changing needles

[xXmusicalXx]

HI EVERYONE!!!
I'm making a hat for my little brother, and on the pattern it says to switch to double point needles when it gets to small for the circular ones that I'm using now. I'm not sure how to do that, and when you switch to the double pointed ones, is there like a different way of knitting?

THANXX
*im a newbie*

[Jan in CA]

Knitting with DPNs is fairly easy when you do it within a hat like you are. You usually have 3 or 4 needles with stitches on them (I prefe