Cutting knitting needles to size

Knitting needles of a length to suit the item being knitted may prove to be easier and more comfortable to use.  More ergonomic, likely.

Cut a pair of knitting needles in half.

Sharpen the rough ends of the pair that now still have the original ends on them in a pencil sharpener and then smooth them with a fine grain sandpaper.  You can experiment here with blunt or sharp ends.

A bit of fleece bunched and secured with elastic bands over the cut ends with the original point finished this blue pair.  The others were made earlier.

What I discovered – well, see for yourself!  The blue needles were hollow.  No wonder they were so lovely and light.  Well, I now have one short pair of those light needles.  The other needles were solid and could be sharpened.