Good knitting needles: which material?

Dear users, dear authors,
what makes good knitting needles for you?

I actually only knit with circular needles. I prefer wooden needles for those. I treated myself to the Knit Pro set with interchangeable needles. The cables don’t get as badly twisted as they do with the really cheap circular needles, and the yarn glides beautifully over the wooden needles. For small projects, though, I use the Crasy Trio made of metal. I’d also like to try the bamboo version.

I only use circular knitting needles, too—and always the ones made of bamboo. That way, no one watching TV complains about the clatter of the needles ;-) … Joking aside: I just think they feel great in my hand

I only use circular knitting needles—preferably metal ones from Chiagoo, since they don’t get stuck.
But I do have some wooden ones, too.

I love circular knitting needles and the CraSy Trio. These days, almost all of my needles are made of wood or bamboo. They just feel better in my hands.

You shouldn’t settle for cheap needles here, because I’ve had the experience of them breaking.

Unfortunately, I’ve had a bad experience with the Knit Pro interchangeable needles. For one thing, the tips keep coming loose, so the yarn gets caught in between. And then, once, a needle actually broke. That hasn’t happened to me with my other wooden needles.

Each of us has a colorful selection of different knitting needles—and our favorites among them. For fine knitting projects, I always use special metal lace needles. They have a beautiful, slender tip and are made in one piece. That way, super-fine yarns are guaranteed not to get caught between the needle and the cable. And the cables are very flexible.

For my felting projects, I always need size 7 needles. For those, I like to use bamboo needles, preferably with thick cables, so everything stays secure.

I also have the Knit-Pro needles where you screw the tips onto the cables. However, I’m not very satisfied with them. I have the same problem—even though I always tighten the joints firmly with the small tool that comes with them—they still come loose while I’m knitting, and the yarn gets caught in the gap. So I prefer to buy the ones with a fixed connection.

When you think about how, way back when, there were only those gray plastic ones, you realize we have a huge selection now...

I love my Knit Pro set. Mine have metal tips, though I also like the ones made entirely of wood. I like bamboo needles too (no-name brand). The only thing that bugs me about the Knit Pros is that the cable is very thin, and sometimes when I’m sliding the stitches, I have trouble getting them back onto the needle if the needle is a bit thicker—but I guess that’s similar with all of them. I saw Addi needles in a store during my vacation, and they didn’t appeal to me at all. No idea why. It’s probably like with sewing machines, lol—some people swear by one brand, while others just don’t feel comfortable with it...

I treated myself to a HiyaHiya set for Christmas last year. It’s a real luxury, but the needles are great!
It’s a set with interchangeable needle tips and cables, and unlike the KnitPro set, the connections hold up very well—the transition between the cable and the needle is secure and very smooth. This makes it easy to knit even with very fine yarn.
Plus, the tips are nice and thin, so you can easily manage even trickier stitch maneuvers.

I haven’t had any problems with Knit Pro. The joints stay super tight for me—even mohair yarn hasn’t gotten caught. I think I just got lucky there. Nothing’s broken for me yet either. But I do tighten the joints really tight with the tool.