it is with regret that i relegate my bamboo needles to the dustbin

[warthog]

but they've turned into the devil, they have! i know my knitting's far from perfect, but i didn't think it was that bad. i've got 3 splinters and my fingers are really sore!

I hate them with a passion

Extra long metal ones for me

Splinters? I prefer 30 cm metal ones.

Were they cheap ones? I bought some Clover bamboo needles and they are smooth as silk.

Each to their own, I still favour Aero's tbh.

haven't tried clover... i tried addi and pony. i got two more splinters before i threw the lot away.

Loathe bamboo needles, they just don't have the smooth 'slip' of the metal ones.

I prefer crappy plastic ones too ... not very lentil-weavy am I? Don't mind metal ones. Bamboo ones just don't "slip" enough and I'm always fighting with them (but then I'm a fairly tight knitter)

oh dear

soreness is possible, you will get used to it

splinters...hmmm...were they all from the SAME needle? have never had a splinter, and i use recycled kebab skewers much of the time...you COULD sand them down, that would sort it out

the best needles are wood. Brittany are nice and reasonably cheap (about £5 a pair IIRC)

ah yes am quite a loose knitter though, i think

i do normally need to go down a size or two for tension

no they weren't from the same needle, which was surprising! they also weren't from the same manufacturer and they weren't old. i could understand it if i'd been using them for years and they couldn't take the strain...

i love knitting with wood, but always thought the brittany ones were more expensive. i might have to get some of those...

well mine were about £5 each but...might have been on sale

there is no SHAME in knitting with metal you jnow

have you considered casein, if you need to be funky?

eh? casein?

Do bamboo ones click?! One can't knit properly without the click-click of metal is what I say!

I bought a pair of Addi bamboo circulars and was very impressed - lovely cord (I'm sad, aren't I). I find metal ones too heavy and make my gauge too tight. Plastic ones would be OK, but JL only seem to sell bamboo or metal.