55Pcs 5.1 Inch Length 11 Size of Diameter Double Pointed Bamboo Knitting Needles (5” Set 11)

When knitting small things in the round, I prefer short bamboo needles, and often, the cheap ones that aren’t super smooth. These are perfect, especially if you’re doing something like a top-down hat and have that spiky sea urchin of needles going every which way. I like them short, to contain that chaos, and it’s actually handy to have them be bamboo and unvarnished, so that the needles don’t slip right out.I got these for a project on size 2’s (2.75mm), where I found even my Clover Takumis were slippery (they’re varnished). For less than the price of a nice set of 2’s, I could get all these sizes of needles that are actually handier because they’re not slippery.But: They somewhat resemble toothpicks, and you would not want to use them with delicate yarns. (I’m working with cotton right now.)This is also a nice selection of sizes: 2.0mm, 2.25mm, 2.5mm, 2.75mm, 3.0mm, 3.25mm, 3.5mm, 3.75mm, 4.0mm, 4.5mm, and 5.0mm. This corresponds to US sizes 0, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Metric sizes are stamped on the needles.Just what I wanted and at a price you can’t argue with.