Circular knitting help!

[katmann]

I'm trying to knit that punk soaker pattern that everyone loves, and no matter how loosely I cast on, my stitches get so tight I can't get them from needle to needle! I'm trying the newborn size, which calls for casting 56 stitches onto a 16 inch circular needle. It's like there's just not enough stitches for that length of needle! Circular needle is size 9, which I suspect may be too big. Has anyone else had this problem? Any tips?

[Jojo F.]

Try to cast on the stitches very loosely and once you get past your first row there will be more "give", does that make sense?

[SoCaliMommy]

Better yet use a longer circ and do the magic loop method way easier

[lnupermom]

The cast on will be looser if you leave space between each loop as you cast it on but 56 stitches with worsted is not going to go around a 16" needle. The newborn(and small) needs to either be worked on DPNs, the 2 circ method or with magic loop.

And more than likely, as you already suspect, a size nine needle is too big.