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Circular wooden needles

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Lilliesmum79 Fri 28-Jul-23 19:42:17

I've decided to buy a set of circular needles I'd like to ask does anyone recommend the wooden ones? What's your experience like of different brands. I'm mainly knitting socks these days. I start using my 9inch circular ones then change to dpns for heel and toes. I've very bad arthritis in my hands but it's not as sore using the circular ones. But my dpns are are wooden. They don't hurt me as much as metal straight ones do.

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LadyGracie Fri 28-Jul-23 19:58:54

I've got Knitpro wooden circular needles, you screw the needles onto the nylon cables which come in different lengths, they weren't the cheapest but they've a nice feel to hold and knit with and they're light.

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Callistemon21 Fri 28-Jul-23 20:16:20

LadyGracie

I've got Knitpro wooden circular needles, you screw the needles onto the nylon cables which come in different lengths, they weren't the cheapest but they've a nice feel to hold and knit with and they're light.

Yes, I'd recommend Knitpro too.
And their straight needles.

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Primrose53 Fri 28-Jul-23 20:18:47

I use the same and they’re fine.

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Doodledog Fri 28-Jul-23 20:20:24

I really love LYKKE ones. I have some KnitPro ones and find that they unscrew as I knit (I use interchangeable rather than fixed). It is something to so with the way I knit, as friends use them with no problems, but I have to stop and tighten them regularly, even after using the tightening tool when I put them together. It's a pain, but not too much of an issue when knitting something plain, but lace knitting is very risky. The LYKKE ones are far less likely to come apart, IME.

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