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kyench
Chatty Knitter
USA
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 Posted - 03/05/2005 : 06:55:22 AM
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Hi all. I was wondering what cast on method do you all use the most. The cast on if you were swatching or making a scarf, or just when the pattern asks you to cast on.
For example, I find the cast on with 2 knitting needles the easiest.
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Diva Ree
Gabber Extraordinaire
537 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 07:05:41 AM
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Wee Woolies
Warming Up
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mokey
Permanent Resident
15375 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 08:12:33 AM
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Ever since I learned cable cast on it is all I use. It is easy, nice, and I have no problems with it being elastic enough.
"I firmly believe the Bible is the misinterpreted word of God." Mokey
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lizzi
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 08:16:36 AM
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I mostly use long-tail to start things, but I know how to do more, and they all have appropriate uses. The backward loop method gets used for adding finger stitches on my gloves, and the knitted method when I have to add stitches at the beginning of a row for a curved hemline.
I haven't taught myself the tubular cast on for ribbing yet...but I probably should!
Lizzi
http://amimono.blogspot.com
"Flimsy as it is, it's open-mike punk rock, red, white, and blue" --Cake, You Turn the Screws |
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Susan T-O
Permanent Resident
USA
2481 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 08:23:35 AM
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I use the long-tail cast-on for just about everything. The exception is if I'm adding stitches (such as for glove fingers), in which case I use the knitted cast-on.
--Susan T-O in Long Beach CA
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MrsD1
Chatty Knitter
284 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 11:06:23 AM
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I use the cable cast-on and knitted cast-on for most everything. When I do the long-tail cast-on my edge is too tight and my e cast-on or backward loop is too loopy or messy. Maybe I just need to practice more. I have the instructions for the German twisted cast-on, but I haven't used it yet. I've practiced it and I think the edge it makes is very nice.
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cableready
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
385 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 1:45:20 PM
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I usually do a cable cast-on. I like the edge it gives.
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kimkrafty
Permanent Resident
USA
2145 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 1:57:00 PM
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I use the long-tail cast-on almost exclusively.
I just recently learned the knit-on cast-on and the cable cast-on.
I plan to try the provisional cast-on soon but I think I'll still always like the long-tail cast-on best.
Kimberly, kniting in VA
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kyench
Chatty Knitter
USA
205 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 2:25:50 PM
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what is provisional cast on?
the long tail is the one where you measure out a lenght and then use your hand and loop right? |
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Tam
Permanent Resident
Australia
2810 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 8:57:04 PM
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I used the cable cast on (didn't even know it had a name until last year!) for about 30 years because I didn't know there was more than one and I recently learnt the long tail cast on, so I use that more often now.
Happy Knitting,
Tam in Melbourne
The problem with common sense these days, is that it is not very common.
http://photos.yahoo.com/lillysmum2002
2005 Stats: 2 WIPs, 7 FO
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rejoyce
Chatty Knitter
USA
250 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 10:37:07 PM
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I use the long tail cast on most of the time. It makes a nice elastic edge.
Kim |
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Knittinit
Chatty Knitter
USA
120 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 10:41:26 PM
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I use the knitted on cast on method for most things. I like it for its elasticity and ease when knitting the first row. I also like the cable cast on.
Brenda
Healdsburg, CA
Dreams of finished solar house & my own alpaca & angora to knit up.
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truly violet
Permanent Resident
6397 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 06:33:25 AM
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depends on what I am making
and how I'm making it
I use the knitted cast on alot
sometimes the cast on with the crochet hook
occationally I use waste yarn and a provisional
just depends on what I'm making and how firm or stretchy it needs to be in the finished product
vi
none of this will matter in 100 years.......except I will finally be at my goal weight...vi
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Wee Woolies
Warming Up
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vicky by the bay
Permanent Resident
USA
4768 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 07:26:21 AM
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I learned the long tailed cast on and had used it the most. Recently, I have been using the cabled cast on...love the edge it makes. But, I only use it IF the first row will be the right side. If it's going to be the wrong side I then use long tail.
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
9776 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 08:21:31 AM
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I've learned every cast on I came across, but have forgotten most of them and have to look them up occasionally. I only teach three.
The long tail cast on, done over two needles the same size as you are going to use on the project. It looks too big when you do it, but stretch out the edge after you have knit an inch or two and it adjusts itself, looks great and has never been too tight.
The cable cast on, which I use when I need to cast on at the end of a row of knitting. I use this one for thumb and fingers when I make mittens and gloves. It is a tighter cast on than the long tail done the way I described above.
The provisional cast on, when I need to pick up the stitches later, either to work in the opposite direction or for grafting.
With these three, you can knit anything.
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KysKnitnMom
Permanent Resident
1050 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 09:13:38 AM
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I do the long tail or cable cast on. It depends on if the project needs a firm edge or stretchy one.
Megann, in sunny San Diego.
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OryxRun
Seriously Hooked
USA
625 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 09:55:04 AM
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Until recently I used the long tail exclusively and before that the knitted cast on. Now I use the crochet hook to cast on. I am going to explore the twisted Greman cast on soon because I hear it is a good stretchy cast on for sock cuffs.
Stay well,
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sarakate
Seriously Hooked
USA
818 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 4:34:19 PM
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Unless I'm doing a project where there's a compelling reason to use another cast-on, I do a long-tail. It's fast, it looks nice, and I'm sufficiently practiced at it that I can do it in a very relaxed manner.
If I need to pick up the loops later, of course, I do a provisional cast-on, usually either by crocheting a chain and picking up loops, or by crocheting around the needle (usually I'll do the latter if I'm not in good light, but the former is easier for me if I am); if I'm in a hurry to get started, such as where I'm going to demonstrate for someone, but I'll have a more leisurely period to work when I do the unpicking, I'll use the waste yarn as the tail side of long-tail, which is fast to get started with but has to be picked out stitch-by-stitch.
I use the cable cast-on when I need to add stitches after the initial cast-on, such as for covering the thumb gusset space on a glove. I find it too slow otherwise, though.
I *can* do the German twisted cast-on and the tubular cast-on, but I don't do either enough not to have to go look it up again when I need to use them. |
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NaProus
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 03/06/2005 : 6:26:44 PM
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I don't know what it's called, but it's what my mother taught me years and years and years ago! I make a small knot for the first stitch (on the needle), and then wrap the yarn around my left hand. With the needle in my right hand, I swoop and pick up the stitch. I have to take off my wedding ring to do this -- otherwise, I snag it with the needle.
One of these days, I need to learn some other means of casting on, because I have a feeling that this is 'wrong' somehow. Though it works!
WIPs: Fuschia Ruffles, Clapotis, Best Friend jacket, leper bandages
What's a leper bandage? http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/bandages.html
http://www.ghm.org/resources/knitted.htm
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