KnitProKP20387 50 cm x 3.5 mm Symfonie Fixed Circular Needles, Multi-Color

KnitPro 50 cm x 5 mm Symfonie Fixed Circular Needles, Multi-Color I took up knitting a month ago and used my Mum's old metal needles. Initially, i also tried copying her style of knitting (English) but found it very awkward having to release the r/h needle to wrap the yarn. So I taught myself (using youtube) how to knit continental style. Better but still having difficulty with long (30cm so still quite short) needles. Also, the metal is slippery enough that I find myself having to pick up rather a lot of dropped stitches.So I thought I would try a circular needle and a wooden one rather than metal.I find that the wood is more comfortable to hold and the shorter pin is much easier to manipulate as it doesn't have ends to snag on my clothing or catch on the arms of the chair i'm sitting in etc . The one shortfall for this particular needle is the length of the pins in comparison to the length of the cord. The pins are a great size to hold, just right in fact. The cord really needs to be at least 2 cms longer in my opinion. For a knit row, it's not too bad but i find that there is strain on both my thumbs, particularly the l/h when trying to bring the needle tips together for purl stitches; the cord isn't quite long enough and i have to grip the pins tighter as a consequence to get the angle i need to insert the r/h pin into the stitch on the l/h needle. After about 10 mins of knitting my left hand was feeling tired so I can't actually see me using this particular needle again.However, having said that, overall I'm impressed with the wooden circular needle, a lot less time wasted picking up dropped stitches and, as a result, I have just ordered the Symphonie interchangeable deluxe kit. KnitPro 50 cm x 5 mm Symfonie Fixed Circular Needles, Multi-Color

Neddles are quite pointed which is good at this guage as the wool I'm working with is very fine. Lovely and smooth, no snagging over the join, comfortable in the hands and the cable isn't too stiff. Expensive but worth it

Just what i needed for the socks I am knitting

A bit fiddly to work with but lovely to knit with

My lace knitting is now steaming ahead on these wonderful needles