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The Round-Knitting Revolution
Recently, ingenious knitters around the world have seized on the ability of circular needles to be used like DPNs. Meaning that the stitches are divided into sections, each on its own circular needle.
Because the cables are flexible, only two sections are needed, and the needles can accommodate any number of stitches. The added length of the needle also makes it possible to knit more than one tube at a time, if you divide your stitches up properly and cleverly.
Knitting With Two Circular Needles
But still, this is not as simple as it could be. Proponents of knitting with two circular needles ("two circs," as it's called) advise that you buy two needles of different lengths, so you can tell them apart (although I don't know why you need to - you can't tell your DPNs apart... but I digress).
The metal needle-ends hang down when not in use, clanking and banging on each other. And you are still buying more needles than you need. Which brings me to the most elegant, simple, and cost-effective solution of all... the Magic Loop.
