Make your own circular knitting needle

For a GREAT tutorial
go here:
http://www.knittersreview.com/article_how_to.asp?article=/review/profile/061109_a.asp

I deviated from the directions a bit:
I used a size 5/16 oak dowel & some smaller mm weed eater line.
I used gorilla glue to glue the line in
I omitted the plummers tape

overall I am VERY happy w/ the results