Different Needles - Different Tension

I bought a set of bamboo single pointed needles on Amazon about a year ago. They were so ridiculously cheap (£3.50 odd for 18 pairs, ranging from 2mm - 10mm) that I had very low expectations, but thought well, at that price, I had very little to lose!

They are, amazingly, fantastic! One or two reviews have said about them being a 'little rough'. I have not found this with mine, except of just one needle which was badly finished, but that was one of the very fine needles that I hardly use anyway. I now knit with nothing else. No more squeaky needles (that used to drive me to distraction), they are lightweight and so comfortable to knit with. I originally thought that I would just use them as a 'try out' and if I liked them I'd treat myself to some better quality ones. But to be honest, I don't see the need! These are just fine.

nightowl I bought mine with an amazon voucher I was sent. However, I still have lots of old ones of my own, my DM and DMIL.
I am trying to finish my UFOs.
Then I intend to knit all the leftovers into squares.

Well, that's the intention

I like the sound of those rose! I could get addicted to buying birch wood needles based on the ones I have if they didnt cost so much! But then again, I love the memories associated with the old ones and like to think of all the things that have been knitted on them over the last 50+ years

Iam my style may be that of my mum's, but I can never match her for productivity. I have several articles on the go at the moment but none of them are close to being finished. And I'm not saying anything about the baby blanket hidden away upstairs, started for a friend of my daughter whose child must now be about 9

The symfonie needles are lovely and 'slippy', made of birch wood I think; it may be because they are very slippy that my knitting looks uneven and is looser.
They are nice to use though and perhaps it shows up more depending on which type of yarn you use.

I'm not unpicking and re-knitting it now though!
DGD will never notice!

nightowl, I long to knit like my mum, left needle clamped firmly under left arm. I'm tall with long arms, but I simply can't make the thing stay under the arm. I knit like a beginner, needles all over the place but the finished garment doesn't reflect that. Well, not apart from the cardigan still almost finished for mriam - one of the fronts is a totally different shape to the back armhole, the other isn't. One day…….

I'm also using my mother's and grandmother's old needles anno despite the fact that some of them are quite bent. I can't get on with bamboo, though I have some rather lovely (and expensive!) birch needles in large sizes for chunky knitting.

I need the 'slippiness' of metal as I still knit like my mum - left needle clamped firmly under left arm, right needle doing all the work. Anything else feels very awkward.

I'm intending to move to bamboo needles, as most of my mother's old stock of needles are getting rather scratchy. So thanks for the warning.

I was able to start knitting again recently as new meds have helped my hands and wrists be more flexible and stronger (hallelujah). I'm knitting with bamboo needles and yes, I find my knitting is looser. Don't unpick it rose, it'll be fine!

I am knitting in pure wool and, although the back is nice and even, the rest seems looser and a bit lumpy.
I will have to 'ease' it in.
Then I will block it and hope for the best.
At least the sleeves and two fronts look the same! A non-knitter may not notice anyway.

How exasperating roseq
I've noticed a difference between metal and the interchangeable 'loop' needles; I'm sure I keep an even yarn tension as haven't noticed it on other projects.