tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post7845188463921061481..comments2024-03-28T18:15:56.064+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-948160120907453812008-09-09T16:22:00.000+01:002008-09-09T16:22:00.000+01:00Stitch Diva has a tutorial on the crochet cast on ...Stitch Diva has a tutorial on the crochet cast on over the needle. Purl the first row, then turn it around to start doing your rounds so that it unzips properly.<BR/><BR/>http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=48FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-26190326132589838192008-09-09T03:34:00.000+01:002008-09-09T03:34:00.000+01:00Jean, Where in Monmouth County did you live? And ...Jean, <BR/>Where in Monmouth County did you live? And when? I live just north of there in East Brunswick. After reading your blog for ages, I can't decide if you are a Scot who lived in the US, or a Yankee that moved to Scotland. <BR/>Glad you are feeling beter. I can't wait to see the finished coat on the bear. I might just have to work on one for my Grandson.<BR/><BR/>Leslieknitting08816https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308073464529879017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-7509247567014851482008-09-09T03:25:00.000+01:002008-09-09T03:25:00.000+01:00I used to live in Mercer County, NJ, but not when ...I used to live in Mercer County, NJ, but not when you were there.<BR/><BR/>Rutt mentions the Monmouth cap but the standard description, that the inner brim is folded up inside, is wrong. A knitter on HistoricKnit got permission to hold it and examine it closely and she says that stitches were picked up about twelve rows up from the edge, on the inside, and knitted down, and then a three-needle bind-off was done, connecting with the original cast-on at the lower edge. That gives the edge a chained look and leaves you with a tail to make the little loop. Nobody knows what the loop is for. Maybe to hold the leek that Shakespeare mentioned?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-75810727701646299432008-09-08T23:41:00.000+01:002008-09-08T23:41:00.000+01:00Hi, Jean, I know what you mean about the flu shot,...Hi, Jean, I know what you mean about the flu shot, makes one hope there really will be a bug avoided for it to be worthwhile.<BR/><BR/>If you do the crochet cast-on like the books tell you, by crocheting a chain and then picking up the back loops, you either lose track of back versus other loops, or can't get the knitting needle into the loops as the tension tightens up progressively (fo me, at least!) I used to do it all at once, juggling two types of string and two types of tools, but I picked up a better dodge recently. <BR/><BR/>Try, if this makes any sense, crocheting the chain over the knitting needle by wrapping the thread around the knitting needle before hooking and pulling each loop through. Then, when you have the right number of loops around the needle, knit them off in your 'good' yarn.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com