What is the best cast-on for circular needles? I tried the single cast-on (What I normally use) , but that was a biiig mistake as the stitches tightened really badly. :ick:
I like the Long tail for almost everything. Which single caston did you use - knitted, cable or backwards loop? If it’s really tight, do the caston over 2 needles, or one that’s about 2 sizes bigger than you need.
sue
i also prefer the long-tail for circulars because of the “jogless join” thing, where you knit the first stitch through the back loop with the tail and then switch to the working yarn and then on the following round, you just knit normal and give a tug and it makes a seamless join and also works as an EOR marker. i can’t find a good link for it right now, all referring to fair isle stripes, but that about sums it up.
also, i hear a lot of people cast on over 2 needles so it is not too tight, i haven’t tried that yet, but i read lots of people use that technique.
Casting on over a bigger needle or two needles gives bigger stitches but they are not the same distance apart. If you want a looser caston try leaving more room between the stitches, not making them bigger but still close together. It’s the distance between stitches that is important, bigger stitches just gives you looser stitches on the first row, so a bigger needle isn’t always the best solution.
Using circulars doesn’t usually affect the choice of caston so much I think. If it was a hat or something though, your first row might need to be quite loose, this is the same whether the hat is knitted flat or round.
I dont understand what you mean…:??
How do you do that?:think:
When you caston in longtail or whatever, your stitches can be right next to each other(even if you cast on on a huge needle), or there can be some space in between stitches. That’s what gives a looser edge most of the time - having space between.
When using a larger needle for long tail to produce larger stitches does get them spaced further apart; you can stretch them and they’ll have more space between them. I don’t know how you can actually space them further apart - I do that by accident sometimes and they look very loopy and uneven.
sue