Today I finally got around to setting up the video camera to make tutorials. This is the first, the way I usually work a tubular cast on. It’s basically a variation of long tail cast on, hence the name, and I’ve shown how to re-arrange the stitches for 2×2 rib. If you’re working in the round you should work the cast on and 2 tubular rows on straights before switching to your circulars and joining the round. The reason for this is simply that the cast on will get really tangled on the cable if you work it on circulars. For 2×2 rib this method makes a much more elastic edge than the stocking stitch method, so it’s ideal for my Snow White and Gretel patterns. I know that some people have had problems with tight cast ons for those patterns so hopefully this method will help. The video could be clearer, but I hope you can figure it out, I’m sure the next one will be a little better.
Long tail tubular cast on video
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That’s a cool video! I now know how to do this cast on and arrange for a 2×2 rib even without trying to knit it while watching the video (I was knitting Elijah instead) – you’re very good at explaining. And I must say the result looks very nice and stretchy.
Thank you for making the video – I find it so much easier to understand when I see it done, than when I have to read about it.
I was expecting a Scottish accent, though ;)
- Birgitte :)
This is so much easier than the way I’ve been doing it – thank you! I wish I’d known this method before I cast on for the Henry Scarf from Knitty.com!
awesome! thanks! i’ve never done a tubular cast on and will use this when i finally get around to making gretel :) so, question, when do you transfer to the circulars? after you do the two set-up rows and before you rearrange into 2×2 rib? or after you rearrange into 2×2 rib?
It’s like you read my mind. Did you actually know that I was searching for a tubular cast-on tutorial at this very moment? If so, you’re not only an accomplished knitter, but also a great witch (not meant in a negative way of course:))! This video was excellent and I definitely heard something of a Scottish accent…Hooray for you!
Oooh– thanks for the tutorial! I’m about to start working Snow White, so this came at exactly the right moment!!
Hooray! You made my life so much easier! Thank you, thank you. It’s al clear now. You’ve explained it so well!
thank you–I’ve been avoiding the start of Estella because I wasn’t sure how to execute this properly…I need delay no more!
That is brilliant, thank you. I have never understood how to do this so can now go and practice!
thank you for the video! i can’t wait to use this new skill!
Thanks for the video, it will come in very handy.
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing. I’ve seen this before and it seems like a good alternative.
You might want to try rearranging for 2×2, without removing the stitches from the needle. To do this, you can simply knit the stitches in the order you want to work them, without first removing them from the stitch.
So if you want to cross the second stitch, behind the first stitch, you go into the second stitch from behind the first stitch, work it in pattern, but leave it on the needle. Then go into the front stitch in pattern and complete it, dropping both stitches off the left needle.
It works quite nicely and if you have a rather tight gauge or slippery yarn, there’s less risk of runaway stitches, which are particularly hard to fix at the caston edge.
haha, i was expecting a scottish accent too ;) thanks for this video, the pictorial explanations in books have never really been clear enough for me. xx
Thank you for that tutorial!
beautiful, and nice accent – hint of scottish to my nz’d ears. I like the rearrange for 2×2 bit, very neat.
stella
Nice video – I’ve learned the Italian tubular cast on recently and it has similarities to that. I will have to try yours though!
Funny all the comments about your accent. I grew up in NZ but English parents and private school conspired to make my accent very mild. Now (living in London) the locals and New Zealanders alike all ask me where I’m from…
Not everyone from NZ sounds the same, just like not everyone from Scotland sounds the same!
great tutorial!! you’re a good teacher.
i’m considering ripping out my two-and-a-half inches of sweater & doing this cast-on now…
oooh thanks for this! the tutorial i followed for a tubular cast one wasn’t too elastic at all… now i just need to decide whether to undo snowwhite’s caston edge and redo it, grafting it to the rest of the sweater… decisions ;)
Yay! The tutorials are a really great idea and you describe everything really clearly so it’s well easy to understand.
Can I request a light circular cast-on video tutorial?
I nearly gave up knitting after attempting unsuccessfully for several hours to interpret Euny Jang’s instructions for the start of Elijah!. In the end I just wrapped the yarn manually around the needles so that it looked like the cast-on featured in the picture.
A video tutorial could be my salvation.
Really great idea!
Adding this to my links of useful tutorials, so I don’t forget it! Thanks.
Thank you for making this video! The directions are the same for people knitting continental style correct? I’m waiting for my PayPal account to authorize payment for Gretel and then I’ll be practicing it first hand!
…probably in slow motion! :)
I watched this just before I started a new pair of gloves– it turned out wonderfully. Great job on the tutorial!
This is such a great tutorial! I have one question though–is this like the italian cast-on where you pull the thread out at the end or no? I’ve been trying to do the italian method…and it’s not working so well for me. I think I’ll try this instead.
this is very useful! Thank you!!
What a great video, thanks for taking the time to make it and provide it for others. I loved your accent, it was soothing to listen too. :)
That was so helpful. Amazing how seeing something in a video instantly makes sense of something I barely understood in writing.
Casting on tubularly now for my most recent project, the Printed Silk Cardigan by IK Spring 2008.
Thanks for making the tutorial and making it easy to find. What a help!
Thank you for posting this video. No more fiddly tubular cast-ons with waste yarn for me!
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Thank You! The result looks amazing and it was very easy thanks to the video.
Brilliant! Not only is this cast-on stretchy, but it’s really pretty and doesn’t have that clunky row of “chains” sitting on the edge.
One suggestion if you ever redo this video: Add a light source that shines on the front of the work. Or add a reflector (can even be crumpled aluminum foil) to your chest, believe it or not, to bounce your light onto the front of the work.
Are you the same Ysolda who designed the Urchin hat?! That’s my favorite hat.