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what happens if your knitting needles aren't long enough to hold 120 stitches?

i was just thinking (im a beginner) what if you totally run out of space to hold all 120 (or whatever number possible) stitches on your needles, how would that work out? like if you're making a huge blanket that will obviously be longer than your needles. please tell me, i will appreciate it alot!

Public Comments

1. You either get bigger needles or you just knit patches then you stitch them together, usually the patches method
2. The other thing you can do is use a cable needle. It's a long piece of cable with a needle on each end. So the stitches just settle in the middle as you knit them. It's easy to use. That's what I use when I do a blanket or if I knit a scarf sideways.
3. Circular needles come in different lengths - some are quite long. Generally, they're used for knitting in the round, but I've used them to knit large flat items as well. Plus, I've found that the stitches will push closer together on the needle than the finished item is.
4. You use circulars, they come in different lengths all the way from 8 inches (useful for sleeves or socks if you can't use double pointed needles - but are too short to be comfortable so learning dpns is better) up to 60 inches. Instead of joining in the round, just knit back and forth. I actually use these a lot for knitting even small projects because they fit nicely in my purse, have shorter handles to make knitting in the car easier and they don't irritate my carpal tunnel as much. *Cable needles are short (3-4 inches) and have a curve in them, they're used for knitting the cable design into your work. Where it looks like a braid or twisted rope.
5. Get a pair of circular needles, or the Boye Needlemaster kit, which is what I swear by! It's $69.99 without coupon, at Michael's.