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[muladhara]

Hi guys, lurker and knitting n00b here. I apologise if there's an answer to this somewhere on the community but, at the time of writing, I don't have time to look.

See, I like making stuffed toys - I can also crochet, so that's easy, just going round and round, but with knitting, double pointed needles present me with a problem - laddering between the stitches over two needles. Is there any way to fix this?

I suspect the answer is "practice", or "circular needles". Practice I can do; circular needles, not so much (short of cash and nearby sources to purchase from). Any advice would be gratefully received, as it's driving me demented.

ETA: I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who left comments and advice on this post. You are all awesome! :D

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[muladhara]

*nods* I figured it was practice, but did wonder if there were any "fixes" as well.

We have loads of dpns in the house since my gran was a mad knitter, so I can probably make up sets into five. In fact, one set I did use was already a five, so my gran probably knew about that (shame she isn't around to be asked, really. I feel like such an ass asking what seems like a really obvious question).

Thank you for answering, though c:

[antisoppist]

I'm only aware of the difference because I was taught to knit socks in Sweden where dpns came in packs of five. Then I came home to the UK and found I could only get packs of four and had to keep buying two lots.

[muladhara]

I checked some of my sets - I've got some for knitting socks that I bought in Lidl. Since they're a German company, the pack has five needles (I say this as if it's obvious because I sometimes buy Regia, which is a German made yarn, and their default sock pattern is made on five needles). Any others I've bought recently all have four (and guess what? They were all British!)

They are much more sensible on the continent!