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Ooopppps I did forget to say that you needed to wipe all the dust off from sanding. You will also need several grits of sand paper, I ended up using very very fine sand paper to finish mine up. I never put a finish on mine but you can.
I just used an electric pencil sharpener that I had bought when I was in college to sharpen my art pencils (trust me when your working on a big project with a lot of pencils you grow to appreciate an electric pencil sharpener). If you buy a mechanical pencil sharpener I'd reccomend getting the kind with the large and small sharpener just in case you get dowels too big.
They really aren't hard to make. I used the cheaper dowels but I checked them over for flaws really well when I was looking for them. I bought some oak at the same time but they had more texture and I didn't feel like sanding them that much. But I do plan on making some oak ones as well.
If you get one of those knitting needle gauges, then you can bring that with you to the hardware store when you buy the dowels to see what size needles you are making.
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