When Joining In The Round

May 12th, 2009 by admin

When you are doing the first row of in-the-round knitting, and you need to join without any twists of the stitches around the needle, the most important tool to use is …. a friend. :-)

Have the friend hold the two needle tips.
With your two hands, start at ball-attached end of the needle and smooth out the stitches so that the bottom of the cast-on stitches is in a straight line all the way to the other end. THEN join the last cast-on stitch to the first cast-on stitch.

This is especially useful when there is a large number of stitches on a long needle.

Recently I cast on 220 stitches for a skirt. I had to start over several times until I finally enlisted the most valuable tool (a friend!)

Esther in Cumberland, RI

Casting On

April 30th, 2009 by admin

If you tend to cast on too tight (as I do), cast on with one size larger needles and then go back to the called for size on the first row of knitting.

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