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I’m preparing to start work on Debbi Stone’s Spectral, using a Miss Babs gradient set in Pegasus. Assuming I don’t pull my hair out in the process of splitting the balls of yarn in half by weight (and then further marking off another 11 grams on one of those balls), the next step will be to cast on.
Using ball A1 and a long-tail cast on, cast on 336 stitches.
Now, really. Is there any reason it has to be a long-tail cast on? Couldn’t I use, say, a cable cast on, and not have to either a) redo the cast on 4 times to finally get enough in the long tail, or b) have an egregious excess of yarn in the long tail going to waste?
Following the cast on are 4 rounds of k1, p1 ribbing. This ribbing is repeated as the last 4 rows before the end, and the cowl is bound off in pattern.
Thoughts?
Oh… Joanna, this is the kind of thing you can answer? Maybe?
Use the knitted cast-on if you need a loose cast-on, otherwise use the cable cast-on.
I think a rib cable cast on will be perfect… if I can get the tension right. 🙂 Thanks!
I could swear you’re speaking English…. but I have no idea what you’re saying…
Holy cats, that’s a slow cast on. I mean, presumably, I’ll get faster with it the more I use it, but an hour to cast on 336 stitches? Yipes. 🙂
Just think of it as your first row of knitting. The idea of trying to figure out enough yarn for a long-tail cast-on of 336 sts makes me want to pull the covers over my head.