Do I need circular needles for this?

I really want to knit this bear as a Christmas gift for my friends, but Im a newbie knitter and Im not sure if I need to use circular needles for this:

http://www.petitepurls.com/Winter09/winter2009_pkoda.html

It says I have to be good at working in rounds, but Im not sure what that means…

Working in rounds means you are working with 3 or more double pointed needles (dpns). You will have an equal (or almost) number of sts/needle and once you’ve worked all the sts on one, you will simply continue around to the next ndl so you are knitting in a circle instead of back and forth. does that help?

To work in the round you need to use a long circular and the magic loop method, or dpns.

Yes it does! Thank u! :woot: