How many sts onto each dpn?

[Star]

I'm knitting up a hat right now, kinda winging it with no pattern, but I've got a problem. I have 68sts, and I need to move over to dpns now and k2tog to finish it up, but I have no clue how many sts to put between how many markers. I have 3 dpns, and i tried dividing 68 by 3 to see how many to at least get onto each dpn and go from there but it's not an even number, so I'm confused. Help?

[alliwenk]

Just divide them as evenly as possible...23/22/23 might be good to start. It really doesn't matter as long as your marker is not at the end of the dpn. I just finished a hat & had to reorganize/move stitches as I went along.

hth,
Allison

[Star]

Thanks, that was what I was figuring

Okay, and it's hard to explain this part of my question, but, how many groups on each dpn do I need? Does it matter if I have, say, 2 groups on each or 6?

[alliwenk]

If by "groups" you mean groups between decreases, no it shouldn't matter. I'd just start out as evenly as possible and rearrange stitches as needed.

Allison

[Star]

Okay, thanks so much!

[Knittin' in the Shade]

okay, seems like you've gotten it figured out, but I just have to check on something, LOL. You wrote that you've got 3 DPNs. Is that 3 total, or 3 to put stitches on, with a 4th that you'll use as your working needle? You can't really do it (without making yourself crazy) with just 3 needles total, becuase you need an empty needle to actually work the stitches with. (check more babies thread on DPNs knitting from yesterday for more on this, LOL)