Yes indeed I missed you last week, I hope those migraines go away for good.
I am very excited to read your post, one of my challenges next year, is to knit socks with five needles, so this content I will already save for when I get into this world.
So I need to know what are the best needles...what is the best yarn? I need to know everything... Can you help me?
How nice you managed to advance without problems when knitting the heel, when I knit socks I will use your method.
Best regards.
Ohhh so excited that you want to learn to knit socks(and please excuse me, I forgot to answer your last comment on my post two weeks ago, but I was really distracted by the migraines)
But back to the sock knitting. I so love to talk about tools :-D But beware all my advise is totally subjective, there are so many methods to knit socks in the round. I think @akipponn and @shanibeer and @fiberfrau are very good sock knitters (better than me) and can help you too.
My preferred needles are Addi colibri in 15 cm length, they are made from metal and euch needle has one blunt and one pointy end, so that you can use them well for yarn which splits easily (blunt end) or for lace patterns (pointy end). And the needles come in nice colors :-D
https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/addi-colibri-double-pointed-needles-15cm-6-set-of-5
But honstly you can use much cheaper wooden needles exactly the same (I only have two different needles sizes from Addi, the rest of my DPN‘s are wooden ones for 1€ per set).
But many knitters love to use circular needles for sock knitting, either with a long cable which is somehow pulled into a loop or with special super tiny circular needles especially for sock knitting. For me the long cable makes me nervous and the super tiny cable let my hands cramp :-DDD But thats me… as you can see on @akipponn latest post, she uses a circular needle with a long cable and her socks are beautiful.
And for the yarn… I think most works well. The classic „sock yarn“ in Germany is made from 75 % wool and 25 % nylon to make it durable, but you can also use acrylic or perhaps other blends. I am not sure if cotton would work (i guess not so well, not stretchy enough and not warm enough).