[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Invisible cast-on

Tue Dec 11 15:38:08 UTC 2018

I don't understand what happens with the loops on two needles. After you
make your figure 8 as many times as you want to add stitches, then what
happens?

Thanks,
Bernice

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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Invisible cast-on

Tracy, if you are making a sweater, do you pick up stitches around the
armhole and knit the sleeve from the top down?  I have thought about that,
but have thought it better to knit sleeves separately, so I'm not working on
such a large item.  
Ramona

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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Invisible cast-on

Hi Annette.
It depends what I'm doing.  If I'm starting a sock toe-up, I work in the
round on both sides of the cast-on.
If I'm making a top, and the invisible cast-on is a seamless shoulder
"seam", I put one set of loops on a holder, work the other set for a down
to where I'll want to join the back and front, then put that on a holder,
go back and work the other side down to the join point, join and pick up
the stitches off the holder, and start working in the round.
As you may have guessed, I prefer to work in the round and be as seamless
as possible.  I haven't sewed a seam in an age, at least not in my
knitting.
Tracy

> Tracy,
>
> This figure 8 method is what I use for a provisional cast on.  After you
> cast on, how do you use it?  Do you only work the loops on one needle and
> leave the other needle alone?
>
> Annette
>
>
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> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Invisible cast-on
>
> There are a few invisible cast-ons, but the one I use is the figure-eight.
> Tie a slip-knot near the end of your yarn.
> Put the loop on one needle.
> Hold the 2 needles parallel and close together, as close as you can and
> still slip the yarn between.
> Bring the yarn around the other needle, through between the needles, and
> around the other needle, back between, ...
> You're making figure-eights, with the yarn crossing between the 2 needles.
> It doesn't matter which way you go around the 2 needles, so long as you're
> consistent.
> Tracy
>
>> Hi Tracy, would you please explain the Invisible Cast On mmeth? I will
>> google it, but I don't know if they will explain it in a way that a
>> blind/visually impaired person will understand it.
>> thanks.
>>
>
>
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