CHIAOGOO 7040-1.5 40-Inch Red Lace Stainless Steel Circular Knitting Needles, 1.5/2.5mm

love these needles

Perfect in every way. Wonderful tips for stitch manipulation. Cables flexible for knitting.

Love them great for knitting

I love to knit socks, and these circular needles make it so easy! I love them as they are smooth and easy to use. The large cable makes using them for magic loop so easy.

For the price, they are really good. The wire is flexible and thin and stays attached despite the amount of tugging, and the yarn smoothly transitions from the needle to the wire with no snags. The points are smooth and sharp, but I think they may be getting a little dull with the amount I’ve been using it for. (Not sure, as the points seems to be a little rounder).

Needle broke right off the cable and Im scrambling to catch the dropped stitches and hopefully not lose more than a row or two (of hundreds of double-knit stitches; its not a minor disaster).

Ich stricke schon ganz viele Jahre. Aber das ist für mich die perfekte Stricknadel. Super Seil und strickt sich sehr gut damit.

I love to knit socks 2 at a time, toes up, using the Magic Loop method. Ive tried MANY different types of needles and Chiaogoo needles are what I finally settled on as my absolute favorite. The joins are smooth and havent caused any problems with my yarns slipping over them smoothly (depending, of course, on how tightly you knit!), but most importantly, these cables have NEVER kinked on me! These are absolutely my needles of choice and I cant imagine ever changing my mind.

1. I like the joins - smooooth

The listed cord length is incorrect, its only 40cms NOT 40 which means its no good for my knitting. I have ordered a replacement and left a note but I have a feeling that no one will read it and the replacement will be wrong too.....