What circular needles do you recommend?

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I’m getting back into knitting! What circular needles do you recommend? I’m hoping to buy some as soon as I get back from vacation! Please provide links.

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I don’t know how to show a link, but I would recommend using the loops and threads brand.

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Circular needles come in all kinds of materials (wood, metal, plastic) and in various sizes, lengths, and the cables can be made of different materials too. Susan Bates, Boyes and clover are brands that most stores sell. Loops and threads are a Michaels brand I think

What kind of circular needles you get depends on what type of things you want to knit.

Scarves are best done with regular straight needles. Sweaters can be done on circulars. Socks can be done on circulars or on double pointed needles (known as DPNs)

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Medal needles for me are easier to work on because there smoother but that’s my opinion.

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This is the one I bought and I l o v e it

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I will love to see what everyone recommends. I have one that is Walmart brand and I splurged on a US19; 15mm Knitters Pride Dreamz circular needle and its pretty and pretty smooth and I splurged on a US 8; 5mm ChiaoGoo circular needle, but they havent really stood out as that much better than the walmart brand one. So I am really interest in knowing different ones that everyone likes/recommends too :sparkling_heart:

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What’s the difference between circular needles and regular needles??

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Circular needles tend to require projects that work in the round like sweaters or beanies. Straight needles are for working back and forth and flipping your work

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Regular straight needles are longer, 11 to 12 inches and are not joined together by a cord, circular needles are shorter, but are joined together by different lengths of cord, depending on what size of project you are making.

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I bought the Boye needle master set around 15 years ago and am very happy with it for general knitting.
If you work a lot of lace, a brand like Addi would probably be better to get pointier needles for fine stitches.
If you find you work big projects with long circs a lot, it’s probably better to invest in circs of a certain size and length because the spots where the cables join on the interchangeable set don’t flow as smoothly as a single size circ.
I like using circs for flat projects, too, not just ones worked in the round. It helps distribute the weight and makes it easier on my hands and arms.

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I also started with the Boye Needlemaster set. I now have a couple more sets, Chiao Goo and Lykke I really like them

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I was looking at the Chiao Goo set recently but it is pricey. What types of knitting to you prefer one needle set over another for?

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I don’t really have a preference

I use circular needles for sweaters and afghans The only interchangeable circular needles I got irritated with were Knitpicks Options. The cables always broke right where the needle joins the cable. Although Knitpicks was good at replacing them at no cost this gets old fast

For socks I’m old fashioned and use DPNs (double pointed needles)

For scarves and other small items I use straight needles

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Great tips, thanks! Yeah that would get old, especially when you’re in the middle of a project. Sounds like they need to beef them up.
Ha I’m old fashioned too, love dpns, those tiny sock circs are too little for me. Have varying dpn lengths for hats, gloves, socks, etc.

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