purls more like peur-ls

[alaterdate]

Me: Okay im going to learn knitting!

Pattern: Great! I'm for beginners!
Pattern: Cast on 74 sts

Youtube man: Haha knitting is so easy :)

Me, losing all my stitches popping off the end of my overencumbered needle: ah, fuck, ah , shit

my sister bought me this giant ass boulder of yarn
i thought the size would make it easier to learn with
seriously thinking of just crocheting something with it aaahhhh
they didn't give me a crochet pattern on the label though so i was like: repeat post

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[pauraque]

"peur-ls"

*le groan*

[alaterdate]

It was the first thing that came to my head lol

[grayestofghosts]

Oh no... what kind of needle are you using?

[alaterdate]

No idea of the brand, it was a hand me down. But size 9, 14in long. I guess it was still not long enough for this chenille yarn?

I kind of got the hang of doing the actual knit stitch, but I ended up crocheting this yarn anyway because there's so much of it. I heard making knit blankets takes too long lol.

[grayestofghosts]

Ooof, 74 stitches of chenille?

I would guess that 14 inches would not be long enough, and even if it was it wouldn't be comfortable because it would be so heavy. IMHO anything flat that can't be knitted on 10" straight needles should just go ahead and be knitted on circular needles. I absolutely would not attempt a blanket on straight needles unless the blanket was significantly modular (like squares, strips, etc.) I also generally wouldn't knit any blanket bigger than a baby blanket but that's just me.

[alaterdate]

Thank you for the advice! That yarn band was giving me nothing. The pattern is supposed to make a lap blanket. I even looked up the yarn to see how it would be done and I found no one actually using that knitting pattern with the yarn. Now I have a clue why.

Any project type suggestions for straight needles? Just scarves and shawls?

[grayestofghosts]

Shawls I would usually do on circulars also...

Straight needles are good for scarves and things like washcloths/dishcloths, pieced baby clothes, etc. A decent amount of items can be knit flat and pieced together and can therefore be technically knit on straight needles (sweaters, I've seen hats knit flat, etc) but knitting these items round is more popular these days so you really have to look at the individual pattern.

If you do want to learn how to knit on circular needles, if possible I'd recommend starting to buy some interchangeable separates, like size 7 needles and a 32" cable or so. If you get into it you can just buy the ones you need as you need them and have a decent collection pretty quickly.

[alaterdate]

Thank you for the tips! I have yet to fully delve into the world of knitting, but I will definitely see about getting circular needles when I do.