Abstract: A knitting needle with a flexible cord, comprising: a bamboo or wood needle body having a tapered rear end section which includes a joint face and a conical peripheral surface and has an axial bore formed therein; a headed reinforcing member having an enlarged head formed at a rear end of a shank which is fastened to the bore of the rear end section and has an axial mounting bore extending thereinto through the head which includes a conical peripheral surface, a forward joint face and a rearward joint face; and a flexible cord having an enlargement which includes a forward joint face, a conical peripheral surface and an axial extension extending forwardly from the enlargement into the bore of the reinforcing member, wherein the peripheral surface of the reinforcing member is interposed between and flush with the peripheral surface of the rear end section and the peripheral surface of the enlargement, with the rearward joint face of the rear end section bonded to the forward joint face of the reinforcing membe