[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Cable cast on

Sun Apr 21 22:58:33 UTC 2019

Hi Ari and Tracy,

For stitch 2 I would say put the needle with the slip knot in your left
hand. Hold the working yarn in your right hand. Carefully stick the point of
your right hand needle into the slip knot. Now wind the yarn around the
right hand needle. Pull the point of the right hand needle through the slip
knot so that you now have a newly made stitch on your right hand needle.
Take that right hand stitch, make it bigger, and then twist it to put it on
the left hand needle. Pull the working yarn just tight enough to have room
to work and continue adding stitches to the left hand needle as directed by
Tracy.

Jeanette -----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 9:16 AM
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Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Cable cast on

Hi Ari.
I used the long tail cast on for years, but now I've become a fan of the
cable cast on, mainly because there's no trying to figure out how long to
make the long tail.  This is what you do:
Make a slip knot and put it on the left needle. You don't need a long tail;
a few inches will do fine.
Twist the yarn once and drop the loop over the needle for stitch 2.  (This
is what I think of as the very easiest way to make a stitch).
Do not pull the stitches close together; you need some working room between
them. 
* Stick the right needle between the 2 stitches you just made, going from
front to back.  Your right needle  will be rubbing up against the left
needle, but at a right angle to it.  
Loop the yarn over the end of the right needle, and pull it back through,
between the 2 loops, back to the front.  Slip the loop you just made onto
the left needle.
You'll now have 3 stitches on the left needle.  Tighten up stitch 2 so it
isn't too loose or too tight, but leave some room between stitch 2 and 3.
Repeat from * until you have all the stitches you want.

I have read this cast on isn't as stretchy as some, but I haven't had any
trouble with it so far.  You can control the stretchiness somewhat by how
tight or loose you put your stitches on the left needle, I think.

It's a bit tricky to pull the yarn between the 2 stitches at first, and I
did it with a crochet hook at first, but now I can do it easily.
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Ari via NFB-Krafters-Korner
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 8:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Really confused about how to do the long
tail cast on.

>From my understanding, the long tail of a long tail cast on doesn't get
wasted--it's used as part of the cast on, which is why you are told to
measure out enough yarn for the number of stiches you're going to cast on.
If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.

I'm brand spanking new to knitting, and casting on is just not working for
me. I've heard that this long tail method gives you a nice stretchy edge for
scarves and the like. If someone knows of a better cast on method, can they
share what worked for them?

Thanks,
Ari

> On Apr 20, 2019, at 4:08 AM, Dorothea Martin via NFB-Krafters-Korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello, Knitters,
> Because of this thread I just did some long-tail cast-on. First, I
over-estimated the length of my tail. Then I made a slip knot and placed it
on the needle. Then I did the exact motions I would do to tie a bow except
that I placed the second loop of the bow on the needle next to the slip knot
and pulled the tail just a bit to tighten up the stitch. That's really all
there is to it. I suggest first practicing by tying a bow and being aware of
each step in the process. Make the knot before tying the bow but put it onto
the needle. Make a loop around the thumb (with the long tail) and transfer
the loop to the first two fingers. Push up on the other thread (the knitting
thread) with the thumb, making the second loop and push it through the first
loop on the fingers, exactly as if making a bow. Now thansfer that second
loop to the needle next to the slip knot and tighten up the first loop,
which now surrounds the loop on the needle by pulling the tail a bit. If
this seems more complica
 ted, make another bow and remember that it is far more complex to describe
how to tie a bow than it is to just tie one.
> My mother and grandmother used the long-tail cast-on almost exclusively
and we used to debate which method was best. Yarn was cheaper in those days,
so a long tail that got cut off and sent to the wastebasket was not seen as
a problem. When I compare it to the knitted cast on, I still believe that
the long-tail method is one of those vintage knitting things that are better
left in the vintage bin along with the circular knitting needles with the
ridged cables that my mother and grandmother also used because they hadn't
come out with the circulars with smooth cables yet. All this means that if,
after tying a few bows, you're still having trouble with the long tail,
forget it and make a short tail and knit your stitches onto the needle. You
probably won't ever need a long tail, anyway. My grandmother died in 1978
and put an end to the debates on the matter in our family and I haven't used
the long tail again until today, though I have never stopped knitting.
> Dotty Martin
> 
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