Casting on at the beginning, middle or end of a row // Technique Tuesday

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In this week's Technique Tuesday video, I offer some tips and tricks for selecting the right cast on method to use when casting on mid-project, whether you need to add stitches to the beginning, middle, or end of a row or round.
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Introduction: 0:00
Scenarios for CO additional stitches: 0:43
CO requirements: 1:21
Tips for CO at beginning/end: 3:47
Tips for CO mid-row/round: 6:10
Needles used in video demonstration: Chiaogoo bamboo dpns
Yarn used in video demonstration: Brown Sheep Company Nature Spun worsted weight wool.
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@ConnyNordlicht 4 жыл бұрын

As always, great! Nothing left to say, you've got it totally fine! Thank you so much, dear! Be blessed!

@bradleyann 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial! I now understand why you would use a cable cast on at the edge to make the neck and join two shoulders - you need a cast on that requires only one strand of yarn. Brilliant!

@greenpurl8482 2 жыл бұрын

I find your instructions so easy to follow - thanks!

@sheryltisdale5765 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, so helpful! Great tutorial Roxanne

@susanhess937 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ! I finally learned how to add stitches after binding off stitches on a thumb gusset and I didn't have a large hole.

@sandramayers1787 4 жыл бұрын

i would love to see a video that shows how to bind off(pocket) and at the same time to work a band along straight edge for the entire pocket. Love ALL your videos! Thanks

@elibell19 Жыл бұрын

Why is it that when I add stitches in the middle of my work I ALWAYS get a gap between the two sections (existing stitches and added ones). I've tried pulling the thread tighter, but it doesn't seem that work. What am I doing wrong, please?

@katibere1966 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I was stuck not knowing how to cable cast on!

@yvebiskupska6152 2 жыл бұрын

thank you!! 🌻💕 Highly appreciated!

@malabanerjee8424 3 жыл бұрын

Madam ur method of casting on is very useful & easy to understand. Thanks

@dani19541 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very helpful

@maggieduncan1478 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. I am knitting again after some years, and starting to remember techniques I used to be familiar with. But what is cable cast on?

@carolynhurwick1133 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Rox....I'm new to your videos and I enjoy them a lot! Would you consider doing a tutorial on knitting with two strands of yarn? I have a project coming up that I'll be using a mohair/silk blend, held double. This would be a simple procedure, but I would appreciate if you could present any tips or tricks to make the knitting go smoother. :-)

@jojogiannino6974 2 жыл бұрын

There is a little gap when I cast on mid round. Any tips to avoid the gap? Thanks.

@redredwine1277 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again🌸🌼🌹

@jenniferstill-schiff5094 3 жыл бұрын

I used this backward loop cast on - it seems to have worked nicely. Now I'm seeing that I will need to pick up and knit from that neckline, later. How do I pick up? It's totally different from the surrounding stitches. Is this a disaster?

@Laurie_in_Maine 2 жыл бұрын

First time Yoga Socks knitter (per daughter's request) and working through alternate bind off and cast on methods to deal with heel opening and toe edging. Not a fan of thumb cast on to replace working stitches required for left side of work. Binding off in pattern seems more pleasing than knitting back and forth with waste yarn - picking up all those stitches removing w/y was a PITA! Seeking perfect yoga sock pattern techniques.

@RoxanneRichardson 2 жыл бұрын

I have two videos that might make the techniques you mentioned more palatable. This one is an alternative method for knitting across sts with waste yarn. Waste yarn is still involved, but the opening is created at the time the waste yarn is used, so you don't have the issue of PU sts on both sides of the same span of waste yarn. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qqx5gq2fqMnHnWg.html The other is an approach to dealing with working across sts CO with the backwards loop to make the results come out better: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7N7mdqLypengmw.html You are never beholden to the techniques called for in a pattern. Find the methods that work best for you and substitute them in, when desired.

@Laurie_in_Maine 2 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson I think I did try your fix for the waste yarn knitting for the #2 sock. Working on 4th (2nd pair) and both 2nds tested out a different technique than pattern suggested :) Still thinking someone out there has already "invented this wheel"(perfect yoga sock pattern)! Your channel continues to be my go-to for IS THERE A BETTER WAY? :)

@CraftAndSew75 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Do you have any videos how to cast off stitches at the end of the row PURLWISE (WS) please? Thanks

@Kreageek 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a good video. In your last casual Friday you mentioned that you had done a provisional cast on for the sleeves on your 1920's sweater. Could you show how i a video?

@RoxanneRichardson 4 жыл бұрын

I used the method shown in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbqohKSnu5uWo3k.html

@Kreageek 4 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson thanks I know this video and have used it many times 🙂 I was just thinking if you have adapted the method when you do in at the beginning and end of a row like when you added sleeves to your 1920's sweater. 🤔

@annieyoung4 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this Roxanne. I’m casting on at the end of the row (which happens to be the centre front) BEFORE I join for knitting in the round. The backwards loop seems to be much too loose. I’ve checked your “tips” video but I’m thinking that the first row will still be too loose when I have to pick up for the neck band. Will the regular cast on create a ridge?

