Comments on: Long Tail Cast On

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:43:44 +0000

I met you at Loops in Tulsa and you mentioned your tutorials….how very helpful. Thanks so much! I am inspired!

By: Janey

Janey — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:37:51 +0000

Many thanks for the tutorial!
I have used the “thumb method” of casting on for about 40 years – a generational preference stemming AT LEAST from my grandmother.

Whenever I’ve heard “long-tail cast on: I’ve always rationalized it to be the same as the thumb method, but I now see that it very different. Same result – but a different process.

Thank you again,
Janey

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:49:34 +0000

Thank you SO much for this! i’d never even HEARD of this (can you tell Im still new?) and one I did it it’s so easy! I love it! THANK YOU!!!

By: Josey Harvey

Josey Harvey — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:19:32 +0000

Thanks for your video. I have been knitting since I can remember and always love to watch how other knitters knit. I would like to see how you cast on when noone is watching. I have a very strange looking method that comes out just like the long-tail but I have never seen anyone else do it and I am sure I must have learned it 30 or 40 years ago.

By: paws

paws — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:54:42 +0000

Thanks, Susan! I shouldn’t have been surprised by the fact that teaching someone how to knit is a separate skill from being able to knit yourself. I found that out the hard way, so I’m excited to learn how to teach knitting from you.

By: Jyme Parish

Jyme Parish — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:29:55 +0000

Thanks!! I have used the long tail cast on. I pull one strand from the inside and one strand from the outside of the ball of yarn. Is there a reason I should not cast on this way? I am a “retro knitting newbie”! ( meaning I learned 30 years ago and have returned to the art) Great teaching video!!