Cable Cast On

I just started a a baby poncho with cables. After making a swatch to check my gauge, I decided that I didn't like the edge left by my regular cast on. It's too loose and loopy. So I went to The Knitter's Handbook by Montse Stanley to find a better-looking edge.

(I use this book almost every time I do a project. It's totally no-frills and the instructions and illustrations are utterly comprehensible. It's detailed and fairly complete. The chapter on casting on has detailed descriptions of 54 different variations.)

I chose the cable cast on. It's tidy and tight and makes a clean edge. For detailed instructions how to do it, click on "continue reading."

Cable Cast On

1. Start with your regular old slip knot.

2. Hold the needle with the slip knot in your left hand (unless your're left-handed, in which case reverse). Put the right-hand needle through the slip knot loop and knit a new loop.

3. Slip the loop from the right-hand needle onto the left-hand needle.

4. Now, slip the right-hand needle behind the loop you just made.


5. Knit another new loop

6. And slip it onto the left-hand needle.
Continue steps 4-6 until youo have cast on your desired number of loops.

New

I am new to pins and needles, thanks for the invite, I hope you all don't feel like I am an intruder. I sort of feel like an inturder but I am sure it's all gonna be okay.

These days I am working on a few projects. One, my favorite one, is a t-shirt. I got the pattern off of knitty.com. the pattern is called bad penny. I changed the pattern a lot, used different yarn and will do something different on the bottom. Keep your eye out for a picture. I am almost done. I tried it on the other day to see if I like the neckline and I found that it matched the pants I was wearing very well. So I will have an instant outfit when it is done. I want to make a pair of pants to go with it. Brown pants. I have some stretchy yarn that I want to make sort of yoga-like pants. I am also working on a tank-top to sell to this woman. Unfortunately, it seems too big and I am afraid I will have to take it out and re-make it, again!! I have already taken the whole thing out and re done it once before. But it's really nice yarn and I enjoy working on it. It would be great if it worked out this time.

I just finished a crocheted hat for women that are going through chemo and have lost their hair.
I finished one sock for Jaman and need to make the secound one but am putting the secound one off for now.

Bicycle Cozy

I haven't done much knitting this summer, but I did work a little bit on my bicycle cozy. I'm using a lot of the scrap ends I've had for a long time to make it.



I think I will have the coziest bike in the greater Boston area by the end of the winter.

Knit Out

When I was at the Mind's Eye yesterday, I was informed of the Boston Knitout & Crochet. (Crochet. Knitting's poor cousin, being taken under her wing. "Sure, Crochet, I'll share my party with you.")

October 2, from 12-4 on the Boston Common. If you want a quick project to get you back into the swing of knitting, you can crochet or knit an 8"x8" machine-washable afghan square for charity and sew it onto the collective blanket they will be making at the event.