Very comfortable, well made and smooth movements, allow for a steady knitting pace. I really like the tips, not too pointy or too rounded.
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I've tried several kinds of dpns: bamboo, metal, etc but none are as nice as these. They're lightweight, have a good grip on the yarn, not too short or long, and are pointy enough to be accurate but not so much that they split yarn. As for the other reviewer who got different gauge with these needles compared to her usual needles: gauge can change whenever anything else is changed. It could be that she held the yarn differently, or knit looser. It's always important to check gauge, and I don't feel that that reflects badly on these needles. They're well made and just right for sock knitting, though I've also used the size 5 to do ribbing on a sweater. I just wish that they'd sell them in sets of sizes 0-5. :)
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I knit socks. I use the same sock pattern over and over because I spent a lot of time in the waiting room of a large hospital and I knit lots of socks. I was using a set of metal double pointed needles, 7 inches long. But the length got in the way when I got close to the end of the toe. I purchased a large set of bamboo needles, 5 inches long. The sizes were all printed clearly on the tiny needles. The 2.25 needles were clearly the same from the bamboo and the metal sets. They worked up fine especially at the toe. But they were too short to comfortably cast on 60 stitches. I thought 6 inch needles would be perfect. And six inch needles are perfect. Unfortunately these, although marked 2.25 are not the same size as the other two sets. The resulting sock was visibly two and a half inches smaller around than the many other socks I have made using the same pattern. So disappointed. They feel fine in my hands, they glide though the yarn but they are useless if you cannot use what you make with them.
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