Like tent endings fixed with fabric-making sticks (8,7)

I believe the answer is:

knitting needles

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'fabric-making sticks' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'like tent endings fixed' is the wordplay.
'fixed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'like'+'tent'+'endings'='liketentendings'
'liketentendings' is an anagram of 'KNITTING-NEEDLES'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for knitting needles that I've seen is " tools for craftspeople".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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