A Few More Sites On circular needles knitting hat

I bought these needles before starting my second knitting project, when it became clear that most of what I wanted to do involved knitting in the round. I also bought the 25″ set from the same manufacturer so I’d always have two of the same size. It was a fantastic deal given that I wasn’t sure how much I wanted to invest in my new hobby.

Well, fast forward a few months, and I’m ready to buy a more expensive set.

Yesterday, one row left on my first ever sweater, the plastic cord broke on one of the needles. Luckily I noticed that it was about to break, and was able to start transferring stitches before it actually broke all the way. I guess — and it makes sense if you look at them — that the stress of carrying 200+ stitches for a sweater-worth of rows was more stress than these poor little needles can take.

Prior to breaking, I was reasonably happy with the needles for the price. The join between the plastic cable and the needle isn’t perfectly smooth and at tighter gauges the stitches snag enough that I spend a lot of energy worrying about damage to the yarn. At looser gauges it doesn’t seem like that big a deal.

Bottom line, I recommend these if you’re knitting enough that you’ll need more than one or two circular needles before you’ll know whether or not you’re serious enough about the hobby to invest in a more durable and higher quality set. I don’t recommend tackling a large scale project on them unless you don’t mind losing a bunch of stitches.

Great needles, great value. Tip for storage – a CD case with plastic pockets!

I just bought these and I’m very pleased with them already. I was trying to find wood or bamboo interchangeable circulars, but thought I’d try these mainly based on price and (mostly) good reviews. The Denise set gives many options of needle size and cable length, and the connection is easy to make, (though as it’s plastic, it might wear with time/use). I like how flexible the cables are, and I also like that the cables are a bit thicker than the Addi Turbo cables. They might not hold up quite as well as metal over long use, but at about 1/3 the price of the Addi set, I could buy another whole set and still come out ahead.
My favorite part is that the plastic needles, while not being rough at all, seem to have a little bit more “grabby” surface to them (like the wood or bamboo I was looking for), making it easier for me to keep my very light-weight knitting project ON the needles! The metal ones are so heavy and slippery that they kept slipping out of the stitches, making for laborious re-mounting time. I know lots of people like the SPEEEEDY factor of the metal needles, and ultimately these are all matters of preference, but for me it made knitting more frustrating than fun.

I have had my set for a year and at first I loved them, but that was before I started knitting on the smaller needles. If you are using anything above a 7 these work fantastically. You can make the cord quite short or really long. The plastic is a good balance between slick and not so the yarn moves over nicely but not sliding everywhere like on some metal needles. However, like I said if you want to knit on needles 6 and below, buy those elsewhere. It doesn’t work at all because the needles are almost the same thickness as the cord and does not really slide well on it taking twice as long to finish a project then it would on a good set of regular circular needles.

As with any product offered by an Amazon.com partner company, this case is exactly as described and pictured on the website. Nice quality, quick delivery, another home run by Amazon.com!

I am very pleased with these needles and the delivery was fast and prompt. Also the price was a bit lower than I had seen on other sites.

The plastic connecting the two needles is amazingly flexible. I’m not fighting the coil in the middle as i have with other circular needles. Bamboo has the warm smooth feel that makes knitting nearly effortless. The price was also unbelievable – less than $2 per set.