Wow! Holding the yarn high behind the needle instead of tugging from the front, and the yarn slides where you need it to go. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much! I've tended to knit my socks toe-up because I couldn't find a stretchy cast on I liked. I hate longtail type cast ons, and when I'd watched other slip knot cast ons, I struggled to follow exactly what they were doing. I've now cast on a cuff down sock, my cast on is nice and neat, and incredibly stretchy!

@AlexisWinslow

2 жыл бұрын

This is great to hear! It really makes me happy to know that I could help you and that you like the results. :)

Thank you for this. I find it to be the easiest way to do the slip-knot cast-on, and how very nice that you don't need to measure the tail to do it and can use it in the middle of a project to cast on additional stitches.

@AlexisWinslow

5 жыл бұрын

Elliria-I'm so glad you liked my video!

@elliria_home

5 жыл бұрын

You did a terrific job slowly and thoroughly demonstrating the moves needed to do it. I ended up messing around with it a bit more with various kinds of yarn. It's a bit rough to do with super bulky yarn or some of those creative yarns they make now with sort of twirly outer strands surrounding one solid inner strand that's not stretchy. It can be done, though, and you just have to work very slowly and carefully. This works like butter on standard acrylic worsted weight, sport weight, or DK yarn and even some of the thinner crochet threads. By the way, your mittens are gorgeous.

@pedroares8773

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster

I tried to watch many other videos on this technique but got lost. This was very clear and easy to follow especially with a bit of Slow-mo. Thank you for making this helpful tutorial!

@AlexisWinslow

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your sweet comment @thlune923 I'm so happy that my video was helpful. It really makes my day every time someone takes a minute to let me know that one of my videos helped them. 😁

Supper good tutorial

@AlexisWinslow

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

In the Cabled Dad Mittens, the version with the mitten flap, is the thumb open at the end even when worn as a closed mitten?

@AlexisWinslow

3 ай бұрын

You have the option to leave the thumb open or to close it up-there are instructions for both options in the pattern. I've done it both ways, and I prefer the open thumb on my right hand and a closed thumb on my left. Everyone will have a different preference, I expect.

thank you so very much!!

@AlexisWinslow

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it helped :)

Does it matter if you pick up the back thread from the top or bottom?

@AlexisWinslow

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Pat, Thanks for your comment! If you pick up the back thread from a different direction, the loop will twist in a different direction. As long as you are consistent, it should all work out.

No matter how hard I try I can't make a small distance between knots: either I pull the knot through or I get a huge distance. :/ I watched several tutorials but I have the same problem.

@AlexisWinslow

4 жыл бұрын

Hi X-Ren-X, That is certainly the trickiest part of this technique. I mention in my video how I manage this, but I think the key is to get the spacing right before dropping off the original loop, and holding that second loop in place with my thumb as I complete the last steps. In other words, you need to make sure the second loop is tight up against the previous stitch on the needle before dropping the original loop off your needle. You can see at the 1:26 and 2:14 marks how I kind of wiggle my left hand slightly to adjust the tension before I drop the original loop. I hope this helps! Good luck with your project!

Hello! Thank you for your Video! How would you join in the round?

@twillcreative6226

2 жыл бұрын

😁

@AlexisWinslow

2 жыл бұрын

I join a slip-knot cast-on to work in the round in the normal way-- just make sure your edge isn't twisted. There may be a fancy way to reduce the appearance of a jog. This hasn't been an issue for me so I haven't investigated alternate techniques. Please let me know if you run across something. I imagine that you could cast on an extra stitch and then join in the round, slipping the last stitch to the left needle and then knit both first and last sts together. This is a technique that I've uses with a standard cast-on to reduce the jog and it would probably work in this scenario too.

@magistraschroth8149

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexisWinslow thank you very much for your fast reply. It seems a very good idea knitting together the stitches. I will give it a try!

How to make a slip.... it's too fast..

@valeriblossom

6 ай бұрын

it's so mesmerizing how she does it though!

I generally dislike KZread instructions. This video wasn't irritating with a lot of excessive chatter.

@AlexisWinslow

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad that you liked my video format. I hope that you find a good use for this skill :)

Too fast.