Sock knitting question

[Iamcuriousyellow]

Hello knitty ladies
I discovered the joys of sock knitting recently and love it - over quickly so I don't get bored, just the right amount of tricky stuff in the middle - but when I'm knitting from one needle to another, I always get a loose "stripe" down the sock where either the wool's pulled apart, or I can't get the wool tight enough, I don't know.. Any ideas how I can keep it all much tighter? Is there a special technique for moving from one needle to another?

I did that too - unti I started using a marker to show the beginning of the round. So, if you have 60 stitches, with 20 on each needle, you knit 21 or 22 onto the next needle, then 21 or 22 onto the next one and so on, rather than just 20. That way you aren't always having the same two stitches over 2 needles and the round marker lets you see the beginning of each round.
Hope that makes sense!

Are you using dpn?

It's called laddering and it's usually a matter of tension - often too loose, sometimes overtightening though.

www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/11/how-to-avoid-laddering-when-knitting-in-the-round/

techknitting.blogspot.co.uk/2007/04/how-to-avoid-ladders-on-dpns-double.html this is an even better link :)

Oh wow thanks all!

Ha can't believe I couldn't summon up the word "ladder"

But I'm using a safety pin as a marker and staggering the stitches now - lovely.

I find it easier to always start a new needle on a knit stitch instead of a pearl if ribbing and fiddle the pattern to do that.

When knitting in the round on dps I find it more helpful to share the stitches on two needles and knit with the third. The 'laddering' gets a bit worse, but straightens out after a few times wearing and looks more natural than when knitted on four pins. It was a trick taught to me in Shetland (on Unst , as far North as you can possibly get) and I do it for all knitting in the round that will not go on a circular needle