (but not all in stock) at the moment, photographed together below.
Below that I have added individual photos of the reels in the same order with the names of the colours as written on the reel, however, I have given further descriptions of the colours below. All colours which are called " Supa" are enamelled on top of silver plated copper to make them extra shiny.

I also have in stock -
Non tarnish Silver Plated Copper wire 0.2mm 175m £4.00  (5 in stock)
Real Gold Plated Copper wire 0.2mm 50gram £12.00  (last ever 2 reels)

Supa Chartreuse 

No stock

Ice Blue

No stock

Supa Green

No stock

Supa Emerald

No stock

Vivid Green

No stock

Leaf Green

No stock

Supa Champagne

3 in stock

Gilt

6 in stock

Warm Gold

1 in stock

Light Gold

No stock

Gunmetal

No stock

Mid Brown 

No stock

Rose Gold 

No stock

Opaque Violet

4 in stock

Vivid Red

No stock

Supa Salmon

discontinued

Bright Violet

No stock

Wine

No stock

Supa Clear

1 in stock

Opaque Green

2 in stock

Supa Baby Pink

No stock

Supa Lilac

No stock

Grape

No stock

Dark Purple

No stock

Opaque White

No stock

Supa Blue

No stock

Smoked

No stock

Opaque Blue

1 in stock

Dark Blue

No stock

Black

No stock

EXTRA INFORMATION on the colours of wire
I try to order so I can still offer a wide selection of colours before I need to order again, but sometimes it doesn't work out like that! 

TIPS ON CHOOSING COLOURS If you are choosing 4 reels, I suggest choosing your favourite colour, a good contrast colour that you also like, a dark neutral and a lighter neutral. That will give you the maximum variety of colour and tone combinations. You can always mix in a sewing thread to change the colour slightly - even a variegated embroidery thread looks great!

You could choose 4 toning colours to obtain a subtle blend of similar shades or you could choose 4 completely different colours which you could put together in different combinations to achieve a very wide variety of colours. 

As short lengths are needed to knit the strips for the bracelets and necklaces, it is easy enough to wind off lengths from your reels so you can use several strands of the same colour together. With just 4 reels of wire you can make 35 different colour combinations. If you choose 8 reels, you would have 330 different combinations!

Another type of wire I use on my machine is a 0.25mm plastic coated wire which is easy to use (you can even unravel it and knit it again),  however black is the only colour now available.

10m reels cost £2 each - enough to make 2-3 pairs of earrings or a bracelet or a necklace. You use this wire single strand as you would use 4 ply yarn. 100m reels cost £15 - No stock. If you are knitting by hand, then this is the type of wire I would recommend as it is not too hard on the fingers.

Although this looks a little grey in the photo, it is black!