for those of you working on the ‘depth’ cowl
either on your own or as part of the #talkal going on in my rav group,
using either sprout worsted or sprout dk from ‘the fiber seed‘,
here’s a step by step photo tutorial to get you off on the right foot.
note: below each photo is the pattern text that it is illustrating.
“After winding your first skein into a ball or cake, start at the beginning of the yarn
and follow it along until you reach the first solid color section.“
(the needle tips in the pic above
are pointing at ‘the first solid color section, see?)
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“Find the middle of that solid color section.”
(the needle tip at the right points to the center of the solid green section of yarn.)
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“Starting at that point of the yarn, and using the size needles
that you got gauge on, use backward loop cast-on to CO…”
(these are my first sts i cast on using backward loop and working towards the yarn cake.)
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“You will be casting on through the second half of a solid color section,
a full speckled section, a full solid color section, a full speckled section,
and the first half of a solid color section.
You should end near the middle of a solid color section.
Join to knit in the round and do not add a place marker. “
(the extra yarn before my cast on is now wrapped into a little butterfly bundle
so that i don’t get mixed up and try to knit with the tail.)
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“…begin knitting in St st.
When you get to the middle of the first solid color of sts,
place a marker.”
(i’ve just placed my first marker in this pic,
about halfway through the solid green sts of the first full solid section.)
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“Continue working in St st until you get to the middle
of the second solid color section of sts, place the beginning of the rnd marker.
This second marker will now be the beginning of all your rounds.”
(i am now back to close to where i started casting on.
it doesn’t have to be exactly where you started.
getting to about the middle of the solid color sts to place the marker is more key.)
i think that’s it.
now you have pictures
of the cast on and the next round where the markers are placed.
enjoy! being the boss of the pooling comes next.
ready?
‘started’ taken from 18:45 of first kings.
