Tag Archives: cast-on

Gramercy Park progress: starting the back and doing ONE MORE swatch

I started knitting the back, and it is progressing very well.  However, I had this niggling worry while knitting that I needed to do one more swatch.  You see, I really believe in swatching for a project the way you plan to knit it: the same yarn, needles, stitch pattern.  When I swatched for this […]

Gramercy Park KAL – time to Cast On!

I’ll be honest.  The reason I signed up for the Gramercy Park Video KAL was that Patty Lyons, the designer, mentioned a super-stretchy CO method for lace.  I am a sucker for learning new ways to cast-on for projects. The fiddlier, the better.  When I swatch new yarn just to see what it looks like […]