1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,840 I'm Drea. I'm Meg. I'm Tina. And I'm Jiz. And this is Pardon My Stash. 2 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:20,660 Welcome to Pardon My Stash, a podcast about knitting within the fiber arts and how awesome it is. Before we get into today's topic, 3 00:00:21,540 --> 00:00:23,780 let's check out what we're all working on this week, Tina. 4 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:27,020 I am making a 5 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:29,660 very soft beanie. 6 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:39,220 My husband's friend's teenage daughter is dealing with a very aggressive cancer and is going through chemo and 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,100 he asked me to make a hat for her. 8 00:00:43,340 --> 00:00:47,760 And I honestly just I just looked up a 9 00:00:48,620 --> 00:00:50,620 general cast on for Worsted Wade 10 00:00:51,420 --> 00:00:56,220 because I'm not putting any texture or anything on. I want to make sure it's very comfortable and soft. 11 00:00:56,220 --> 00:01:02,420 So it's just a plain stock knit beanie and I'll figure out the decreases later. 12 00:01:02,420 --> 00:01:05,260 I think I've done enough hats at this point that I think I can math it out. 13 00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:10,660 The yarn I'm using is Juniper Moon Cumulus in like a soft baby pink 14 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:16,620 because I was told that that was her favorite color. It's gonna be nice though. That's gonna be real soft for her. 15 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:18,900 Yeah, I think that was a good choice. Thank you. 16 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:21,340 Meg? 17 00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:28,420 I am working on a sweater that's called Poema by Vera Sanon. I hope I'm pronouncing that name right. 18 00:01:29,060 --> 00:01:31,660 I've been working on this for about a month. 19 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:38,580 I just split for the sleeves today. So I haven't actually been working on it on the podcast because 20 00:01:39,220 --> 00:01:43,700 the sleeves are a little bit tricky. They're my it's my first fingers crossed 21 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:46,980 sweater that has lace pattern sleeves. 22 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:51,180 So I haven't felt comfortable knitting it on on a recording night. 23 00:01:51,980 --> 00:01:54,460 But I split for the sleeves and now it's you know 24 00:01:55,140 --> 00:01:58,380 tons and tons of stock in it. So I feel like that's something I can handle. 25 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:05,180 I am making it out of a base that we're gonna be releasing soon for Critical Hit. 26 00:02:05,180 --> 00:02:08,780 It is a grown-up version of our bard. 27 00:02:08,780 --> 00:02:12,780 So it is Extra Fine Superwash Merino and Mulberry Silk. 28 00:02:12,780 --> 00:02:17,180 And I am doing it in the color oh in a DK weight weight not in a fingering weight. 29 00:02:17,180 --> 00:02:21,580 And I'm doing it in the color way Bag of Holding. So it's like a burgundy color. 30 00:02:22,380 --> 00:02:25,660 I'm really excited because I really like bard 31 00:02:26,620 --> 00:02:33,980 for more more more things than just one. But I also just am excited for a DK version of that because I'm 32 00:02:33,980 --> 00:02:37,580 tend to do larger weights than the lighter ones. 33 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:43,180 Yeah, we wanted to have a silk in a larger weight and we're really excited to to release that. 34 00:02:43,180 --> 00:02:46,780 That'll probably be either the end of this month or beginning of or not end of this month. 35 00:02:46,780 --> 00:02:51,180 This end of month is over end of December beginning of January probably. 36 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:52,700 Jess what you got? 37 00:02:52,700 --> 00:03:03,980 I am working on the rose hip sweater by Ana Joanna. I'm at the hem and then I get to pick up some sleeves. 38 00:03:03,980 --> 00:03:14,780 And I'm using Critical Hit Dyes Ranger in Namira and a custom fade. 39 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:16,780 Dreya? 40 00:03:16,780 --> 00:03:23,980 I am doing another Keon hat by Emily Green. It's a Hudson and West pattern. 41 00:03:24,780 --> 00:03:29,980 And I am using Groovy Who's Shazabrick. 42 00:03:29,980 --> 00:03:35,980 No really that's the name of it. I swear. 43 00:03:35,980 --> 00:03:44,780 Yeah, I'm using Brick House. It's a DK weight. It's like I mean it's it's a brick color. 44 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:52,220 It's nice. I like it. Not making it for anything in particular. I just needed something to do. 45 00:03:52,220 --> 00:03:59,740 I did finish the minted hat by Andrea Mowry recently so I needed something new to do. 46 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:01,740 And it came out very pretty. 47 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:11,740 It did come out really nice. I have some testing going on next week and we're gonna find out if I'm allergic to alpaca. 48 00:04:11,740 --> 00:04:13,740 No. Fingers crossed. 49 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:17,740 I don't think it is the alpaca. 50 00:04:17,740 --> 00:04:19,740 I don't think so either. 51 00:04:19,740 --> 00:04:23,740 I'm still not going to be wearing it. 52 00:04:23,740 --> 00:04:29,740 I'm going to have to look into if like alpaca allergies are contagious. Sorry. 