you don’t actually have to knit anything!
making knitting needles is really fun. for us size 9 needles, cut two 11 inch lengths from a 1/4 ” dowel (they can be shorter–10 inches is good for kids–or a little longer if you like). use an old fashioned pencil sharpener, the kind that attaches to a wall, to sharpen one end of each needle. sharpen it until it looks like a knitting needle, but don’t worry if it gets too sharp–you’re going to sand it down. take some medium-grain sandpaper and sand the whole needle, including the tip–take care with this part, the needles should be very slippery, and the tip nice 