@RoxanneRichardson 9 ай бұрын

What do you consider to be a "regular cast on"? You can use any CO that requires a single strand of yarn, which would include knitting on or the cable CO. If you're concerned about a ridge, you can knit up some swatches with different edges to see which one you like best. The backwards loop CO produces the same edge as a long tail CO. If you CO fewer than you need, and create m1 increases in the slack between sts on the following round to make up the difference, the edge will be much less loose. You will likely also notice that the edge improves after you've knit a few rounds.

@theastewart6721 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Roxanne. Very interesting! I do have a question. When you did the knitted cast at the beginning of the video you put the stitch on by pointing the needle down into the loop. When you did it at the end of the video adding 3 stitches you brought the needle from the underneath and then up to put the stitches on the needle. This is how I do the knitted cast on when I use it. Is there any particular reason for doing it two different ways? Thanks!

@RoxanneRichardson 4 жыл бұрын

The way I did it the second time is more efficient, because you don't have to take the needle out and reinsert it for each stitch. When I'm demonstrating slowly, I tend to do it the first way because in that situation I find it easier to demonstrate and to show what's going on. I spent some time a couple of years ago researching to see if there really were two ways of doing it, or if my efficient way was "wrong"! (It's not)

@theastewart6721 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I’ve always done it the second way and most of the time I see it demonstrated that’s how I see it done. But every once in a while I see someone do it the first way and I’ve always wondered why. And I knew that you would most likely have done some research and have an answer! And I was right! Therefore, you were the perfect person to ask. I don’t do the knitted or cable cast on all that often once I learned the long tail cast on but it’s good to know that I’m doing it correctly. I find all the cast ons and bind offs fascinating! They really do make a difference in the look and the amount of stretch they give. Thank you Roxanne!💕

@AmoCultumAlo Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I'm currently working on knitting a vintage sweater pattern, and it has a so-called "bramble" stitch, which requires knitting 1, passing it back over to the left needle, and then casting on 8 stitches. You then pass the 8th over the 9th, 7th over the 9th, etc. until you have the 9th left, which you then knit. It seems similar to a bobble stitch, but the method doesn't quite match the ones I've seen for that. I'm struggling a bit, though, with having the bramble stitches look consistent and round and not having holes around them. In swatching, I tried both the cable cast on (seems more likely to have been used in 1949) and the backwards loop cast on, but I'm not sure either results in a good stitch (either in consistency or general shape). Any thoughts on what might be causing the stitches to be more elongated than round (tension issues perhaps?) and/or thoughts on what might be a better method to try? Thanks again for the great technique video!

@RoxanneRichardson Жыл бұрын

Knitting on would have been a very common method of casting on at that time.

@AmoCultumAlo Жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson Oh thanks! I'll try that one and see if it produces a cleaner looking stitch. I'm still new enough to knitting that your video was the first time I'd seen that method, so I'm very glad you covered it too. Thanks again!

@patricialawrence8604 Жыл бұрын

I need help with increasing sts: My instructions say increase 1 st at each end of 3rd row and every following 5rh row. Does that mean after increasing the 3rd row, I only increase in every 5th row after that or do I continue increasing the 3rd and 5th rows?

@RoxanneRichardson Жыл бұрын

The instructions are to increases at each end of 3rd row and every *following 5th* row. If you were supposed to increase after every following 3rd and 5th row, the "following" would have come earlier in the instruction.

@patricialawrence8604 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your promptness. You have saved me from making a mistake and I appreciate your insight.

@amysmith9214 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... Back neck of top down sweater working flat for shaping. Pattern says to cast on at end of RS row. I used the knitted cast on to cast on the piece. I wanted to continue the knitted cast on for the added stitches around the front of the neck. You used the backward loop at the end of the row cast on. If I turn the work to do a knitted cast on, I will be on the WS/PurlSide of the work doing a knit stitch. Does that change the look of that edge where I am going to pick up collar stitches? Or do I do a purl cast on? Or? can you tell I am confused. (Sock knitter trying first raglan top down sweater after yoke sweater success.) I am laughing at myself right now. Yikes

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

The CO edge will be inside the sweater after you PU sts. I would suggest knitting a couple of swatches, and trying one using knitting on and the other with purling on, and see if you notice any difference after PU sts along that edge. Use whichever one you prefer.

@QueenBaha 10 ай бұрын

💗💐💗💐💗💐💗💐💗

@lindamanas6735 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the backward loop demonstration is too fast to follow!

@RoxanneRichardson Жыл бұрын

You can slow down playback speed by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom of the video playback screen.

@laurabernay 2 жыл бұрын

The knitting on stitch is way too fast! No can see😔

@RoxanneRichardson 2 жыл бұрын

You can always control the playback speed of a video by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom of the playback screen.

@laurabernay 2 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson Thanks that is what I ended up doing but it is still a little murky. That move is the most important thing to watch so had to do it a lot of times. But thanks for posting up for us all to learn.