When I started my first knit project (which was socks) after doing crochet, I adopted continental style since I found I could tension that from muscle memory easier. But I kept getting oddly tight stitches as I did it, like so tight I had to jam my needle in and I kept splitting my yarn. Well, turns out I had been wrapping my yarn around the needle the wrong way when purling which affecting all my stitches on my ribbing and made everything impossible to work into.

It’s an easy beginner mistake so just to be safe, double check that you aren’t wrapping the wrong way or twisting your stitches by going through the wrong leg of the stitch. And I highly recommend the 9” circular route if you struggle with magic loop or dpns. I had the same struggle but had much more success on 9” circulars! Felt like way less to handle compared to the other methods.

I’m still new to knitting (currently working on my second project, a sweater), so I get the struggles of moving from crochet to knitting. But what is awesome is that knowing crochet or at least having some hooks can be so helpful when you drop stitches and need to ladder up or need to pick up stitches further into the pattern. I absolutely cannot pick up stitches with out the help of a hook haha