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Why are my circular needles not working?


Moonfire

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Okay, this has completely puzzled me. A knitted hat pattern from Sirdar!

 

Aran yarn

Used needles to test: 4mm (40cm) and 5mm dpn's

70sts

 

The stitches don't go round, what do I do?

 

It's still possible for me to be having a thick moment!

Posted

Off the top of my head:

You've cast on tighter than you knit the tension square, try casting on using a bigger needle.

You're using skinnier yarn so it's coming out smaller than it should do

It's a really small hat and you need to be on dpns from the start.

 

Aran tension runs about 18 stitches to 10cm, you've a 40cm needle so that 70 stitches is only just going to go around. I think it's a really small hat and you might need to be on dpns from the start.

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You all know that I don't get out much and my life doesn't have much in the way of suspense so it's not surprising that I'm still wondering what went wrong.

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Silly pattern.....silly me, I don't seem to have much luck with Sirdar patterns, or is that all patterns, I'm not too sure! Maybe I just have the knack of picking up patterns that I can't work out, whatever the reason, I'll try it with a few more stitches and see how I go on with that :)

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