Long Tail Cast On Using the Thumb Method, good for throwers and English style knitters

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 33

  • @theastewart6721
    @theastewart6721 4 года назад +6

    Hi Suzanne. Great video! I learned English first then switched to Continental many years ago. I still use it occasionally for stranded colorwork. Even though I’m a continental knitter this video has a great tip! Thanks for explaining how you space out your stitches according to the needle size and gauge! Extremely helpful!! Thank you for sharing!!🤗🤗

  • @thriftythreader5998
    @thriftythreader5998 Год назад +1

    Brilliant! I’ve never thought of considering gauge when casting on. Thank you. I turn to your videos first, whenever I have a new technique to learn.

  • @monicaanderson981
    @monicaanderson981 4 года назад +11

    I so enjoy your videos. They are concise...no long talks beforehand, the language is precise, and the quality of the picture clear. Your pacing is also good,so I don’t have to stop and try to rewind because you have done a movement too quickly. thank you.

  • @lizabethtaylor3178
    @lizabethtaylor3178 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for this video. I love this way of casting on. Saving this and will practice.

    • @SuzanneBryan
      @SuzanneBryan  2 года назад

      You're most welcome, Lizabeth! PS: I love that you are watching several of my videos, I hope you've subscribed. 🥰

  • @kathykeller3430
    @kathykeller3430 4 года назад +3

    Thanks, Suzanne, that's how I like to cast on as I'm a thrower and what a great tip about casting on to match the gauge of your particular pattern or desired fabric.

  • @beaskjold1029
    @beaskjold1029 4 года назад +2

    Thank you Suzanne for the most concise instruction on Long Tail Cast On Method, ever. Your explanations never disappoint me!!!

  • @arthurlau1060
    @arthurlau1060 4 года назад +2

    This is a great alternative to the traditional long tail cast on.

    • @SuzanneBryan
      @SuzanneBryan  4 года назад

      Yes, it is. Thanks for watching.

  • @joycemorrow5015
    @joycemorrow5015 3 года назад +2

    i have always used this method. I first learned it as a child knitter. I think it was because I was left handed, but knit standard method except for the cast-on. I felt somewhat ashamed of this method for many years because it didn't look as "professional" as the "cat' cradle-looking cast on even though (as you pointed out in your video) it results in the exact same look. Fortunately I learned in reading about her in a magazine that Debbie Bliss uses this method and I cast away my shame and started using the term "English method". I have had some other knitters refer to it as the "backward cast on" and I have had to correct them through demonstration. I like the gauge tip you gave. I think I have been doing this, but by now it is so automatic I didn't realize it.

    • @SuzanneBryan
      @SuzanneBryan  3 года назад

      Great story, thank you for sharing.

  • @KimberlyEllison-b2f
    @KimberlyEllison-b2f Год назад

    Thanks for this - I find it so much easier as an English-style knitter to use this method. Could you by any chance do a video for using this technique for the German twisted cast-on?

  • @DiniAdd0807
    @DiniAdd0807 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video. I knit English style but I flick rather than throw. I use this cast on method for the long tail cast on.

  • @marypfeffer997
    @marypfeffer997 4 года назад +1

    Enjoyed the video!

  • @msnookchile
    @msnookchile 4 года назад +1

    I originally learned to cast on using the e-loop method, and then it was a very easy, natural transition to this method. At the time I used long straight needles and it was very fast because I could steady the needle on my leg or hip, but once I switched to circulars, I found the "standard" (left hand) long-tail cast on much easier, although I am still a thrower.

    • @SuzanneBryan
      @SuzanneBryan  4 года назад +1

      Yes, I used to do that with straight needles too. And when I knit, I anchored one under my arm.

  • @joanndeming3467
    @joanndeming3467 4 года назад +1

    Thank you. This is going to be very useful 🐑

  • @betsylanclos2853
    @betsylanclos2853 4 года назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @momgrandma5496
    @momgrandma5496 4 года назад +1

    Hi Suzanne. It looks like the yarn doesn’t untwist as it does with the long-tail cast on method. I’ll have to do this for my next project.

    • @SuzanneBryan
      @SuzanneBryan  4 года назад +1

      It is really the same. but to make sure for yourself, give it a try. Happy knitting.

  • @elenabeyers2088
    @elenabeyers2088 3 месяца назад

    It was not discussed but it seems to me you need a long tail of yarn coming off the thumb as the yarn you ate wrapping around the needle is coming from the ball. I have seen this done and wondered what it was.

    • @SuzanneBryan
      @SuzanneBryan  Месяц назад

      Yes, the tail is over the thumb.

  • @leah3084
    @leah3084 Год назад

    how to calculate length of the tail

  • @leah3084
    @leah3084 Год назад

    My only problem with this cast on is calculating the length of the tail. I
    always end up with too long or too short tail.