53 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:31,740 I'm looking at you guys. 54 00:04:31,740 --> 00:04:37,740 No I'm looking at Meg because I thought I was okay and then Meg informed me that I was allergic. 55 00:04:37,740 --> 00:04:39,740 It's been a chain reaction here. 56 00:04:39,740 --> 00:04:43,740 I probably was allergic the whole time and I just never realized I was allergic. 57 00:04:43,740 --> 00:04:49,740 My eyes itch and my nose is itchy and my hands are red. 58 00:04:49,740 --> 00:04:51,740 I must have inhaled something. 59 00:04:51,740 --> 00:04:53,740 I'm just like I'll just keep knitting. 60 00:04:53,740 --> 00:04:57,740 Whatever I've got it's more severe than that. 61 00:04:57,740 --> 00:04:59,740 Yeah definitely. 62 00:04:59,740 --> 00:05:03,740 So fingers crossed that it isn't fiber arts related. 63 00:05:03,740 --> 00:05:13,740 Be sure to check out our website PardonMyStash.com for more information as well as pictures regarding our current projects, patterns and yarns. 64 00:05:13,740 --> 00:05:17,740 This week we're going to talk about casting on. 65 00:05:17,740 --> 00:05:19,740 Not just like new projects. 66 00:05:19,740 --> 00:05:21,740 For fish? 67 00:05:21,740 --> 00:05:23,740 What? 68 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:25,740 For fish. 69 00:05:25,740 --> 00:05:27,740 No. It's just casting. 70 00:05:27,740 --> 00:05:29,740 Oh knitting right. That's what we talk about. Continue. 71 00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:31,740 This is a fiber arts podcast. 72 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:37,740 I mean you can knit and crochet with fishing line. 73 00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:39,740 I'm just throwing that out there. 74 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:41,740 We are going to talk about the cast on. 75 00:05:41,740 --> 00:05:43,740 What types we use. 76 00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:45,740 When we use them. 77 00:05:45,740 --> 00:05:47,740 Which ones we don't like. 78 00:05:47,740 --> 00:05:55,740 Well as I like my metal I also like my twisted German cast on. 79 00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:57,740 That's a long tail right? 80 00:05:57,740 --> 00:05:59,740 It is. 81 00:05:59,740 --> 00:06:01,740 It's kind of an extra movement. 82 00:06:01,740 --> 00:06:07,740 It gives it a little bit more elasticity so that it's extra stretchy. 83 00:06:07,740 --> 00:06:13,740 I haven't had a situation where I don't need something stretchy yet. 84 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:15,740 That's fair. 85 00:06:15,740 --> 00:06:17,740 I've been sticking with that. 86 00:06:17,740 --> 00:06:19,740 So I typically use long tail for almost everything. 87 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:23,740 Just the standard long tail because I find it to be stretchy enough. 88 00:06:23,740 --> 00:06:27,740 I haven't done the German twist cast on yet. 89 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:29,740 It's very good for... 90 00:06:29,740 --> 00:06:35,740 I was turned on to it by a pullover sweater with a very tight collar. 91 00:06:35,740 --> 00:06:37,740 So up to your neck. 92 00:06:37,740 --> 00:06:45,740 When you have a collar like that you need to be able to really open it up to get it on. 93 00:06:45,740 --> 00:06:47,740 To get it over your head. 94 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:51,740 Since then I'm just like well why not? Why not? 95 00:06:51,740 --> 00:06:59,740 Have you found any projects at all where you regret using that cast on? 96 00:06:59,740 --> 00:07:01,740 Probably flats. 97 00:07:01,740 --> 00:07:03,740 So like washcloths, blankets. 98 00:07:03,740 --> 00:07:05,740 They don't need that. 99 00:07:05,740 --> 00:07:07,740 And then it distorts the yarn a little bit. 100 00:07:07,740 --> 00:07:17,740 Because then if you're doing something that doesn't really anticipate the stretch it just kind of stretches out in ways you don't want it to be. 101 00:07:17,740 --> 00:07:21,740 Indefinitely and making things like lumpy. 102 00:07:21,740 --> 00:07:25,740 Yeah. It just makes it look weird. 103 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:31,740 But most of the things I do are accessories and mitts and hats and cowls. 104 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:33,740 You kind of want a little bit of stretch there. 105 00:07:33,740 --> 00:07:36,740 So that's what I tend to do. 106 00:07:36,740 --> 00:07:39,740 What's your go to cast on, Meg? 107 00:07:39,740 --> 00:07:41,740 Oh, long tail. 100%. 108 00:07:41,740 --> 00:07:44,740 I use it for pretty much everything. 109 00:07:44,740 --> 00:07:48,740 I'm not very adventurous in the cast on's. 110 00:07:48,740 --> 00:07:55,740 But the other one that I really do like and of course you can only use it in specific projects is garter tab. 111 00:07:55,740 --> 00:07:57,740 I don't think I've ever done a garter tab. 112 00:07:57,740 --> 00:07:58,740 Really? 113 00:07:58,740 --> 00:08:00,740 I actually really enjoy it. 114 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:03,740 Because you need to do those for if you're doing like a half moon project. 115 00:08:03,740 --> 00:08:05,740 Like a shawl. 116 00:08:05,740 --> 00:08:07,740 I like. I have done a garter tab. 117 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:09,740 Yeah. I know what you're talking about. 118 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:15,740 I really thought to myself, I was like, how has she made all these shawls and never made a garter? 119 00:08:15,740 --> 00:08:20,740 I think it's because I don't think that it registered in my head that that was what I was doing. 