My favorite way to do circular knitting is with 2 small circular needles. I think it is the easiest, however I use magic loop - one 40 inch circular needle - the most. This way I only need 1 circular needle. I have found that a really flexible cord is super important with magic loop. I hear Knitpicks has great circular needles as does yarn.com. I have gotten some OK ones from Joann Fabrics.