no, i haven't started my project yet. i'm still trying to get a feel on how to prep the jeans. i figure i'll be cutting them into 1-1/2" strips and then doing a 'double fold' like you would for making a braided rug and then rolling the fabrick into balls and then start knitting. i figure i'll be using about size gigando needles (maybe #24) i figured to knit it in seed stitch-- which should be nice and even wearing for the floor-- but might be tough on bare feet-- i'll have to try that out. i figure with the 'yarn' i'm making out of jeans and big needles i'm looking at about 2 stitches per inch maybe 3 at the most so i'll be carring somewhere around 60-90 stitches. the other idea i had was to knit it on the diagonal- increasing on one side and decreasing on the other after i'd gotten to a 30 inch width-- since i could just knit the whole thing which would be much easier than seed stitch. i'm still doing research. but will probably have to sew the strip together on the diagonal. the other way would be to cut the jeans on the bias (as a spiral up the legs-- giving me a much longer strip. digger

Well, according to Maggie Rightetti in "Knitting in Plain English" circular knitting needles were devloped sometime during the Bronze age, were essentially just wire bent in a circle, and were not made thick enough to knit the "thick" yarns we use today (I kinda got the impression that even today's fingering yarns are too thick to knit on the wire-circular knitting needles.) The earliest reference I know of for circular knitting needles similar to todays is sometime in the early 20th century. If it is something that needs to be worked in the round I suggest you buy and use multiple sets of double-points. (I realise I am in a serious minority here, but I personally prefer double-points, anyways). You may also want to research historical Scandinavian knitting, since that is traditionally worked in the round, and it may be possible they once had something other than double-points or thin wire-circulars. If you are just knitting for something to do, you could take up sock kniting, and use double-points, which would be period not just for the materials used but for the 'chore' you are doing :-)

I don't think the stuffing you use will be the determining factor in the ultimate size of an article....I use polyester fiber fill, too, and like it a lot...and, don't find it lumpy if I'm careful to fill it evenly. For myself, I know that I knit loosely and thus my garments/articles tend to be bigger that the instructions say they'll be...so, I always knit with smaller sized needles. In your case your article would have been smaller if you'd used just a single piece of yarn.

I started taking knitting classes~~well, I paid for 4 and have taken 2~~the guy I do it with works at the shop and seems too busy to help me, I think it is because of the holidays and gals are really flooding the shop to buy their yarn. So am waiting till the holiday is over and start again. But, I saw gals making the infinity scarf there. They do it with this yarn that is as light as a feather, with a bit of sparkle in it, lots of texture. And they do it on circle needles? I really do want to try it. The ones you are making are beautiful and much warmer for the cold weather, the ones they are making are for looks, more dressy. It is the circle needles that amaze me me.