120 00:08:20,740 --> 00:08:23,740 And also it doesn't. 121 00:08:23,740 --> 00:08:30,740 I love garter tab because it comes out looking completely different from what it starts as. 122 00:08:30,740 --> 00:08:33,740 It doesn't look like garter at all when you're done with it. 123 00:08:33,740 --> 00:08:39,740 You know, when it's like cast on three, knit six rows and then pick up the stitches. 124 00:08:39,740 --> 00:08:42,740 And I remember the first time I did it, I was like, this is madness. 125 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:44,740 There is no way this is going to work. 126 00:08:44,740 --> 00:08:46,740 Like, what am I doing? 127 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:50,740 And I was making Citron, which is a free pattern by Nitti. 128 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:52,740 I made it for my grandmother. 129 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:57,740 And I'm sitting there like cursing the pattern up and down, being like, there's no way there's no way this is going to turn into. 130 00:08:57,740 --> 00:08:59,740 Oh, there it is. 131 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:01,740 Yeah, I did the same thing when I did the. 132 00:09:01,740 --> 00:09:03,740 You're like, this is a joke. Simple lines. 133 00:09:03,740 --> 00:09:05,740 Yeah. Yeah. This is this is a joke. 134 00:09:05,740 --> 00:09:12,740 There is no way that a square of garter is going to turn into the nape of a shawl. 135 00:09:12,740 --> 00:09:15,740 And then all of a sudden, like, ta da, there it is. 136 00:09:15,740 --> 00:09:20,740 So I really do love that one just kind of for the like novelty factor of it. 137 00:09:20,740 --> 00:09:23,740 It's almost like a magic trick. Kind of. Yeah. 138 00:09:23,740 --> 00:09:26,740 But again, you can only use that for very specific projects. 139 00:09:26,740 --> 00:09:35,740 But when it comes to like, you know, every normal everyday project, I'm I'm pretty married to the long tail cast on. 140 00:09:35,740 --> 00:09:38,740 I have a funny story about Garter Tab. Yeah. 141 00:09:38,740 --> 00:09:42,740 Really quick. First shawl I ever made. Made it for my grandmother. 142 00:09:42,740 --> 00:09:49,740 She still uses it to this day and she uses it upside down because I decided I don't need a Garter Tab. 143 00:09:49,740 --> 00:09:51,740 And I completely went without it. 144 00:09:51,740 --> 00:10:02,740 Don't ask me how I figured it out. But what happened was is instead of this nice little flat shawl, it has a tent in the middle. 145 00:10:02,740 --> 00:10:06,740 What did you do? Did you like cast on a stitch and just I honestly or something? 146 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:11,740 I think I just literally like cast on and then just like started the pattern. 147 00:10:11,740 --> 00:10:19,740 Like I didn't do the Garter Tab. So instead of it being flat, how weird it just went like this. 148 00:10:19,740 --> 00:10:22,740 So it's this. But my poor. You know, it worked though. 149 00:10:22,740 --> 00:10:25,740 Yeah. I mean, no. Yes. Yes. 150 00:10:25,740 --> 00:10:29,740 But the thing is that grandma loves it. You know, she does wear it all. 151 00:10:29,740 --> 00:10:33,740 But she definitely wears it upside down. And every time I see her wearing it, I'm like, you know what? 152 00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:37,740 Fair. That's very fair. OK. That's it's an odd. 153 00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:41,740 We're going to let that one be. Yep. That's so funny. 154 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:47,740 I do like that one, though. It's fun. I think I like it for the same reason that you do, because it feels like a novelty. 155 00:10:47,740 --> 00:10:50,740 Yeah. You're like, there's no way this is going to work out. 156 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:54,740 I do love that we had the same reaction of like, you know, is this a joke? 157 00:10:54,740 --> 00:11:00,740 Who is pranking me with this Garter Tab crap? I feel like I had to ask you for help. 158 00:11:00,740 --> 00:11:03,740 I remember you asking and I kept telling you, no, it's going to work. 159 00:11:03,740 --> 00:11:08,740 Like, just trust the process. And you were so confused. Yeah. 160 00:11:08,740 --> 00:11:13,740 Because you didn't actually like give me like any like there was no additional instruction. 161 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:15,740 There are no additional instructions. I know. 162 00:11:15,740 --> 00:11:21,740 Like there can't be. It's literally cast on three, knit like six rows, pick them all up. 163 00:11:21,740 --> 00:11:27,740 And it does. It sounds like it shouldn't work. But it does. And if you do it correctly. 164 00:11:27,740 --> 00:11:31,740 And there really isn't. That's the other beautiful thing is you really can't screw it up. 165 00:11:31,740 --> 00:11:36,740 It's very hard to really screw up a good Garter Tab. OK. No, you didn't screw it up. You just didn't do it. 166 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:40,740 There's a difference. That's just straight omission. 167 00:11:40,740 --> 00:11:49,740 You really can't mess up a Garter Tab cast on. So when I started knitting, I did backwards loop for everything. 168 00:11:49,740 --> 00:11:57,740 I did backwards loop exactly one time. I did it for like four years. I did it for like 12 years. 