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i’m preparing to knit a sweater (in the round) and just wondering if anyone has any links to good methods of securely joining a new colour/switching to a new colour!! thank you in advance

Hi all! this is my first time posting in this group so if this isn’t the right place to ask i’m so sorry and please feel free to delete. I am just getting into knitting and was feeling confident enough to attempt a sweater. I found out I was twisting my stitches the way I was purling. I was doing it the way people do it when they knit combination but I wasn’t knitting through the back loops to compensate, leaving me with twists.

I now know and I haven’t started my sweater yet because I’m trying to correct and find a way to knit that feels right. I hold my yarn continental (I crochet and it feels much easier) and I think I would like to try combination knitting because it feels natural but i’m scared to try that with my first project because i’m already intimidated with reading a new pattern and I don’t want to worry about figuring out how to convert the increases or change them to work with the way the stitches fall on my needles when i’m combination knitting.

Also, do you need to create a different cast on when you combonation knit? I can’t really find much online so I thought I would ask the experts! It seems when I try to start knitting in the back loops when I long tail cast on it doesn’t work. It would make sense if I needed to cast on a different way but that’s just another complication 😅

I was thinking I could try and just knit regularly for this project and try to master combination after (if that’s what feels better for my hands) because I just really want to be able to start and not run into problems. But also I fear i’ll row out!! ahh any advice is GREATLY appreciated! if you have any other suggestions im super open, again I have started my sweater yet but it includes knitting in the round. Thanks again!

i’m an 18y/o female and was put on mya birth control for my severe acne and to help with irregular periods. This was about a year ago and It has really helped with both. For context, i’m a lesbian so I don’t need to take the pill for contraception. When I first started taking it I got so nauseous that I couldn’t even go to work without running to the bathroom to gag every hour but the nausea didn’t last more than a month and everything has been normal since then. Recently I went on a trip and forgot to bring my birth control, it was for a bit over a week and it was at the end of a monthly package so I had my period and then didn’t take it for the week or so. Today I finally got home and took my pill and got hit with crazy intense nausea again, and still have it as i’m writing this. The birth control has really helped with both regulating my periods and my acne is pretty much gone but I was wondering would it be okay to stop taking it cold turkey? is this something I should ask my doctor about? I don’t mind going through the nauseous period again but I just don’t really want to have to take a pill my whole life especially if i’m not even taking it to prevent getting pregnant. Will my acne come back if I stop taking it? any advice is super appreciated, thank you for taking the time to read my paragraph haha

i’m an 18y/o female and was put on mya birth control for my severe acne and to help with irregular periods. This was about a year ago and It has really helped with both. For context, i’m a lesbian so I don’t need to take the pill for contraception. When I first started taking it I got so nauseous that I couldn’t even go to work without running to the bathroom to gag every hour but the nausea didn’t last more than a month and everything has been normal since then. Recently I went on a trip and forgot to bring my birth control, it was for a bit over a week and it was at the end of a monthly package so I had my period and then didn’t take it for the week or so. Today I finally got home and took my pill and got hit with crazy intense nausea again, and still have it as i’m writing this. The birth control has really helped with both regulating my periods and my acne is pretty much gone but I was wondering would it be okay to stop taking it cold turkey? is this something I should ask my doctor about? I don’t mind going through the nauseous period again but I just don’t really want to have to take a pill my whole life especially if i’m not even taking it to prevent getting pregnant. Will my acne come back if I stop taking it? any advice is super appreciated, thank you for taking the time to read my paragraph haha

i’m an 18y/o female and was put on mya birth control for my severe acne and to help with irregular periods. This was about a year ago and It has really helped with both. For context, i’m a lesbian so I don’t need to take the pill for contraception. When I first started taking it I got so nauseous that I couldn’t even go to work without running to the bathroom to gag every hour but the nausea didn’t last more than a month and everything has been normal since then. Recently I went on a trip and forgot to bring my birth control, it was for a bit over a week and it was at the end of a monthly package so I had my period and then didn’t take it for the week or so. Today I finally got home and took my pill and got hit with crazy intense nausea again, and still have it as i’m writing this. The birth control has really helped with both regulating my periods and my acne is pretty much gone but I was wondering would it be okay to stop taking it cold turkey? is this something I should ask my doctor about? I don’t mind going through the nauseous period again but I just don’t really want to have to take a pill my whole life especially if i’m not even taking it to prevent getting pregnant. Will my acne come back if I stop taking it? any advice is super appreciated, thank you for taking the time to read my paragraph haha