If you happen to live in Orange County CA, and can get to the Joanns in Cypress on Katella, they are closing the store and moving to a big new Super Store on Lincoln. So everything is on sale. Right now all the yarn dept. items at 30% off and they are extremely well stocked with knitting needles in straight, circular and bamboo. All the books are on sale too. Literally, everything in the store is 20% off or better.
Their goal is to have the entire store empty by the end of Nov. so the discount will keep getting better as the days roll by. But the longer you wait, the more things will be picked over.
So I went ahead and bought 2 sets of double pointed needles, a double ended crochet hook and some sewing patterns. All their sewing patterns (even Vogue) are $1.99 right now.