2 Circular needles knitting question

[Frodo]

Hi,

I just joined, so I don't know if this has been addressed before (I'm sure it has ). I've never knitted with 2 circular needles before, and I'm attempting to make a pair of fingerless gloves. Every time I change needles, no matter how tight I try to pull that first stitch, I end up with a loose gap between the needles, so the sides of the glove are very loose. What can I do to prevent this? I'm knitting with sz. 10 needles and am following the directions from the video on this site.

I'd sure appreciate some help.

[Becky Morgan]

When the mittens are done and you wash them, you'll be surprised at how much of the ladder pulls up into the rest of the fabric. In the meantime, if you can use stitch markers, you can knit one extra stitch on one round, one less on the next, and so on to stagger the loose spots. If you do that, make sure you know where the round begins and ends, where increases/decreases are supposed to be, etc. or things will go south in a hurry. I just let it come out in the wash, meyself