The Bamboo Cable Needles are superior for knitting cables because bamboo is “stickier” than metal, so the needle doesn’t slip out of stitches as easily! Additionally, these bamboo needles stick to the Maker’s Board while not in use! The metal band around the center of the Cocoknits bamboo cable needles is slightly raised to help keep the needle from slipping out of your stitches while cabling or picking up stitches. The points are purposely blunt so that you can use a fingernail file or pencil sharpener to customize your preferred sharpness on the tips. There are 5 needles included from US 2 through US 10.75 to give you a full range of sizes. We hope you love them!