Comments on: Back Home in the Blue Ridge Mountains… http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/ adventures in knitting (and other stuff) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Theresa http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-151 Theresa Sun, 21 May 2006 21:10:35 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-151 Try Elizabeth Zimmerman's sewn cast off. It's what I usually use for toe-up socks. It's kind of like kitchenering off, but I'm not the best at explaining it. Try Elizabeth Zimmerman’s sewn cast off. It’s what I usually use for toe-up socks. It’s kind of like kitchenering off, but I’m not the best at explaining it.

]]> By: amanda http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-152 amanda Sun, 21 May 2006 21:48:06 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-152 I haven't tried the sewn cast off but when I knit toe up socks I do a crochet cast off and it is rather stretchy. I haven’t tried the sewn cast off but when I knit toe up socks I do a crochet cast off and it is rather stretchy.

]]> By: Veronique http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-153 Veronique Mon, 22 May 2006 00:31:45 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-153 The tubular cast-off is the best! It takes longer, but it's super stretchy and perfect for socks. (I wonder if it's the same as EZ's sewn cast-off?). The tubular cast-off is the best! It takes longer, but it’s super stretchy and perfect for socks. (I wonder if it’s the same as EZ’s sewn cast-off?).

]]> By: Chris http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-154 Chris Mon, 22 May 2006 02:03:49 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-154 For my toe-up socks, I switch to needles 2 sizes up (so 2s for my socks knit on 0s) and knit the last round on the larger needles, then bind off on the larger needles - binding off in pattern. It does the trick - not too tight, not too loose - and not too fiddly (which is how the sewn and tubular bind offs seem to me). For my toe-up socks, I switch to needles 2 sizes up (so 2s for my socks knit on 0s) and knit the last round on the larger needles, then bind off on the larger needles - binding off in pattern. It does the trick - not too tight, not too loose - and not too fiddly (which is how the sewn and tubular bind offs seem to me).

]]> By: Laura http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-155 Laura Tue, 23 May 2006 02:46:34 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2006/05/21/back-home-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains/#comment-155 Yes, yes, yes! A sewn cast-off! It rocks! Very, very easy and very stretchy. Here's how you do it. When you get to the end of your knitting, cut a tail about 4 to 5 times as long as the circumference of your sock. Thread a needle on it. Insert the needle into the first <i>two</i> stitches purlwise and then pull the yarn through. Leave the sts on the needle. Go back and put the needle into the first st knitwise. Drop that st off the needle and pull the yarn through. Repeat until you've bound off all the sts. Does that make sense? If not, email me. Also a picot bind off is stretchy, but it looks a little frillier, if you know what I mean.<br/><br/>I've been feeling bad about my lackadaisical blogging and blogreading and blogcommenting lately. But I've been really busy, too, and I try to remember that it's just a blog! About <i>knitting</i>! So no apology necessary! :) Yes, yes, yes! A sewn cast-off! It rocks! Very, very easy and very stretchy. Here’s how you do it. When you get to the end of your knitting, cut a tail about 4 to 5 times as long as the circumference of your sock. Thread a needle on it. Insert the needle into the first two stitches purlwise and then pull the yarn through. Leave the sts on the needle. Go back and put the needle into the first st knitwise. Drop that st off the needle and pull the yarn through. Repeat until you’ve bound off all the sts. Does that make sense? If not, email me. Also a picot bind off is stretchy, but it looks a little frillier, if you know what I mean.

I’ve been feeling bad about my lackadaisical blogging and blogreading and blogcommenting lately. But I’ve been really busy, too, and I try to remember that it’s just a blog! About knitting! So no apology necessary! :)

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