Back to original question: How do I cast on stitches at the end of a row onto the same needle, then have them all on one needle to start the next row? I’m knitting a hat for my wee grandson and it has the tassles built into the row, so I bind off 7 stitches at the end of a row, then knit a row, then knit the next row and “cast on 7 stitches on same needle” – and that’s where I’m going crazy. How do I get the stitches onto the other needle, or is there another way to do this? I tried slipping the stitches off andn putting them on the other needle so the yarn would be at the beginning, and that has worked, but I drop stitches and twist them and it’s not looking too good. Good thing it’s a boiled wool pattern – hope it’ll hide all my errors. I’ll take a phot of this mess and attach it. I’ve never posted to a forum before! Thanks much, Scotsgranny (no I don’t have a grandson named Scot like all my friends thought I did when I created this name – I’m a Scot and I’m a granny – make sense?):
What I usually do in this case is to do (on the last stitch of the row) as if you were knitting a stitch, but instead of slipping the stitch from your left needle and onto your right needle, take the loop of the stitch you are creating and slip it onto the left needle beside the stitch you just knit into. Give a tug (but not too tight) to your working yarn, so that the stitch you’ve just made is a normal sized stitch. I believe this is called a knit or knitted cast on. Do this seven times. Then start the next row by knitting into those seven stitches first, then carry on knitting, making sure the join between your cast on stitches and your existing knitting is snug.
Although my mom’s a Galway lass, I have a great fondness for the Scots. In fact, I was just looking at a post for Greyhound sweater patterns and that reminded me of the Greyhound my ex BF adopted after he transfered to Aberdeen with his job. Then I saw your post and felt compelled to respond!
For what it’s worth, I think your pattern should have you casting on and off at the beginning of rows, not at the end. At least, that’s how I’ve always done it. I’m trying to think back to button holes and things of that nature that require a cast off/on in the middle of the row. I’ll check back to see your pic and maybe it will make more sense. Including the pattern would help us offer suggestions, too.
You can rotate the page in Adobe reader. Is it rows 7, 8, and 9?
7 - K x sts, BO 7, break off yarn
8 - use other color, purl across
9 - k x sts, then on the same needle, cast on 7
When you get to the end of row 9, turn and do a knit or cable cast of of 7 sts on the needle that has the sts on it. Then you’re set up for the next row and you purl across the new sts and the old ones.
Casting on `at the end of the row’ is just the same as casting on at the beginning of the next one. Don’t get confused by the words, you just need to cast on where the yarn is and move the needle so you can do it.
What a sweet pattern! Your little ones are very fortunate to have you for a gran. Here’s what I believe is happening. The rows where you BO & CO are creating those tassel bits at the top of the hat. I was thrown off a bit at each tassel being several rows wide, but after the hat is felted, those will shrink and shrivel right down for you.
It will look like you are making little piers at one end of your work, just keep at it will all work out. Best of luck and I hope you’ll share a pic when it’s finished.
(Popped back in to add this bit) Now that I think about it, it makes sense to do the BO at the end of the row because you are breaking your yarn anyway so you can just pull the tail through the lone stitch to tie it off. I was imagining you with a lonely loop at the end of your needle with 7 cast off stitches between you and the next stitch!