02/03/08: Small needles and small yarn - luckily this is baby clothing so it should still knit up fairly quickly. This is my first time using Knit Picks needles and I am enjoying them very much - if only they could set up shop in Australia! The only shops that do sell them over here generally have close to a 100% mark-up in the price (and that is accounting for the different values of the Australian and U.S. dollars.