It's great that you learn to knit. Kudos to you!
Stoppers - well, when I still used DPNs (double pointed needles) for knitting socks sometimes stitches slipped from a needle. I simply used old corks from bottles where I made a hole in one side. I once saw someone selling little stoppers made from Fimo (plastic clay for children's play + crafting which you can harden in your oven). And my sister sewed me a needle safe (look for them at Etsy). But the rubber band will work, too. And @neumannsalva is right: circular needles are useful in many ways, one of them is that they keep the stitches in the middle. These needles you have is what we think of when we hear "knitting" - but they are rarely used nowadays.
I learned to knit and to crochet at primary school - it took some time for me to get it. And for a decade or more I hated needlework ;)
The mysteries of knitting - I think I will never unravel them (pun intended). There are always other techniques and I'm looking forward to learning about them.
By the way... If you learn to knit by yourself and are a skilled crocheter you might try to learn to knit continental style. You're used to doing the "work" with the right hand and holding the yarn with the left. Just putting the right needle through the stitch and getting the yarn through it - it's not that different from crocheting. It might be easier.
After all this work - have a !BEER
Thank you! It’s long overdue, I’ve been wanting to learn how to knit for the longest.
That cork idea is great too! I’ll look up the needle safes too. Lol I was starting to get the feel that these straight needles I’m using are old school! 😄 It’s funny because I would have never known about circular needles if it weren’t for you ladies. I just thought beginners had to use these straight ones. 😂 I can see circular needles in my future once I get more comfortable with some of these stitches.
I will also look into the continental style. Thank you so much for that suggestion and for all of your tips. This feedback was very helpful and I’m getting more and more excited about this new journey in knitting :D
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Thanks for the beer ~