I’ve been away from knitting for a long time but decided to try a pattern that fits an infant’s car seat. Pattern calls for a buckle cut- out in the middle of a row. Instructions say to join 2nd ball of yarn and bind off stitches. Then I am to work each side separately for 8 rows. Ninth row is worked to opening, then I’m to cast on stitches using cable cast-on. Help! I don’t want to foul this up but am not sure what I am doing.
Instructions say to join 2nd ball of yarn and bind off stitches. Then I am to work each side separately for 8 rows. Ninth row is worked to opening, then I’m to cast on stitches using cable cast-on.
Nothing real hard there just take it step by step. When it says “to join a 2nd ball of yarn”, just bring another ball of yarn up (leave the other ball where it is) where you can use it and start knitting with it at the place it says to. You don’t do anything special to join.
Then to bind off, knit 2 stitches and lift the first one over like for any bind off, then knit another one and lift it over, keep doing that until you have bound off the number given. Then work the side you just knitted that bit on until you have 8 rows. Then take up the side that has been waiting on the other side of the bind off. If you put those stitches on a holder or whatever, put them where you can knit them with the yarn that was left there and knit that side up 8 rows. When you get to the opening side put the needle with the stitches on it in your left hand and *knit between the first and second stitches at the tip of the needle, pull up a stitch loop and put it on that left needle with the other stitches. Then go back to the * and repeat until you have the number you are supposed to add back on.
There is a video about how to do a cable cast on here on this site. Go up to the top bar and run your cursor over “Free Videos”. When you get it lit up and drop down menu will appear. Pick “cast on”. When you get to that page look for “Cable Cast-on”.
Thank you for the explanation. I watched the video as you suggested and think I know how to do it now. Keep your fingers crossed and thanks again.