Mandie Harrington

Technique of the Week: Knit On Cast On

I've never really used knitted on cast on because it seemed tedious, but this week I learned a faster way of doing it.  

The instructions go: Make a slip knot on your left needle.  Knit a stitch, and then slip the new stitch onto your left needle: 1 stitch made.  

But you actually never have to take your right needle out of the new stitch.  You can just go right on and knit that stitch again.  Which makes the whole operation much faster.  

Here it is with yarn in right hand. I’m not as fast this way but it’s just as effective.

The site is live!

The site is live!  I'd really wanted to have the domain transferred over the weekend but it's there now.  Some of you may see a security warning, that is the new site still transfering the SSL information from the old site.  You can bypass it temporarily, but it should also go away within 48 hours.  

In the mean time I've got tons of yarn and fiber to start adding as actual products to the site.  And both clubs are available for sign ups!

Speshul Snowflakes Club

Speshul Snowflakes Club