I just received some Wintuk yarn in strawberry colors from my mom and thought I’d knit a strawberry cozy. Can somebody help me convert this pattern using circular needles if it is possible? The original pattern calls for dpn’s. Plus my yarn is a different gauge: 4 stitches per inch, 11 rows per 2 inches, size 8 needle
http://magknits.com/Feb07/patterns/strawberry.htm
I really appreciate your help. Thanks, 
Carol
The first sides of the cozy can be done on straights, you’re just knitting back and forth.
But once you’re knitting in the round, as you can see by the pattern, you start decreasing almost immediately, until 4 stitches remain. Even if you have a circular needle with a small length, you’d need to transfer to dpns soon afterwards when the decreases make it impossible to continue knitting.
My bad, I forgot you can also learn the magic loop method or knit with two circulars, both of which can be learned on the website. You can knit the sides back and forth (turn needles after each row as if they were straights) on one circular needle, and then use magic loop or 2 circs to do the rest.
You don’t have to make any changes to the pattern once you’re working in the round. The instructions will be exactly the same.
As for the gauge, your yarn comes with just a suggested needle and gauge. It seems you’re close. You want 20 stitches in 4 inches, so you can try knitting a swatch with 6 or 7 size needles and see if you get the gauge close.
My feeling is that the count doesn’t have to be spot on for this
Thank you for your help!
I will try the magic loop method. Magic loop seemed a little tricky when I tried it a couple of months ago. Is magic loop OK for beginners? Any suggestions?
I will be making 2 of these cozies. I already started knitting on my bamboo Clover 7" DPN needles but my work keeps falling off because I cast on 48 stitches (my tea pot is large). I think magic loop ought to be the solution.
Thanks again, Carol
I wouldn’t know what method would be best for beginners as I haven’t tried magic loop or the 2 circ method eithr. I would say dpns are best, but I’m assuming you don’t like them 
If you’re having problems with stitches falling off you can use 7" straights instead for these portions, or put a point protector on the ends of your dpn for easy conversion from dpns to straights
I do think you are right that DPNs are the bast way to go. I like them fine, I just did not like my work falling off them. At the beginning I was imagining a seamless cozy but I will stick to the pattern. Before I got your last message I slid my work off the DPNs and put them on the longer circular Options needles which I am using as straights (the other end of the cable capped) until I need to transfer to DPNs. Now I have plenty of room. I’m surprised the pattern doesn’t suggest this! Thanks again, Carol