My new needles came today! As you can imagine, I am beyond excited. I can't stop feeling them, and admiring how silky smooth they are to the touch. They are made from densified laminated birch wood, and painted in a variety of colors. Each set of needle tips has a different color, which makes it easy to grab two needle tips of the same size without having to read the labels. They are labeled on each needle according size, as well as on the cardboard backing that they are attached to, and come in 9 different US sizes ( US size 4-US size 11).
I've also admired how the needle tips join so smoothly and almost seamlessly to the cords, so yarn doesn't snag or get bunched up. That is downright must have for interchangeable needles, in my opinion.
The cords are nice in that they can bend almost to a point, and because of that, you can use them for the "Magic Loop" technique. However, they aren't so bendy that they twist on themselves and create kinks and loops when knitting. You get 4 cords in the set, a 24" cord, a 40" cord, and two 32" cords.
The set comes with keys, to further tighten the cord to the needle tips, size markers, marked with each size tips that the set comes with, so you can easily mark which needle tips you've been using with that work after removing them to use on a different cord, and cord caps, so that no stitches fall off the cord when you remove the needle tips. There is also a small bag to hold the cords, and many pockets to hold the markers, caps, and needle tips.
All in all, its a great buy. I highly recommend them.
