First knit attempt as a crocheter - what am I not seeing?
I've finally seriously started to learn how to knit! Being new to the craft, I KNOW there's things I don't see that will make me cringe in a few months, but since I'll be adding ribbing to a project I REALLY want to put my best into, I figured I'd ask for all the help I can get.
I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn with 3.5mm needles for a tighter ribbing, thumb twist cast on and regular bind off, testing stripe thicknesses before moving onto the yarn I'll use on my project. Seeing this, what jumps out at you that I should watch out for, or practice more? Are there any bad habits you can already see forming?
Also, I did my color-changing two ways: first by doing what I usually do in crochet, which is looping the new yarn into the new row and knitting from there while keeping the tension in the new yarn (a lot more slippery than I'm used to, not satisfied with how it looks) and second by trying the new yarn to the old one before knitting (too lumpy on the edges in my opinion). With all the different ways to change yarns, what technique would YOU do use for striped ribbing?
Things I've noted already:
- my cast on is too loose, I'll be practicing long tail cast on instead
- my bind off method isn't stretchy enough for ribbing, I'll be practicing a few different kinds to see what works best
- my ends arent weaved in as well as I'd like
- I split the fibers a few times, decided to keep it as to have a visual as to how it looks if I decide to be lazy and not correct it in future projects.
Thank you all for your time!!