Sponge Bar Bow or Bend - Sometimes during shipment.

On occasion, sponge bars (needle retainer bars) can be slightly bent or bowed during shipment or when storing or when dropped. This does not harm them except when the metal backing gets a sharp bend in the metal, normally referred to as a "kink". Once a "kink" has occurred, the sponge bar will not straighten properly and will not fit back into the knitting machine sponge bar slot past the "kink". If your sponge bar was slightly bent during shipment or otherwise, but does not yet have a "kink", it can be easily straightened by slowly and steadily inserting the sponge bar into your knitting machine sponge bar slot, this will normally straighten the sponge bar without damaging it and it will perform nicely for years.