Getting Started and a Cast-on Question
Hi, I'm Devri, and I've been dying to knit some more lace for awhile now. I've never been able to decide which pattern in A Gathering of Lace I wanted to knit, and I'm glad this knit-along made up my mind for me. The yarn I ordered for my stole got here today, so tonight I'm getting started!
I have a question about the cast-on. When I knit socks from the toe up, I've used a provisiona' cast on where you join the working yarn and waste yarn with a knot, and then work a long-tail cast on with the waste yarn at the bottom. When you're done with the toe and are ready to pick up the cast-on stitches to continue working, you pick up the 'bumps' of working yarn and remove the waste yarn and continue knitting on the now-live working stitches. It's a quick and easy cast-on - but will it work for this stole? I don't see why not, but perhaps I've not thought it through properly.
I'm using Inox 2.75mm needles and Merino Oro yarn. Thanks for setting this up Eunny!
Edit: Ok, I just spend an embarassingly long time frustrated over row 6. The instructions for the little blue triangle that's the first symbol in the row says 'sl1-k2tog-psso; on first repeat, k2tog' - and I just now realized that 'first repeat' in this context means the last repeat as you knit across, because you're knitting the 'wrong side' on row 6. (Using just a k2tog in the first repeat you knit leaves you with an extra stitch at the end of the repeat, of course) Grrrr! Anyway, I'll put this out there in case someone else doesn't get it right off. Hey, at least I figured it out eventually :/
Comments
I followed the video for invisible cast-on here:
http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/basic_techniques/index.php
I tried following instructions from books but couldn't get it, the video here shows very very clearly how to do it. I hope this helps you too.
Posted by: Agnes | March 3, 2006 06:29 AM
Thanks for that heads-up!!!
I used a crocheted provisional cast on... I know there's a tutorial somewhere online, but I don't remember where :) Cheers Eva
Posted by: Eva | March 3, 2006 11:23 AM
I used the same cast-on, so I hope it's OK
Re" Row 6...Drove me nuts (same with Row 28). I place markers between repeats and have to move them on those rows. Been doing alot of counting and re-counting to 14!
Posted by: Becky | March 3, 2006 03:36 PM
I felt really dumb, too... had the same problem you did, then finally figured out that they meant in the row... lol, glad I'm not alone :-)
Posted by: Laurel | March 3, 2006 06:53 PM
Ditto here too. I scratched my head over that row as well. Happy to hear I'm not the only one!
Posted by: Brooke | March 3, 2006 10:20 PM
I can't thank you enough for the row 6 help. I have just started (in southwest trading co soysilk infinity - the thinnest stuff I've ever knit on) and row 6 had me beside myself. I interpreted the pattern notes in reverse, I k2psso the first repeat and then k2tog for all rpts after - one stitch out every time. I did this three times before I realised it wasn't me (ok, the first time I had a few glasses of red wine under my belt and blamed that).
Thank you so much for the help. It, umm, really helped.
In addition, I've lost my movabletype invitation, so I'll have to pester poor Eunny to re-send it, but not until I've finished row 6 at least.
But I'm here, just not posting yet.
Posted by: Ailsa | March 8, 2006 10:21 AM
Hatred is blind, as well as love... Tobias
Posted by: Tobias | November 21, 2006 09:20 PM
Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something... Giles
Posted by: Giles | November 21, 2006 09:22 PM