169 00:11:57,740 --> 00:12:02,740 And then like everything that I cast on had this horribly uneven edge. 170 00:12:02,740 --> 00:12:08,740 That's the problem with the backwards loop. And then I would see people and I'm like, how is their edges so neat? 171 00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:13,740 You know what? Like honestly, if for casting on mid project, that's like one of your best ones. 172 00:12:13,740 --> 00:12:19,740 Oh, yeah. That's the only one you really can do. Like it's really hard. That is the one. 173 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:24,740 I mean, there is other than backwards loop. I might be wrong with it. 174 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:28,740 It's like I think it's called a cable cast on. Yep. Yes. And you could do that mid project, too. 175 00:12:28,740 --> 00:12:32,740 Yes, you can. But it's a little bit trickier. 176 00:12:32,740 --> 00:12:36,740 I was trying to look at it because I usually use the long tail or the German long tail. 177 00:12:36,740 --> 00:12:41,740 I do use that one. But I was like, I know there's another one that I've used multiple times and I couldn't remember what it was. 178 00:12:41,740 --> 00:12:46,740 And it is the cable cast on. And I always have to look up how to do it because I always forget how to do it. 179 00:12:46,740 --> 00:12:54,740 But it does make a very nice, neat edge. Yeah, like it really does. And I forget it's it's not stretchy, though. 180 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:57,740 No, it is not. You don't use that one for. 181 00:12:57,740 --> 00:13:04,740 But I have seen people recommend it for like armpits for sweaters. 182 00:13:04,740 --> 00:13:07,740 Yeah. Well, it gives you a neat. It does give you a neater edge. 183 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:11,740 So and there's less of a hole to fix. Yeah. 184 00:13:11,740 --> 00:13:15,740 But at the same token, it is not stretch. Yeah. So if you don't. 185 00:13:15,740 --> 00:13:22,740 So if it doesn't have any give, if you have any kind of issue with your better not have a tight arm hole. 186 00:13:22,740 --> 00:13:30,740 I need stretchy arm holes. Yeah. So but those are really good for if you're making someone that needs structure. 187 00:13:30,740 --> 00:13:37,740 Like if you're making like, you know, I don't know, a dishcloth. I don't know. I'm trying to think of things that are like more stiff. 188 00:13:37,740 --> 00:13:42,740 A bag. A bag. Yeah. If it has a flat edge. Yeah. 189 00:13:42,740 --> 00:13:47,740 Honestly, if you're doing a shawl or something and you want a clean edge, it looks nice on those because you don't really. 190 00:13:47,740 --> 00:13:55,740 It does need a stretch for that. I think one of my my favorites cast ons that I have learned how to do, 191 00:13:55,740 --> 00:14:04,740 but I don't use enough is Judy's magic cast on. Have you guys done that? Yes. It's like so perfect. 192 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:11,740 I just want to know where all these ladies came from and why they couldn't give it a name rather than name it after themselves. 193 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:17,740 Because there's cast offs too that have like there's Jenny's, you know, and they're all like random lady names. 194 00:14:17,740 --> 00:14:24,740 I like Jenny's cast off flat, flat out. If I ever, which I won't. But if I ever make a cast on. 195 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:32,740 It's going to be Meg's. Oh, hell yeah. Hell yeah. I will keep my name. Yes. 100%. I mean, why not? 196 00:14:32,740 --> 00:14:39,740 You're doing all the work. You know what, Judy? Shout out to Judy. Good job, Judy. Good job. 197 00:14:39,740 --> 00:14:48,740 But it is such a good cast on. Like you don't see the cast on and it's just seamless. It is. I've never done it. 198 00:14:48,740 --> 00:14:58,740 It's like it's like the knitting has just begun. Yeah. No, no, no breaks. Just it's amazing. 199 00:14:58,740 --> 00:15:04,740 I feel the same way about tubular cast on. I don't know if you've ever done tubular, but it does. 200 00:15:04,740 --> 00:15:10,740 It does. It makes this cute like rolled edge. Yeah. And it also is like where the hell did this just cast on? 201 00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:17,740 It doesn't have it's gone. Like there's no it's just a continuous kind of roll, which is really pretty on garments. 202 00:15:17,740 --> 00:15:23,740 I have seen it, but I have not done a tubular myself. It is a pain in the butt though. 203 00:15:23,740 --> 00:15:32,740 Yeah, I have looked it up and I and at the time when I was considering using a tubular cast on, I decided not to. 204 00:15:32,740 --> 00:15:39,740 Yeah, there's one tutorial, only one that does that tutorial well. 205 00:15:39,740 --> 00:15:47,740 And I don't know if it's because she uses a nice solid background against yellow yarn, so it's very easy to see what she's doing. 206 00:15:47,740 --> 00:15:56,740 But I also feel that she explains it in a way that makes a lot of sense. 207 00:15:56,740 --> 00:15:59,740 It's from YouTube user TenRoseAday. 208 00:15:59,740 --> 00:16:09,740 And you'll know it if you see a teal background with yellow yarn, because it's really, really distinct. 209 00:16:09,740 --> 00:16:16,740 Not only does she do a really good explanation in the beginning, it's not like a beginning episode where she's like, oh my God, I got this and we're going to learn this. 210 00:16:16,740 --> 00:16:24,740 Like she actually does right into a technical explanation of what it's for. I love tutorial videos that just get right to the point. 211 00:16:24,740 --> 00:16:32,740 You don't want to stare at a pair of hands like moving around for like five minutes before they finally get to picking up the yarn and doing it. 212 00:16:32,740 --> 00:16:34,740 It drives me crazy. 213 00:16:34,740 --> 00:16:43,740 The video starts on her and she's explaining why you would use it and the purpose of it, like why it's a better use for certain projects. 