i’m starting to consider myself a freshly converted continental knitter (and purler too!) but is there some trick to knitting continental on DPNs? It is not going well, needles keep falling out, I can’t get my hands comfy, and I’m fairly certain I’m going to poke an eye out.
Thanks. 
That’s normal for any one using dpns at first. It just takes practice and an inch or two before they start to behave. Although people like wooden dpns because they don’t slip out as easily.
sue
thanks, sue. i’ve gotten pretty good at DPNs English and I prefer the metal ones from KP, but not with Continental apparently! I just can’t figure out where to put my hands! 
I’d think they’d get in the way. I have a practice piece on mu dpns right now, I might try out knitting conti just for the challenge… <giggles>
sue
I stick needlepoint protectors on both sides of the DPNs to make sure the stitches don’t slip off the 2 needles I’m not using - it helps a lot.
I bought some point protectors for size 2-15s, to put on the ends of a circ I’m using for a stitch holder on the body of a sweater while I work on the sleeves. They keep falling off. I’m tempted to cut them at the bottom and make a stopper out of them, the points aren’t going to poke anything much.
How do they stay on?
sue
It seems like the needle size needs to be in the bottom or middle of the range for them to stay on well. Say, I have some size 5-10 protectors and they really aren’t doing too well with size 10 needles. I use the 10-15 on size 10 needles instead and they stay on fairly tight.
You probably just have to practice more. I knit Continental and have no more difficulties purling on dpns than on straights or circulars. I just learned to knit English and have done it on dpns, and don’t find that any easier. Actually, I find it harder just because it’s not what I’m used to. You just have to get used to it.