what size needle?

[jengi33]

I am very new to knitting, but with the help of my experienced mom last weekend, got a good start on the shorties I'm making for my baby boy! I am using the doodlepants pattern. It calls for 12" size 8 circulars for the legs, but I am having a hard time finding that size and my mom doesn't have the size either. We are thinking of using DPN's? Will that work? What size of them do I want to use?

[suzeeq]

The dpns would work; you get size 8 in whatever length you can find them in. If you have a longer circ in size 8 you can use the magic loop method to work the legs with.

sue