Special tools used to make silkened netting (8,7)

I believe the answer is:

knitting needles

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'special tools used' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'make silkened netting' is the wordplay.
'make' indicates an anagram.
'silkened'+'netting'='silkenednetting'
'silkenednetting' is an anagram of 'KNITTING-NEEDLES'.

'to' 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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