Greetings! I’m a Knitting Instructor based in Raleigh, NC, with over 10 years experience teaching at local yarn stores and online.
This video shows how to get started working socks top-down on double pointed needles (DPNs). It shows you how to cast on, work the first row, join in the round, avoid ladders, pick up dropped stitches, work right-side-out and count rows.
I just uploaded a bunch of videos covering various bind offs to YouTube.
A playlist of bind off videos can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSlC4ACOTe52jRxSYLVBPoMtrqrUu4KY
A playlist of cast on videos can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSlC4ACOTe7Crk7u_SXaGsmju_Xlrgg6
I plan to add to this playlist as I create new bind off videos.
This is one of a series of videos showing different knitted cast ons.
A playlist of these and other cast on videos can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSlC4 ACOTe7Crk7u_SXaGsmju_Xlrgg6
A playlist of bind off videos can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSlC4 ACOTe52jRxSYLVBPoMtrqrUu4KY
I plan to add to this playlist as I create new cast on videos.
This video shows how to join cast-on stitches to knit on a circular needle in the round. It offers a trick for avoiding twisting stitches.
I apologize for some background noise in the video. Since my hubby and I have been shut in for three months now, it’s hard for me to find time to record video when it’s quiet. Hubby was actually cooking me dinner, so I didn’t want to complain. Thanks for understanding!
The Bousta Beanie and Beret pattern by Gudrun Johnston calls for a special cast on combining a long-tail cast on with a German Twisted cast on to set up for k2,p2 ribbing.
The Bousta Beanie and Beret pattern by Gudrun Johnston calls for a special cast on combining a long-tail cast on with a German Twist cast on to set up for k2,p2 ribbing. This is a variation of that cast on, which combines a long-tail cast on with a reverse long tail cast on.
Here’s a video demonstrating the Rib Cabled Cast On used for the Geiger Cardigan, by Norah Gaughan from Brooklyn Tweed. This cast on is used for the back, fronts and sleeves. The cast on, along with the first two set-up rows, makes a nice rounded edge and keeps the ribbing from flaring. Enjoy!
Note: The info I give in the video for the two set-up rounds is for the sleeves. The instructions are a little different for the body and fronts.
Preparing for the Geiger Cardigan, I knitted two swatches. One was based on the Lower Left Sleeve Chart (page 24), and one used the Upper Left-Leaning Cable Chart (page 21).
This post will give instructions for these two different swatches and will show how I measured gauge.
NOTE: The page numbers in the PDF that I downloaded from Ravelry are different from the page numbers in the printed version you may have purchased from your local yarn shop. When in doubt refer to the title text, not the page number.
Here’s a photo of the completed swatch:
I used US 5 (3.75mm) needle (based on my SS swatch) and Brooklyn Tweed Arbor in Humpback colorway.
Following LEFT SLEEVE instructions on page 17, cast on 71 sts using the Rib Cabled Cast On as described in “Special Techniques” section of the pattern on page 27.
Work “Next Row (RS)”
Work “Next Row (WS)”
Work the WORK RIBBING section:
Work “Next Row (RS)” This is a row with a decrease taking you down to 70 sts.
Work “Next Row (WS)”
Work “Next Row (RS)”
Go back and work “Next Row (WS)” one more time.
Work the BEGIN MAIN FABRIC AND SHAPE SLEEVE section. (Starts at Row 1 of the “Lower Left Sleeve Chart” on page 24.)
Work “Sleeve Increase Row (RS) WITHOUT DOING THE m1 INCREASES.
Work “Next Row (WS)”
Work “Next Row (RS)”
Work “Next Row (WS)”
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have completed row 40 of the “Lower Left Sleeve Chart. “
Bind off using the Picot Bind Off method described in the next to the last step on page 19.
Block the swatch and allow to completely dry.
The bottom of the swatch measured across the 56 stitches from the “Lower Left Sleeve Chart” should measure 6 1/2 inches as shown in this photo:
Here’s a photo of the completed swatch:
Instructions for Swatch #2:
I used US 5 (3.75mm) needles with Brooklyn Tweed Arbor in the Vintner colorway. This is the color I chose for the sweater.
Cast on 38 sts.
(RS) Work 5 sts in seed stitch, place marker, work row 1 of “Upper Left-Leaning Cable Chart,” place marker, work 5 sts in seed stitch.
(WS) Work 5 sts in seed stitch, slip marker, work row 2 of “Upper Left-Leaning Cable Chart,” slip marker, work 5 sts in seed stitch.
Continue working “Upper Left-Leaning Cable Chart” bounded by 5 stitches of seed stitch on each end until you have completed 32 rows of the chart.
Bind off in pattern.
Block and allow to dry completely.
The bottom of the chart should measure 3 inches wide across the 28 stitches in the “Upper Left-Leaning Cable Chart” as shown in this photo below:
If you find yourself want to dress up a bind-off, an edge, or a button band, this is a great technique. This video covers how to do an I-cord bind off or how to apply I-cord to a cast-on or raw edge.
Tomorrow I’m starting a class at Hillsborough Yarn Shop covering the Plum Pudding Pig pattern. This video shows how to cast on and begin the pig’s snout, and it also covers stranded knitting and capturing floats.
Related videos:
For a video about knitting a stranded speed swatch, see here: https://www.chaiknucklesknitting.com/blog/2018/4/26/galloway-cardigan-knitting-a-speed-swatch-video
For a video about capturing stranded floats, see here: https://www.chaiknucklesknitting.com/blog/2018/4/26/galloway-cardigan-capturing-floats-in-stranded-knitting-video
Here’s today’s video. Episode 2018 - 16: Plum Pudding Pig: Getting Started
The Hitofude Cardigan requires TWO crochet chain provisional cast ons. This video shows how to do a crochet chain provisional cast on as well as how to do the first two set-up rows for the cardigan.
Here is a video demonstrating the Tubular Cast On for the Body of the Galloway Cardigan by Jared Flood. It starts with a provisional cast on (I used the crochet cast on) and then builds up a short two-layer bit of fabric to give the cast on a rounded edge.
