Knitting Needles that I Love

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I finally graduated from Clover circular needles this past summer when the tips of a pair that I hadn't had that long started to split.  KnitPicks was having a sale so I bought one set of size 7 wooden needle tips with attachable 47" cables to try them out.  You can check them out here. I admit that a large part of the attraction was the rainbow-colored wood.  They are just so pretty.  When I got them, I loved how they felt in my hands.  The wood is just so lovely and I found it lovelier than the bamboo I had been using.  The needles were so nice to knit on. But, and here is where I tell an embarrassing story, the darn needles kept unscrewing themselves.  Every single row, I'd have to reattach them to the cable.  After reaching a point where I just didn't want to pick up my knitting at all, I finally thought, "well, maybe there is a trick to it."  I found the package they had come in and thank goodness I had saved it because there were instructions on the back.  *facepalm*  Who knew knitting needles came with instructions?  Now that I am attaching them properly (it requires a metal key), I love, love, love them.  They are really lovely needles and I hope that they stand the test of time.  I expect I will be buying more as other bamboo needles wear out or I need needles that I don't currently own.

ETA:  Also, the cable is so bendy.  It's thinner than the Clover cables and really, well, I want to say "lovely" again.  Lovely, lovely, lovely.