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I don't know what that other reviewer was expecting. If Clover made these needle tips 4" long like their regular circs, the connecting cable could only be 1" long, which would make it impossible to flex enough to go in a circle. For a smaller circular needle, the tips need to be shortened.

That said, these needles are great for the occasional pair of gloves or socks. I have read that the bamboo tips break, but so far I have done four gloves on mine and have not had any breakage, nor have the tips gotten blunt like bamboo needles sometimes do. Highly recommended.

They were a bit fiddly at first, but by the time I'd gotten to the end of the first glove's cuff, I had worked out a way to hold them so that my knitting was just about as fast as when using longer circs.

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If double point needles aren't your thing, these circulars are perfect for smaller jobs. I was knitting a cabled scarf in the round and really wanted to use circulars. (Splitting a cable pattern across dpns just felt too messy.) These did the trick. The angled tips make it easy to work in a tight circle.

As a warning, you may want to have point protectors to cap the ends of the needles when you set your work down. Such a tight space means that its easier for the knitting to slip off.

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I love, love, love, wood. So I tried these and actually own an entire set of needles in this brand. This particular purchase was made simply because I could not find the size I needed in any other medium.

While the wood is pleasing to my senses, it noticably slows my progress down. At first I thought it was my imagination but after really paying attention, I am convinced that I work slower with these. They are sturdy and very good quality and would be excellent for a beginner knitter who would want the stitches to flow across slower. But for me, stopping to "push" the stitches along slows the progress and I am always eager to see the end result of my work! Additionally, As a brand side note, I found with the much larger needles,sizes 10 and up, that the point rounded over time and that caused me to have to "help" each stitch move from one needle to the other. So, I don't use them any more unless I need that size and have another project on the metal ones. I want to stress that all of these things that are problems for me would be attributes to a beginner knitter who would be fighting to hold stitches ON the needles and so this might be a great brand for you. But I need the to slide across and off the needle to be quick and easy, and so I do not prefer these.

I gave a three star review, not because of the product itself, which is made very nicely and is sturdy for wear; but because I don't find them the best (for my need of speed) comparable to other mediums like the silver plated or even plastic, which I thought slowed me down before I ran into these. YES, I am saying that these slow the pace MORE than the plastic ones do.

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I really love these 9-inch circular needles! They are the perfect length for knitting adult socks. The bamboo needle tips provide just enough drag to keep the stitches from accidentally dropping off a chronic problem I have with metal double-point needles (DPNs).

It is true that for the first couple of rounds you may feel as if you are knitting with matchsticks, but as the knitting grows it becomes easy to maintain a relaxed grip.

I just finished my first pair of socks with these and was astonished at how fast I can complete a project without the constant needle adjustments that are required of both magic-loop knitting and traditional DPNs.

The results are beautiful absolutely smooth stockinette stitch without any trace of the laddering that can occur when knitting with DPNs.

These needles have forever changed how I knit socks. Really, you should give these a try. I predict you will love them too!

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I have been using these needles for knitting socks. They make it easy to knit in the round without having all the double pointed needles. This makes my knitting more portable because you don't have to worry about losing one of your needles and it also makes it easy to just put your knitting in your bag. They are a little like knitting with match sticks, but this is necessary since the needles have to be short in order to knit small things in the round. The cord is smooth and stitches easily slide over them. I am definitely going to buy more of these in the other sizes I need!