Socks, did you put your circulars in hot water to get the curls out of them? That seems to help. I know it is annoying when all they want to do is curl - about drives you crazy. I've decided that I am going to start buying the addi turbo circulars. I have 2 pairs now and they don't seem to do that as bad.

You can also try a hair dryer on the cord.

I'll try hot water or the hair dryer. I store them curled in the package the came in which cannot help. I'll try to find a way to store them straight out.

socks, the hot water, hair dryer or sitting on them for a while to warm them to straiten will help. If you have somewhere that you can hang them over a hook, just draped over, that may help. I don't have that kind of room!

Tami

I'm a new poster, long time knitter.
I bought a strip of canvas with pockets for each size of circular needles. It hangs on a hanger and is great both for keeping them a little straighter and for organization. I just look now and I can see what sizes and what lengths in each size that I have easily.
I found this so helpful that I gave my "knitting" daughter one for Christmas.

Hi socks,
Circular needles come in different lengths as well as different sizes. I have 16" and 29" (I mostly use 16", but you can get them as long as 36" and I even have a pair of 11½" (it says for cuffs and sleeves) - they are almost all "Susan Bates", but I imagine other people make them. As I said, I use 16" for most everything (especially necks)- it seems to be a good size for hats as well, but maybe a real small baby hat would require the 11½" ones.
A smaller needle would probably prevent that curling!
Hope this helps.
Elly

I just finished my first sock on 2 pairs of circular needles instead of using 4 double pointed. I guess it was kind of easier, but I have the seam going right down the front and underneath the sock, you can see where the joins are. They turned out okay, but I guess I like the looks of the double pointeds better. Maybe I did something wrong. So I think I'll go back to the dpn's - I am bound and determined I am going to make a perfect pair of socks one of these times. I already have about 4 sock orphans from other attempts. I really want to learn this, so I am not giving up.

I have found that running them through hot water and then immediately run cold water over them makes them nice and straight. I also cut drink staws down the length of the straw and then store the plastic cord inside the straw. This works great with the 16" and you can use more than one for the longer lengths. Hope this helps

lawmar -- I've knitted socks on both two circulars and on dps. They came out the same. There were no seams. If your socks had them, you are doing something wrong.

Did you keep continuously knitting in the same direction when you switched from one cirular to the other? If so, I don't see how you'd wind up with any seams UNLESS you weren't careful to keep tight spacing between the last stich knitted on one circular and the first knitted on the other. If you didn't pull the yarn tight (the same as when you switch for one DP to the next), you might get something that looks like a seam, I suppose.

It's worth it to find out what you're doing wrong because the circulars really do make it easier.

Yes, I stayed knitting in the same direction, and I also pulled on my last stitch on the needle when starting the next one. Darned if I know what I did wrong, but I'm going to keep at it. I am so determined to knit socks, I have so far knitted 2 pairs that I am happy with, not to mention my sock orphans. I am waiting to get some wool-ease yarn to start my next ones, and I'll try them on the 2 circulars, hopefully they will turn out okay.