Hi @Judi9877 , I'm just a beginner knitter, but at the moment I'm making a blanket with 6 mm bamboo needles and acrylic yarn, in squares out of plain stitch.  My mother says it'll be a summerweight blanket when I'm finished.  It was supposed to need 28 squares and I'm not counting the pile of squares I've got finished - I'm about haflway there.  I've been knitting like this since my hospitalisation and so I like to think of my blanket as my recovery blanket.  I'm knitting it to give away to charity, but I'd like to be able to knit well enough to knit someting for keeps.  I find smaller needles difficult to use, but my mum keeps encouraging me to try with smaller needles for my next project...  I think I'd rather try to learn purl and try and make this scarf:  https://sheepandstitch.com/library/mistake-rib-stitch-for-beginners/  How did you graduate from larger needles to smaller needles?