Knitters: assistance, please?

Kyle523Nicole

So I think I've really gotten the hang of knitting (I have about 3 inches left to finish my first baby blanket!!) so I picked up some of this yarn: http://www.bernat.com/product.php?LGC=babyblanket300g for another baby blanket.  I, of course, couldn't wait to try it out so I casted on about 80 sts and started just knitting a few rows. 

For some reason, it's working up really tight.  I haven't had this problem with the last yarn I got, but it seems to "stick" to itself and not want to slide on/off the needles easily.  Is it me, or the yarn?  It's really super soft, and I got size 13 needles because it's super bulky, but I'm just not sure what is going wrong here.

Reinedumonde

I'm not familiar with this particular yarn, but are you using metal needles?  Acrylic and polyester yarns will stick to metal and plastic needles. 

Kyle523Nicole

Yes, I am.  Should I maybe try wooden instead?

The yarn has a free pattern that I like, and it requires circular needles instead, so  maybe I'll try wooden this time.

Reinedumonde

Yeah, give wooden needles a try and see if that helps any.  However, sometimes the yarn is just sticky and unpleasant to work with.

Audette

I've never knit with this yarn, but it looks like it might be a bit "grabby"...  You are using a needle two sizes up from the recommended one, so unless you are a super tight knitter, you shouldn't be too tight with it.

Kyle523Nicole

Audette:

I've never knit with this yarn, but it looks like it might be a bit "grabby"...  You are using a needle two sizes up from the recommended one, so unless you are a super tight knitter, you shouldn't be too tight with it.

That's what I didn't get.  I chose 2 sizes up thinking that it would make it looser - I like the "floppiness" of looser blankets, esp with super soft yarns (it's kind of like a microplush) like this.  My other projects I haven't had a problem being too tight with, so I'm thinking it is the yarn/needle type combo.

I did find a pattern for it that works from the corners instead of across and it is a little different so I'm going to try that and maybe see if it helps any.

Thanks for all the help girls!!