Cast on with Eunny!

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BexaidaC — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:51:10 GMT

Hi I really like this tip,Wiil try it soon.

Now as for the regular cast I happen to like the using different colors to make a statement stitch on the edge if the garment being made had lots of linear style edgewise. But this tip cast on makes the stitch cohesive throughout. Each wiil have it 's own place in my work

Thanks

deLadyBex

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AndreaW — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:05:50 GMT

Hi ...interesting concept...thanks!!! I don't often use the long tail cast on...but will keep it in mind for future.

For "bcp1961/ Bernie" ...I think the afghan you're referring to is the "Babette Blanket"...check it out here:

shop.knittingdaily.com/.../Babette-Blanket.html

Hope this solves your problem..... Andrea

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CarolH@38 — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:44:59 GMT

Thank you so much for helping us make our knits look better.

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SusanH@37 — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:01:18 GMT

Linda,

This pattern from knitty.com

www.knitty.com/.../PATTduck.php

has links to the Turkish cast on and Judy's Magic Cast On.

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Erja Hoberg — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:54:41 GMT

Easy and decentlooking. Simple things make rib looking so much better. Thanks for sharing that Eunny and Katherine!

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Kathleen Cubley — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:35:44 GMT

To see other types of cast-ons demonstrated, go to www.YouTube.com and enter the name of the cast-on in the search box. I swear they have a video for everything! It's a really great resource, especially if you're a visual learner like I am.

Kathleen

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Kathleen Cubley — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:34:10 GMT

Hi Dorothy,

So sorry to misrepresent the cast-on technique. I should have said the "cast-on that Eunny's demonstrating"!

Thanks for straightening me out, and thanks for this invaluable cast-on method. I love it!

Kathleen

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DorothyT — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:02:19 GMT

The knit/purl cast on is a great technique. If you look back you'll see that it was published in an article I wrote for Interweave Knits way back in 1996 of thereabouts. The editor of Knitting Daily should not be calling it "Eunny's method," especially since it was published in the very same magazine. Calling it "Eunny's method" is inaccurate.

Thanks,

Dorothy T. Ratigan

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MinaC — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:40:15 GMT

I never thought of doing it backwards like that. :) Sadly our local PBS station doesn't carry Knitting Daily, and I can't really afford the videos right now, even if they are fully worth the price. But the workshop dvd Basics and Beyond is doable, so I'm wondering is that a possible beginning to more workshop videos planned for the future?

I'm really hoping so.

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OmaB — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:41:42 GMT

It is simple except to remember how from time to time. Embed it in the mind, but how!

Sincerely

Oma B

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leni — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:18:49 GMT

Maybe I'm doing the same thing as Eunny is describing (it's hard for me to tell because I hold my yarn in my right hand, English-style, when I cast on), but when I cast on, whether with the long tail, cable, or "knitted" cast on, I purl cast the rib stitches that will be purled on the right side (that is, I purl those stitches), and knit cast on the to be knitted stitches. This works for K1P1 ribbing too.

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Jesusan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:51:26 GMT

I love the video - long tail cast on finally makes sense to me. I'm curious to know if there is a resource for all the different kinds of cast-ons mentioned, like the toe-up sock cast-on.

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lcphelps — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:23:44 GMT

In the intro to this article you mention some different methods of casting on that you use for different type patterens. I am not familiar with many different methods and would like to know about them,. In particular the Turkish cast on that you mentioned you use for toe-up socks since I am interested in toe-up sock knitting. Can you please let me know where I can find out about how to do these different methods of casting on? Thank you.

Linda Phelps

lc_ph_elps@hotmail,.com

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Sandragram — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:02:20 GMT

Just the way Eunny holds her yarn here is how I knit, off my left hand . If I am knitting with two colors or more I knit off my thumb and my finger... The back of my Fair Isle is almost as lovely as the front as I weave every stitch on the back.....

This cast on is new to me though, I had no idea how we could cast on purlwise. Thanks ever so much.

~~Sandra in Central Saskatchewan Canada

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bcp1961 — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:16:22 GMT

I love this cast-on tip! Well done Eunny!

btw: In the video above there is a throw on Eunny's couch, I've been trying to remember the name of the pattern for that throw - it's very popular but I just can't recall it... does any one know what it is called?

Bernie