Luckily they still get here. In department stores, the range is shrinking rapidly, and you can to 40cm circular knitting needles for days run heels unsuccessfully. With two of these short needles can be circular knitting socks, baby hats and the like easily, without having to grind out with a needle. Incidentally, the slip stitch of these needles is not so easy down as plastic needles, and they are lighter than metal needles, I knit very much so.
