**Newbie Question**

My friend and I just started knitting yesterday and as we were practicing I noticed that although I casted on 20 stitches, I ended up with 28! I was doing two rows of knit, two rows of purl and alternating. Can anyone tell me how this happened and how I can avoid it from now on?

Other than that, I’m really enjoying it and the site. I have a ‘how-to’ book but the videos have helped tremendously :slight_smile:

The same thing happened to me when I started and happens to a lot of new knitters.
Check this out for help:
http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4867
Have fun,
Susie

Susie,
Thanks so much for the link to the forum topic. I’m going to try the suggestions there and see how it goes :slight_smile: