Re: Knitting again

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- Jenn Ridley
  
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15 years ago

Wed, Dec 31, 2008 12:55 AM

I haven't bought my circular set yet, but was wondering if the work
>turns or do you just keep bringing the work up to the other needle >back and forth.

Depends. You can use a circular needle to knit back and forth on a flat piece, or you can join it into a tube and knit around. I've found it much easier to knit large pieces (afghans, f'rex) on a circular needle than on a long pair of straight needles.

Anyway, I knitted a scarf, several actually, using the garter stitch. >Now I'm trying to figure out which cast on will give the least curl >and I also think my tension may be too tight. I've been trying >different types of free tail CO methods.

You may also want to try casting on using a larger needle than you'll be using for the rest of the piece.

jenn

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- bungadora
  
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posted
15 years ago

Wed, Dec 31, 2008 2:31 AM

Another thing I used to do is cast over both needles held together, and then pull the second needle out when ready to knit. Only works with some casting methods though. Dora

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- ellice
  
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15 years ago

Wed, Dec 31, 2008 6:56 PM

I learned a different cast on for doing socks - stays flat, but has more give than the usual long-tail. I'll have to think of what it's called - essentialy IIRC some kind of double cast on - I want to say it had some name like a Viking or Norway cast-on - but don't think that's right. I'll have to go look it up. It works like a charm, just involved going thru the loop two different ways.

Ellice