Stitchboard Admin message #1
For technique junkies - new video in Multimedia area
May 29, 2011 at 3:18:29 PM
 
For those of you who are technique junkies like me, we've added a new video, the "K1 P1 Cast On" to the Multimedia area.  This is a very interesting technique!

To view the video, select "learn" from the menu bar, "multimedia," "Member Suggested" and then "Knitting."  The top choice is the "K1 P1 Cast On" video.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!  Do you think this technique is useful, or one of those that's more "interesting, but something I'll probably never use"?

Personally, I think this would be a wonderful technique to start ribbing.  It looks so nice and elastic, which is where the traditional cast on has always disappointed me...I generally use a needle two sizes larger than the one for knitting the project, so as to keep the cast on row loose, but loose does not elasticity make, unfortunately.  The next time I start something with ribbing, I'm going to try this technique. 

Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

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Stitchboard Admin message #3
Re: For technique junkies - new video in Multimedia area
October 24, 2012 at 1:24:24 PM  (in response to aMusedToo message #2)
 
aMusedToo (great name!),

I agree...it can make a huge difference to choose the right method for what you're doing.  Casting on is such an important thing, because it forms the basis of your entire project, and if you don't have the right "feel" for it, it can throw everything off.    As I discovered a long time ago, as a beginning knitter, thinking "I'll go back and loosen/tighten that cast on later on" definitely doesn't work.  Once you've gone beyond that cast on, the only way to remedy problems is to tear it all back or (more likely) out completely. 

I'd love to hear about that book...it sounds like excellent reference! 

As for your question of whether or not it would work for k2, p2 ribbing, IMO, it would.  Instead of casting on every other stitch as a knit or a purl, I would think just doing the cast on as if you were k2, p2 ribbing would do the trick.    (Sorry, I'm sure that sounds as clear as mud! )  In other words, I don't see anything that indicates it wouldn't work...but I'm anxious to try it out now - what a great question! 

Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

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Stitchboard Admin message #5
Re: For technique junkies - new video in Multimedia area
October 29, 2012 at 4:10:28 AM  (in response to aMusedToo message #4)
 
Thank you so much for the link!  Now this book is a definite must-have!  I agree...as easy as it is to look up things online, it's nice to have a handy reference all in one spot. 

I also like to know everything possible about the different techniques.  Having started out with the long-tail cast on when I first learned knitting, I didn't even know back then that there were other ways of casting on.  I actually like the speed of the long-tail cast on, but much prefer the look of other techniques, such as the cable cast on.  (Can't say that I've used the long-tail cast on at all in many years!)

Spiral bound is nice for a craft-related book!  It's often so hard to get those regular bound books to sit flat when working from them.  I'm working from a certain beading book right now, and it's refusing to lay flat!

Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

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