Cast on while already knitting?

How-to Questions
1

Hi everyone,
I’m following this pattern: http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/khs-decoratedCap-1.html?noImages=0
About six rows in, it says: “Next Row Cast on 13 sts, knit across – 70 sts.”. How in the heck do you cast on a new row?
If you look at the full pattern, it’s in the HEM section.
Thanks,
Tami

2

I still haven’t figured out how to cast on at the beginning of a row–so I cast on at the end of the previous one which IS the beginning of the row, technically.

Now that I’ve thoroughly confused you, :teehee: , just cast on 13 stitches on your right needle, using any of the one-strand techniques. Then turn the work and knit across these and the rest of the row.

3

You can cast on at the beginning of the row using either the knitted or cable cast ons.

sue

4

Thanks!! I got it figured out.

5

That’s my point, Sue. Don’t you really do them at the end of the previous row since they get worked on the next row? When I read ‘cast on at the beginning of the row,’ I picture casting on and then finishing the rest of the row. Maybe it’s just semantics, but it bugs me. :teehee:

6

I dunno Ingrid, I guess it’s semantics, though you do cast on, work those stitches and then finish the rest of the row, so it seems like the beginning of it to me. When I see instructions for casting on at the end of a row, I cast on at the beginning - the needle’s in my left hand, not my right. Unless I use backward loop CO. :wink:

sue

7

:shrug: All that matters is that it works. It just causes confusion. :shrug: