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[dr_is_in]

Yay! My yarn arrived! (Well, sort of, the gray is on back order...not all of it is pictured there)

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[uozaki]

Cast on row counting or not depends on how you do it. If it's long-tail, I usually count that as a row. If it's simple loop-it-over, it's up to you but I generally don't count it.

Also, those look like just plain straight needles, albeit with bendy ends. The caston shouldn't be any different than normal? Or am I seeing them wrong?

[dr_is_in]

They are like half bamboo needle and half bendy plastic part. They are made by Clover.

http://www.acmoore.com/p-43307-bamboo-flexible-knitting-needles-20-size-6.aspx

I'd never seen them before.

[vilakins]

I've never seen those either, but I know some people knitting DW scarves found circulars easier to knit on as you don't have to support the weight of a wide piece on the needles; it can rest in your lap. It looks as if those have the same advantage.

[dr_is_in]

Thats what the lady in the store told my husband's aunt when she went to buy it all for me....and told her I was knitting a Doctor Who scarf. She told her it would be easier for me to handle.

[wulfae]

Bamboo circular needles also have the advantage of being allowed on planes (in Canada, check for wherever you are) and are small enough that you can actually work with them without having to worry about bumping people's elbows.

[shadoweave]

I've found that knitting on circulars is easier on your arm muscles. I switched over exclusively to circs after I tried to knit a sweater on straights - the outside of my forearms got really sore because the weight is all on the outside of the needles. On circs, the weight rests on your lap.