Hi! It’s my first time being on this site.
I am trying to make a hat with a circular needle right now, but the size 6 and 10 needles the pattern required were too long. The pattern asks for 68 stitches and I am making a beanie for male. These needles were also available on only one length… What should I do? Thanks.
Check out magic loop videos, or do what I do and just slide the excess part of the cord halfway down the row of stitches. Work those, finagle the needle around to where it should be, and so on. I forget what that method is called. It works best if you’ve got a [I]really [/I]long needle so you have room to do what you need to do with it. You’ll have some slight laddering at the places where you pull the loop out, but it disappears as soon as you shake the hat around enough.
If you really like to make hats, score a 16" circular next time you get to a yarn store or order online. It’s a whole lot easier to make hats, sleeves etc. with those.
I checked out the magic loop videos and tried it but it seemed like it was too difficult for me… I decided to go back to Michaels tomorrow and see if they have a 16". Thanks! 
I agree! I love to knit hats and I have multiple sizes of 16" circulars, I even have some 12" ones for making smaller baby hats. Size 16 circs are a must if you like making hats!
I’ve used Magic Loop since two months after I first learned to knit. I have mostly long cable needles (40", 47"–100 cm, 120 cm), and I bought them for shawls, throws, and–hats and socks.
I’m not sure I’d know what to do with a 16" cable needle, frankly.
I’d say, “Who shrank my cable?” :roflhard: I avoid dpn as a matter of principle and so prefer longer cables. I would rather err on the side of “it could be shorter” than have it too short. I can knit two sweater fronts and the back, all lined up as they’ll go together, on one long circ. Interchangeables for anything larger than size 3 are the only way to go IMO. If my cable is too short or too long it’s easy to switch the working tip to the new cable and just knit onto it, then I put the other tip on the other end. If I want, I can have a smaller tip for the left hand needle which makes it easier to work the stitches quickly and I can then have two projects with the same size working needle going at the same time. Remove the tips, put the stoppers on the cable ends, and the project can be set aside so the tips can be used on another cable for another project.