214 00:16:43,740 --> 00:16:48,740 And then the tutorial she does, not only does she do it, but she repeats it. 215 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:52,740 So like she'll do a step, she'll repeat it like four or five times and then she moves on. 216 00:16:52,740 --> 00:16:57,740 So it's not like one of those things where you have to keep rewinding to see what she did. 217 00:16:57,740 --> 00:17:00,740 So I just really enjoy that. 218 00:17:00,740 --> 00:17:09,740 I used the tubular cast on for my Oldenburg sweater and it came out really well. 219 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:18,740 So that's the teal one. On the collar. I did it. I gave up on the bottom. 220 00:17:18,740 --> 00:17:23,740 On the cow. Actually, no, I didn't get it. I did. I cast off tubular as well, but it came out. 221 00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:27,740 I missed so many stitches. I messed up so bad. 222 00:17:27,740 --> 00:17:33,740 And there's a bunch of like knots of me just holding yarn together. 223 00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:35,740 I respect that. 224 00:17:35,740 --> 00:17:46,740 But yeah, no, tubular is definitely more complicated, but has definitely has its place if you want a certain type of look for your cast on. 225 00:17:46,740 --> 00:17:51,740 I like my crochet cast on. It's either a chain or magic circle. 226 00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:56,740 I prefer the magic circle if I'm working in the round instead of doing a chain and then joining it. 227 00:17:56,740 --> 00:18:00,740 I prefer the magic circle. But what is the benefit to the magic circle? 228 00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:07,740 For me, it is easy because the way you do it, you can pull it tight so there's no hole in the middle. 229 00:18:07,740 --> 00:18:10,740 So it works great for my little stuffed creatures. 230 00:18:10,740 --> 00:18:22,740 If I'm doing something that needs like, like you want that like hole in the middle, sometimes doing the chain cast on and then joining it is better because you can kind of force that to be there. 231 00:18:22,740 --> 00:18:29,740 But if you don't want that, if you do the magic circle and you pull it, it like closes up completely. 232 00:18:29,740 --> 00:18:31,740 And it's fun. It's like magic. 233 00:18:31,740 --> 00:18:37,740 Every time I do a chain, I it always comes out so loose. My tension is horrible. 234 00:18:37,740 --> 00:18:46,740 Oh, mine's horrible because they're like, OK, cast on 30 stitches and it should be like 24 inches and I cast on 30 stitches and it's like the length of my finger. 235 00:18:46,740 --> 00:18:49,740 And I'm like, I really need to loosen my tension here. 236 00:18:49,740 --> 00:18:54,740 I'm kind of like, yeah, meanwhile, mine is 300 feet long and out the door. 237 00:18:54,740 --> 00:18:56,740 How often do you crochet? 238 00:18:56,740 --> 00:19:02,740 Well, I actually I've been doing it more often with my youngest daughter. 239 00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:08,740 Is she for some reason thinks I can teach her how to crochet? I have I keep telling her you need to ask Dragon Jess. 240 00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:12,740 I cannot help you. I just wing it, man. 241 00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:17,740 Well, that's kind of what I'm doing. I'm going like, it kind of looks like this. 242 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:19,740 Yeah, this looks right. 243 00:19:19,740 --> 00:19:21,740 It's all good. 244 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:26,740 Oh, God. What pattern was that? It was the one that we sent you that we were doing. 245 00:19:26,740 --> 00:19:32,740 And it's the only crochet pattern that I have ever done because I do not crochet. 246 00:19:32,740 --> 00:19:33,740 Oh, the granny square. 247 00:19:33,740 --> 00:19:36,740 It was a granny square. I think it was called Ann's Puff Square. 248 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:40,740 Yes. There is an amazing tutorial for that on YouTube. 249 00:19:40,740 --> 00:19:46,740 So that and if I can follow it, she can follow it. OK, because I don't crochet at all. 250 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:48,740 And it teaches you a lot of different stitches. 251 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:56,740 It really does. It's like the half crochet, the single, the double, the triple. 252 00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:58,740 It definitely does the double. It does the puff stitch. 253 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:02,740 Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of different techniques in that one square, which is why I really liked it. 254 00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:08,740 But I thought the tutorial was actually really, really good, really helpful. 255 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:12,740 Tina, I know you do a lot of brioche. Yes, ma'am. 256 00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:16,740 Have you done the Italian cast on? 257 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:20,740 Thanks. So fun. The tubular cast on. 258 00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:28,740 It is the Italian cast on. They are one in the same. No. Yes, they are. Are they? 259 00:20:28,740 --> 00:20:33,740 Are they? Yep. I could I could be wrong. 260 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:37,740 I read something that they were the same thing. 261 00:20:37,740 --> 00:20:43,740 No. Yeah. Long tail tubular, also known as Italian. 