Circular needles?, can I use straight needles?

[blankie]

Hello,

Yes I was knitting in the round and I should not have been doing that. I want a blanket and I think I would have ended up with a tube (which isn't so bad either). But I took my work apart and started going from side to side. This is fun and it is going to look absolutely lovely when finished. Thanks for your help.

[Shandeh]

Hello, Yes I was knitting in the round and I should not have been doing that. I want a blanket and I think I would have ended up with a tube (which isn't so bad either). But I took my work apart and started going from side to side. This is fun and it is going to look absolutely lovely when finished. Thanks for your help.

Glad you figured it out, my friend.
Bonus! Now, you know how to knit in the round, when the need arises!

[roseannie]

I use circulars for projects that don't require circulars and 4 double pointed needles for patterns that are circular. The reason I like the circulars is because I can just put my knitting down when I feel like it without losing any stitches. My experience with using circulars with patterns that require circulars is that I usually twist the pattern, or I don't buy the right length size and they are too small or too big.

Tip for using patterns that require circular needles--knit the first row as if you are knitting back and forth and than join your rows together on your second row. This keeps it from twisting and you can use the tail to sew the first row together before tucking it into your knitting

[blankie]

OHOH! my pattern was going along quite nicely when all of a sudden I realised that I had knitted a bunch of stitches in the round. I forgot to turn my needles and now my beginning is joined to the end. Does anyone know if there is a video demonstrating how to undo or put back my stitches onto my left hand needle?
I think this is a bit more complicated than transferring just knit stitches, because there is a pattern, ie yfwd, K3, Sl1k, k2tog, psso, k3,yfwd, k1. Can this be fixed? : (

blankie

[Shandeh]

OHOH! my pattern was going along quite nicely when all of a sudden I realised that I had knitted a bunch of stitches in the round. I forgot to turn my needles and now my beginning is joined to the end. Does anyone know if there is a video demonstrating how to undo or put back my stitches onto my left hand needle?
I think this is a bit more complicated than transferring just knit stitches, because there is a pattern, ie yfwd, K3, Sl1k, k2tog, psso, k3,yfwd, k1. Can this be fixed? : (

blankie

The only thing to do is to "tink" the stitches, one at a time. (tink is knit spelled backwards)

Just do everything in reverse, putting the stitches back on the left needle, pulling the yarn free as you go.

[m042010]

i have an idea - if you want to steek the blanket open so you're now going back and forth you can do that as well. I'd do it on a swatch first to see how the yarn would react, but it works well when you want to make an opening.

[Shandeh]

i have an idea - if you want to steek the blanket open so you're now going back and forth you can do that as well. I'd do it on a swatch first to see how the yarn would react, but it works well when you want to make an opening.

Steeking only works well with 100% wool yarn. Also, it is an advanced technique that a beginning knitter would not want to tackle. Also, steeking in this case would create unattractive, unfinished edges on the blanket.

[blankie]

Hello Friendly Bernat lady,

I think I understand what you mean by tinking but I'm confused, the row I am working on (row 4) is totally knit, however the row before that (Row3) was K3, yfwd, SL1k, psso, k3, yfwd, k1, rep.

so I guess my question is do have to tink the k3, then sl1k, then psso, then yfwd, then k1 etc.
I hope this makes sense. If I just tink the stitches won't I lose the look of the pattern created in Row 3, that was on the left hand needle?

[Shandeh]

Hello Friendly Bernat lady,

I think I understand what you mean by tinking but I'm confused, the row I am working on (row 4) is totally knit, however the row before that (Row3) was K3, yfwd, SL1k, psso, k3, yfwd, k1, rep.

so I guess my question is do have to tink the k3, then sl1k, then psso, then yfwd, then k1 etc.
I hope this makes sense. If I just tink the stitches won't I lose the look of the pattern created in Row 3, that was on the left hand needle?

If your mistake was on the row with all knit stitches, you won't mess up the pattern from the row before by tinking normally. The only thing you will be undoing is the current row.