Comments on: Casting On http://needle-exchange.ca/2006/02/21/casting-on/ A blog about knitting addiction Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Needle Exchange » Search Engine Sunday: Casting On and Binding Off http://needle-exchange.ca/2006/02/21/casting-on/comment-page-1/#comment-5751 Needle Exchange » Search Engine Sunday: Casting On and Binding Off Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:17:41 +0000 http://www.guzzlingcakes.com/2006/02/21/casting-on/#comment-5751 [...] There have been quite a few people getting to my site via questions about casting on and off, so that’s what I’ll be featuring this week. It’s incredible how much more professional a piece looks when it uses an appropriate cast-on; when I was knitting the Snowdrift Mittens for my aunt a few months ago, I was amazed by how a tubular cast-on transformed them. Compared to them, the other mittens I knitted looked painfully amateur; it was like my snowdrift mittens had been taken to a higher plane of mitten existence. [...] [...] There have been quite a few people getting to my site via questions about casting on and off, so that’s what I’ll be featuring this week. It’s incredible how much more professional a piece looks when it uses an appropriate cast-on; when I was knitting the Snowdrift Mittens for my aunt a few months ago, I was amazed by how a tubular cast-on transformed them. Compared to them, the other mittens I knitted looked painfully amateur; it was like my snowdrift mittens had been taken to a higher plane of mitten existence. [...]

]]> By: Eve http://needle-exchange.ca/2006/02/21/casting-on/comment-page-1/#comment-5156 Eve Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:32:46 +0000 http://www.guzzlingcakes.com/2006/02/21/casting-on/#comment-5156 No problem! :) No problem! :)

]]> By: batman http://needle-exchange.ca/2006/02/21/casting-on/comment-page-1/#comment-5155 batman Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:25:20 +0000 http://www.guzzlingcakes.com/2006/02/21/casting-on/#comment-5155 hmm. you learn something new every day. thanks. hmm. you learn something new every day. thanks.

]]> By: Eve http://needle-exchange.ca/2006/02/21/casting-on/comment-page-1/#comment-5154 Eve Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:41:59 +0000 http://www.guzzlingcakes.com/2006/02/21/casting-on/#comment-5154 You can see the difference by comparing the above image to this: <img src="http://static.flickr.com/38/102941621_759a366a36_m.jpg" alt="Tubular cast on" /> <img src="http://lizknitz.typepad.com/liz_knitz/images/hpim0959.JPG" alt="Regular cast on method with K1P1 ribbing" /> You can see the difference by comparing the above image to this:

Tubular cast on

Regular cast on method with K1P1 ribbing

]]> By: Eve http://needle-exchange.ca/2006/02/21/casting-on/comment-page-1/#comment-5153 Eve Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:37:27 +0000 http://www.guzzlingcakes.com/2006/02/21/casting-on/#comment-5153 Actually, tubular refers to the way the stitches appear to roll under the edge of the mittens, sort of like a stretched out torus. If you take a look at someone who just did a basic cast-on, there's a straight line all the way across that looks kinda funky. If you're doing a K1P1, that line can be distracting. Actually, tubular refers to the way the stitches appear to roll under the edge of the mittens, sort of like a stretched out torus. If you take a look at someone who just did a basic cast-on, there’s a straight line all the way across that looks kinda funky. If you’re doing a K1P1, that line can be distracting.

]]> By: batman http://needle-exchange.ca/2006/02/21/casting-on/comment-page-1/#comment-5152 batman Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:21:50 +0000 http://www.guzzlingcakes.com/2006/02/21/casting-on/#comment-5152 by 'tubular' do you mean on dps? my friend knit "kate" from knitty.com. it's SO.CUTE! i'm knitting up my first pair of mittens, so i'm still learning with a knit-flat pattern, but i am learning and eventually i will be able to knit mittens like nobody's business! by ‘tubular’ do you mean on dps?

my friend knit “kate” from knitty.com. it’s SO.CUTE!

i’m knitting up my first pair of mittens, so i’m still learning with a knit-flat pattern, but i am learning and eventually i will be able to knit mittens like nobody’s business!

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