262 00:20:43,740 --> 00:20:47,740 I'm not incorrect. It's from the same lady. She taught me that. 263 00:20:47,740 --> 00:20:51,740 They do that. Like, I know German cast on has another name. 264 00:20:51,740 --> 00:20:55,740 And it's like, oh, yeah, I know this and this. And they're like, they're the same thing. Yeah, yeah. 265 00:20:55,740 --> 00:20:59,740 That just like blew my mind. Do you know what I think it is? 266 00:20:59,740 --> 00:21:03,740 I watched a different video and they called it an Italian cast on. 267 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:09,740 Well, they called it an Italian cast on, but it also looked different from how I remember seeing 268 00:21:09,740 --> 00:21:17,740 the tubular cast on. I wonder if it's just based on like because there's a couple different ways you could do tubular. 269 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:20,740 So maybe that's why. But it's the same effect. 270 00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:24,740 So maybe that's why. Maybe Italian is one of those few ways, but it can. 271 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:29,740 It's essentially tubular and it makes that lack of edge. Yeah. 272 00:21:29,740 --> 00:21:33,740 Yeah. It gives you an invisible cast on edge. 273 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:36,740 This is this is like when people say to me, but have you tried Greek knitting? 274 00:21:36,740 --> 00:21:39,740 And I'm like, it is Portuguese. We are we are doing the same thing. 275 00:21:39,740 --> 00:21:43,740 We are doing the same thing. It is called the same thing. 276 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:49,740 I don't know why Portuguese ended up being the word, but like Greek knitting and same thing. 277 00:21:49,740 --> 00:21:55,740 Same exact. At least as far as Greek people don't take me out, I just as least as far as I know, 278 00:21:55,740 --> 00:22:01,740 when I have talked to other people who are doing Greek and they shown it to me, it is the exact same style 279 00:22:01,740 --> 00:22:07,740 of throwing it on your neck and taking the tension from up top rather than on your down below. 280 00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:10,740 So I could be wrong with Greek people want to take me down. 281 00:22:10,740 --> 00:22:18,740 Like, feel free to take me down. I also think it depends on who you're talking to for for how you're how you're calling it. 282 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:21,740 But that literally just like blew my mind. 283 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:29,740 Because I'm not going to lie, like before we started recording here, like I was at home. 284 00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:34,740 I got home a little bit early because I had an appointment 285 00:22:34,740 --> 00:22:41,740 and I was looking at the video for the Italian cast on by the artist. 286 00:22:41,740 --> 00:22:48,740 And I'm sitting there and I'm like, oh, this is like and I was trying it out for myself and I was like, oh, this is like this is so easy. 287 00:22:48,740 --> 00:22:52,740 Like I said, tubular can be done a couple of slightly different ways. 288 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:56,740 And maybe that slightly different way worked for you. Maybe. Yeah. 289 00:22:56,740 --> 00:23:03,740 I'm just wondering, I am curious now because she, the person that I watched, called it is also known as Italian. 290 00:23:03,740 --> 00:23:07,740 So I'm wondering if she's doing it the way that you like. 291 00:23:07,740 --> 00:23:11,740 I don't know. Maybe I'll have to look. We'll have to find out. 292 00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:21,740 Tune in next time. But I was going to say if it's not a cast on that you're using for your brioche, I would probably recommend it. 293 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:25,740 Really? Yeah. That's not how I cast on for brioche. 294 00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:27,740 Why would you recommend it for brioche? 295 00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:33,740 Because you don't see that that edge, especially like if you're doing two color. 296 00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:37,740 You don't see that. Oh, I see. It gives it a no none of this. 297 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:41,740 Well, sometimes you want the solid color edge. 298 00:23:41,740 --> 00:23:46,740 But I could see I see what you mean. If you want it to look like there is no solid color edge. Yeah. 299 00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:48,740 I could see. Yeah, that would make sense. Yeah. 300 00:23:48,740 --> 00:23:55,740 Like I think that that is something that I would consider using moving forward for two color brioche. 301 00:23:55,740 --> 00:24:00,740 But in my head, I'm going like if you're setting it up because there's a setup with brioche, right? 302 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:05,740 You have to do one or two. It's passing me. I haven't done brioche in a hot minute. 303 00:24:05,740 --> 00:24:09,740 But you have to do a setup round or two. I can't remember if it's one or two. 304 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:15,740 And then after you do that, then you're set up to go for actually. No, it's I usually cast on. 305 00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:19,740 That's why I'm thinking it's two. I cast on. I do the setup row. 306 00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:24,740 And then I'm doing the actual brioche piece of it. Yeah. 307 00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:27,740 But in my head, I'm going like with tubular. 