PrymCircular Needle, High-performance Synthetic Material, White, 17 x 3 x 1 cm

I have arthritic hands that hurt and swell and I knit whenever I sit still. Not a good combination! I've tried square needles both single pointed and circular and they helped a lot but the hard needle seemed to always put pressure on an inflamed bit of finger. These needles were really my last hope and I'm pleased to say I haven't stopped knitting since buying them! The single pointed needles by the same company are great for baby clothes and small items but I've found these circular ones mean I can knit heavy jumpers again. I have used them in the round and knitting back and forth and although they take a little getting used to I wouldn't be without them now. They are a little bit flexible but being only a short length of needle before the cable not too flexible. The cable is good and strong it doesn't kink or snag. The shape of the needle keeps my tension good even when my hands tire. I think the bobble at the end helps me knit faster too, I used to buy expensive pointy needles but had no trouble adapting to the new points.I have used these needles with cheap acrylic, pure wool, alpaca and currently using them with a silk yarn, it is with the silk yarn that I see the biggest benefit, because it is both slippery and breaks easily my hands would normally get very tense and sore but other than normal stiffness in the morning I have had no swelling and no cramps.

I'm using these to knit a brioche scarf (from the book "knitting fresh brioche", which I do highly recommend by the way!) so there's a lot of sliding of stitches back and forth. At first I really liked these needles, they're comfortable to hold and i like the shape, they're warm in the hands and at first seemed to glide nicely through the stitches. However, I'm finding over time that my stitches seem to snag a little on the needles where the two different coloured moulded pieces meet, and it's annoying enough that I'm going to have to change over to my standard bamboo or steel circs. It's a pity because these are a nice idea but don't seem up to the quite considerable strains that circular knitting can put on the needles.

Nice shape and feel to them, even though I’m really not a fan of plastic.I didn’t get on with how bendy they were? I don’t think the needles I ordered were that thin 4.5mm?They feel incredibly bent and unstable.If they re-release these with aluminium I would be very excited to try

Confortable to work. I recommend

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