how do i divided 68 sts on a double pointed needles please help me
Often people recommend that you divide your stitches evenly among the needles, so that would mean you’d have 17 stitches per needle (if you have four needles for live stitches and one needle to knit with).
However, unless the pattern specifically calls for a certain number of stitches per needle, I wouldn’t sweat it. After all, if there’s no reason to be counting stitches and stressing yourself out about how many stitches you should have per needle, why worry about it? Divide them in such a way that your stitches won’t fall off and so that you have [U]somewhat[/U] equal amounts on each needle . . . . and then get to the most important (and fun) part: knitting!
I very rarely divide my stitches evenly. Why would I want to waste time counting and moving stitches around when for most patterns, it doesn’t even matter? I want to [B]knit[/B]! I don’t want to worry about whether stitches are evenly spaced across my needles! What nonsense!
You can knit the sts onto the needles as you come to them or you can slip them onto the double points. Sometimes the pattern tells you how to distribute the sts. If not you could do 23-23-22 for 3 dpns or if you’re using 4 dpns to hld sts, 17sts on each one will work.
question does the thing in quotes means i can use it on the hat sending the pattern i am working on
(or use double pointed needles for knitting in the round - you will knit one row, purl one row except on decrease)
Bev’s Stretchy Knit Newborn Cap
It is super fast to knit up and will stretch to fit.
1 oz. of sport or baby yarn - not fingering
Size 4 knitting needles
Loosely cast on 68 sts.
Rows 1-5: k2, p2… repeat across
Rows 6-?: Knit all rows (garter st) for 4 inches.
Decreasing row 1: Knit 2 together across row (34 sts left)
Next row: knit across.
Next decreasing row: Knit 2 together across row (17 sts left)
Next row: knit across.
Next decreasing row: Knit 2 together across row (9 sts left)
Cut yarn leaving a 12" tail. Thread a large eye needle with the yarn and gently remove the 9 sts left on the needle. Carefully weave the needle through the 17 sts and pull tightly to gather top of hat. Now fold hat in half and whip stitch the sides together to form hat.
Add a pompom if you’d like.
question does the thing in quotes means i can use it on the hat sending the pattern i am working on
What thing in quotes? This could be worked on DPNs or on circular needles, or worked flat.
Maybe the poster meant in parentheses rather than in quotes? At any rate, I think you’ve answered the question, GG: the pattern is written to be worked in the round, so double pointed needles would work fine (as would magic loop or traveling loop on circulars, of course).
nother question how do i do this part on dp.
Cut yarn leaving a 12" tail. Thread a large eye needle with the yarn and gently remove the 9 sts left on the needle. Carefully weave the needle through the 17 sts and pull tightly to gather top of hat. Now fold hat in half and whip stitch the sides together to form hat.
Add a pompom if you’d like.
so how do i end it if i am working on double pointed needles the same way
Yup. I’d move the stitches, one at a time, from the dpn to the yarn/tapestry needle. You then pull the yarn through the stitches to close the top.
is this a size 4 double pointed needle
You could measure it in a knitting needle gauge or I found this if you don’t have one. It’s impossible to tell by looking at your photo what size it is.
Question on a pattern I am working on it says . Next round:Knit, inc 8 sts evenly round. 72 sts. Divide 24 sts on each of the 3 needles.
My question is how do I do that please help
I would say that needles looks too thick to be a US size 4 (3.5mm). It looks closer in size to the old British/Imperial size 4 (6mm). I think they used the Imperial sizes in Canada, before they switched to the metric sizes. So if those needles are Canadian and you were told they are size 4, that information could be right (just not right for your needs).
“Question on a pattern I am working on it says . Next round:Knit, inc 8 sts evenly round. 72 sts. Divide 24 sts on each of the 3 needles.
My question is how do I do that please help”
You have 64sts now on the needles so you want an increase every 8sts. That’ll give you 8 additional sts for the total of 72sts. You can either knit 8sts and do an increase between sts (like a M1Lor M1front) or you can knit 7sts and then do a kfb in the 8th stitch.
Once you have the increase you can slip the stitches purlwise to redistribute them so that you have 24sts on each of the 3 needles.