308 00:24:27,740 --> 00:24:33,740 I don't know how that would work because you would do the cast on that's tubular. 309 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:35,740 You'd still have to do the setup row, though. 310 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:40,740 And that setup row is typically what is that solid border that you're seeing. 311 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:46,740 Now, now I want to mess with a swatch. And no, I just knew she was going to vomit. 312 00:24:46,740 --> 00:24:50,740 Did you did you test the brioche part or no? 313 00:24:50,740 --> 00:24:54,740 I only had one color, so I have to see how that would look with two colors. 314 00:24:54,740 --> 00:24:59,740 But I think I think it's something that I would be willing to try for my next brioche 315 00:24:59,740 --> 00:25:04,740 because I've got a brioche pattern that I want to do coming up. 316 00:25:04,740 --> 00:25:09,740 That's two colored, so I'd be interested to see how it would look with a different cast on. 317 00:25:09,740 --> 00:25:12,740 Yeah, now now I'm like because I have that high viscowel pattern I made. 318 00:25:12,740 --> 00:25:17,740 I want to see if I try it on that because it does have the I like the edge on that. 319 00:25:17,740 --> 00:25:19,740 It kind of makes it a nice little pretty picture. 320 00:25:19,740 --> 00:25:30,740 But I'd be interested to see that seamless to you haven't said you haven't said anything about cast ons for specific projects. 321 00:25:30,740 --> 00:25:34,740 Like we've mentioned it briefly, but you could talk about like 322 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:37,740 if you're doing a hat, it should always be something like this. 323 00:25:37,740 --> 00:25:41,740 Or if you're doing a blanket, it should whatever something like that. 324 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:45,740 I know that for hats, I do prefer doing the long tail cast on. 325 00:25:45,740 --> 00:25:54,740 And that's only because I know that with the long tail cast on, you get the cast on and your first row. 326 00:25:54,740 --> 00:26:03,740 So it makes it a lot easier to see whether or not your stitches are twisted. 327 00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:07,740 That's literally the worst part about knitting anything in the round. 328 00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:11,740 I know anything, especially something that has a ton of stitches. 329 00:26:11,740 --> 00:26:14,740 You get like halfway through and you're like, I'm knitting a Mobius strip. 330 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:19,740 Let me just yank that all out and start over again. 331 00:26:19,740 --> 00:26:25,740 I question my decisions because I totally still want to knit this project now that I did that. 332 00:26:25,740 --> 00:26:29,740 You're sitting there thinking, can I like attach it and just keep going? 333 00:26:29,740 --> 00:26:34,740 There is a way that you can. It involves staking. 334 00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:38,740 You can't stick it and twist it. Why go that far? 335 00:26:38,740 --> 00:26:42,740 Just undo it, man. Unless you went the whole way, not realizing it. 336 00:26:42,740 --> 00:26:46,740 I don't see a reason to stick. I agree. I 100 percent agree. 337 00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:47,740 But I'm not going to lie. 338 00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:53,740 There have been a fair number of hats that I have cast on that were definitely twisted. 339 00:26:53,740 --> 00:26:57,740 And then I get to the end of the row on like the second row or something. 340 00:26:57,740 --> 00:27:00,740 And I just like untwist it. 341 00:27:00,740 --> 00:27:05,740 Yeah. But then there's like that little that little swoop. 342 00:27:05,740 --> 00:27:07,740 There's that dip. Yeah. 343 00:27:07,740 --> 00:27:10,740 There's that divot. It's a feature. Yeah, it's a feature. 344 00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:14,740 But if you're at that point, you can pull it down. You know that, right? 345 00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:18,740 Like you could pull down to the cast on at that one point and redo it. 346 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:21,740 I will not do that. OK, I'm just saying. 347 00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:26,740 Round two. It's called a divot cast on and divot. 348 00:27:26,740 --> 00:27:31,740 It's called Dreya's Divot Cast on. OK, we're using names. 349 00:27:31,740 --> 00:27:35,740 Dreya, you claimed it. Congratulations. 350 00:27:35,740 --> 00:27:39,740 It's a design feature. 351 00:27:39,740 --> 00:27:43,740 You know, you could hide it with a tag, a well placed. 352 00:27:43,740 --> 00:27:45,740 I will not do that either. 353 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:48,740 That is exactly where you put the tag. 354 00:27:48,740 --> 00:27:54,740 Side note to anyone, if you are making items and someone has put a tag on something, 355 00:27:54,740 --> 00:27:58,740 most likely that is where there's the mistake. 356 00:27:58,740 --> 00:28:02,740 So are someone who has done that. 357 00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:05,740 Me and intellectual. 358 00:28:05,740 --> 00:28:10,740 You could call it laziness or you could call it ingenuity. 359 00:28:10,740 --> 00:28:14,740 I'm going to go with the second one. 360 00:28:14,740 --> 00:28:19,740 I don't know. I just like the pro. Yeah, I'm not going to do that. 361 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,740 Never know thyself. 362 00:28:21,740 --> 00:28:24,740 I do know myself. 363 00:28:24,740 --> 00:28:27,740 OK, there is one more that we haven't talked about, unless this is cable. 