Latvian Long-Tail Cast-On

The Latvian LTCO is pretty, fairly deep, and has decent stretch to it. But I think most knitters will get excited about this fact – after close inspection, I’m pretty sure it’s IDENTICAL ON BOTH SIDES. Please excuse the green screen background – we’re under a bit of construction in the studio. Exciting changes to […]

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Casting-On Many Stitches

Links to things you’ll see in the video: The Ravelry page for the pink shawl I’m wearing. My personal Ravelry page for that shawl (includes yarn details). The Ravelry page for the green scarf on the mannequin. My personal Ravelry page for that scarf (includes yarn details). The stitch markers I’m using are from Darn […]

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Tubular Cast-On

Instructions for working the Tubular Cast-On (demonstrated in the video above): Using scrap yarn and the Backwards Loop Cast-On, cast-on half the number of total stitches you want. Break yarn. Using your main yarn: Row 1: *K1, YO*, repeat between *s across all stitches. (If you have an odd number of stitches, end with K1.) […]

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