Posts tagged knitting needles

I want to buy a set of circular needles because I have the money and if I don’t do it now, I never will. The book I’m learning from (Stitch’n Bitch, The Knitter’s Handbook) has three different sizes it says I should buy, along with straight and double pointed needles, but I can’t buy all three circular sets right now. She says to buy a 32” set, a 24” and a 16” set. 

What length should I start with? I’m assuming that depends on what I want to make but I want to make all the things! I especially love amigurumi, but I can usually crochet those. I do want to make sweaters for my daughter and myself and socks for my husband though. I already have a two sets of double pointed needles: size 2 and size 8.

Should I just get a 9 inch set of double pointed needles? Uhg… I don’t know. Help a new knitter out?