I think URK! could round up how I feel about these needles. I've just cast on a baby matinee coat for a very good friend of my DH who has had a little girl, but then found out that of all the nice circular/interchangable/wooden needles I own, the pattern requires the one size I don't have. This will be remedied in short order but until then I am stuck using my revolting metal straights! I'd forgotten how much straight needles get in the way, how you have to keep the ends from waggling around, and how damn slippery metal is. Can you tell that I'm not enjoying this?
Straight needles aren't as versatile as interchangeable circs, so I haven't bought them for myself so far. Recently, I got a pair of Lisa's bejewelled straight needles for my future MIL though. Almost feels like I bought them for myself, but it is infinitely more useful to give them to someone else in the end, knowing she will have more use for them. The question now is: How do I transport the long, thin bamboo needles on the train when I have to stuff them in with all sorts of other parafernalia at Christmas? I don't even want to think about that.
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