How to Make & Use a Cast On Rag by Diana Sullivan
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- This is a shortcut for machine knitters that has been around for ages - but because it isn't in your machine manual, you probably don't know about it! You can make a cast-on rag, that is, a strip of knitting that you use anyplace where you'd use waste yarn for casting on. It's especially nice when you have to add a bunch of stitches at once. You knit this once and use it over and over - always using ravel cord for the attachment row.
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Thank you Diana, this is great!
Great tutorial, I was looking for something like this because doing an e-wrap cast on is very tedious
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Good idea good explanation thank you
As always THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge!! Great video.
Una splendida idea. E una spiegazione perfetta! Grazie!
Bless you for showing this. Someone gifted me a machine that uses a caston rag
HOW have I never seen this before?? Brilliant idea! Great video as always ❤
Awesome I made one this afternoon it’s going to save me so much time and wool 👍
Hello Diana, Thanks for always giving us new ideas. I hav never had of cast on rags
The first time I saw the idea was reading a pattern for a T-top where you suddenly had to cast on lots of stitches. A cast-on rag plus ravel cord is ideal for thaat.
I make split ring cast on rags for my standard gauge singer knitting machine. Works like a charm without needing a transfer tool. This idea began with when I just taught myself circular sock machines - (knowing nothing about cast on rags) - I came up with Universal Bonnets worked flat on a csm with split rings. :)
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Thank you for all your great instruction! Jen
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Awesome!
Hi Diana, thank you for sharing yet another very useful tip for machine knitters. I was thinking that i might try to incorporate a gusset along the bottom edge into which I could insert metal rods as weights to adapt the cast on strip for blankets that take the whole bed of my LK150. Not sure yet how I would do that but it seems like it would save the annoyance of knocking off the cast on comb, and having to interrupt the flow to pick up the weights off my feet etc, ouch. Thank you!
You could certainly do that, or you could add drapery weights or a chain (less slippery). I prefer to use claw weights because I can play with the amount of weight as required by a specific technique or number of needles. Havine extra cast-on strip hanging is not a problem, but if you only use a few needles, you'd need several sizes of strip.
This would be useful to cover the knitting when short rowing where the purl side is the right side. It would save getting a fluffy line on your work.
Well, the problem is mainly on the right side, where the line really shows, and the rag wouldn't cover that. I like to take the whole neckline off on waste knitting, then rehang it in portions to work the neckline.
@@dianaknits That's what I do too, but I thought if I were to cover the left side whilst knitting the right it would stop the yarn from fluffing up.
Can a cast on rag be used for starting things (like socks or fingerless gloves) that’ll be knitted in the round?
Yes, however, it's more trouble to hang it on both beds and do setup rows. You need HEAVY weights for circular knitting, so your cast-on cloth could need to be very sturdy, too.
Hi Diana. I love your video. My combs somehow aren't working for me. I was looking for an alternative and that's when I stumbled upon your video. I am a novice flatbed machine knitter and I am always looking at your videos for assistance. I have a quick question. Can you please tell me how to close the ends of the working yarn once you take off the cast on rag? Are you folding it up and making a hem or are you stitching the bottom of the working yarn while it's attached to the cast on rag and ravel cord? If it is stiched, are you stiching the end of the working yarn just above the ravel cord?
You have a lot of options to close the open stitches - you can do a hem, you can crochet, or you can latch a ribbing. All this video really shows is a way to start without a comb. You'd hang the rag, do one row with ravel cord, then the cast on or hem of your choice. Check out my beginner course for some cast-on and hem options, and then look at my latched ribbing videos, too.
When you pulled the cord off looked like you had cast on loops at the bottom? Will they stretch out and be safe?
This is very often used with open cast-ons. If you use it that way, you still have to finish that edge or it will unravel You can also use it fo a closed cast-on, and then when you pull the cord, it won't unravel.
I’ve tried a plastic mesh onion bag repurposed as a cast on “rag” for a circular sock machine or a flat bed. Yours looks much tidier. 😊
Hola Diana una pregunta, para que es esa tira?
La tira se reemplaza haciendo tejido para desechar posteriormente. Cuelgas la tira, haces una fila divisoria y luego comienzas a tejer. Te permite lanzar rápidamente y también es útil en otras tareas.