364 00:28:27,740 --> 00:28:29,740 It might be cable. It's looking like cable. 365 00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:32,740 The crochet cast on for knitting. 366 00:28:32,740 --> 00:28:34,740 That is cable, correct? 367 00:28:34,740 --> 00:28:36,740 No, you just talked about casting on. 368 00:28:36,740 --> 00:28:38,740 Are you talking about the provisional cast on? 369 00:28:38,740 --> 00:28:40,740 Oh, the provisional. That's also different. 370 00:28:40,740 --> 00:28:42,740 No, provisional is different. 371 00:28:42,740 --> 00:28:45,740 You can use a crochet hook for provisional. 372 00:28:45,740 --> 00:28:52,740 So I feel I want to say the crochet cast on has a similar look to cable, 373 00:28:52,740 --> 00:28:55,740 but it's a different method. 374 00:28:55,740 --> 00:28:57,740 Yeah, I'm looking. 375 00:28:57,740 --> 00:29:00,740 That's kind of the photos that it looks like. 376 00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:06,740 It looks like it looks very similar, but the way they do it is different. 377 00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:10,740 Well, if you also know how to if you're ambidextrous with your crafts, 378 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:14,740 then you could probably use the crochet cast on as well. 379 00:29:14,740 --> 00:29:19,740 Or if you're crochet getting into knitting, it's probably going to come very naturally to you to do that one. 380 00:29:19,740 --> 00:29:23,740 I haven't I haven't done it, but I had a pattern that called for it. 381 00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:25,740 I did cable instead. 382 00:29:25,740 --> 00:29:29,740 Like I said, I want to say because it does look similar. 383 00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:35,740 But I do I do think it's like it's the manner of how they get it done is different, 384 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,740 but it gives you a very similar look. 385 00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:40,740 I straight up looked at it and I was like, I can just do that with cable. 386 00:29:40,740 --> 00:29:41,740 I'm just going to do that. 387 00:29:41,740 --> 00:29:48,740 But I think that's a really important thing to note is that a lot of times you don't need to live 388 00:29:48,740 --> 00:29:51,740 and die by the exact cast on in the pattern. 389 00:29:51,740 --> 00:29:54,740 And maybe that sounds like blasphemy. 390 00:29:54,740 --> 00:30:00,740 But I think you could look up like two if you're looking if something looks like, oh, God, I don't want to do that. 391 00:30:00,740 --> 00:30:03,740 You could be like, hey, what is similar to this? 392 00:30:03,740 --> 00:30:04,740 And you'll probably get right. 393 00:30:04,740 --> 00:30:08,740 Well, I think the only thing you really need to be mindful of is is what the end product is going to be like. 394 00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:10,740 Yeah. Do you need it to be stretchy? 395 00:30:10,740 --> 00:30:11,740 Do you need it to be stiff? 396 00:30:11,740 --> 00:30:15,740 Like, what is the intended goal? 397 00:30:15,740 --> 00:30:24,740 And if there really is no real like it doesn't really matter, then you can throw whatever cast on you want. 398 00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:28,740 I know there's lots of jokes about like, oh, you know, we're not doing our grandmother's knitting anymore. 399 00:30:28,740 --> 00:30:31,740 But guys, most of our grandmothers did one cast on. 400 00:30:31,740 --> 00:30:38,740 Yeah. For all the projects that they did backwards loop, man, backwards loop or maybe long tail. 401 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:40,740 But that's the thing. They didn't do a lot of fancy cast ons. 402 00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:45,740 And it's great that we have them. But they definitely got the job done. Right. 403 00:30:45,740 --> 00:30:48,740 Exactly. That's and that's the thing. 404 00:30:48,740 --> 00:30:55,740 It's like if you're somebody that doesn't want to do a whole bunch of different fancy cast ons, that's fine. 405 00:30:55,740 --> 00:31:05,740 You know, just make sure that the intended the either look, the fabric or the appearance is going to be what you're actually looking for. 406 00:31:05,740 --> 00:31:08,740 I like patterns that say this is the cast on I use. 407 00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:13,740 But just you can also use any stretchy or you can use any stiff or whatever. 408 00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:15,740 Like it tells you like whatever you're comfortable with. 409 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:18,740 Just it needs to have this kind of effect. Right. 410 00:31:18,740 --> 00:31:21,740 Because then you know what they're trying to go for. Right. 411 00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:28,740 And a lot of times, especially if you're really excited to do a project, I don't know, 412 00:31:28,740 --> 00:31:33,740 figuring out a new cast on kind of harsh as your vibe and you're not as excited about the project when you've spent, 413 00:31:33,740 --> 00:31:36,740 you know, half an hour trying to fiddle with a new cast on. 414 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:43,740 So which is why I think that I always stick with the old reliable until cast on. 415 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:45,740 Yeah, I'm not going to lie. 416 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:48,740 Ninety percent of the time, I don't even look at what the cast on is. 417 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:52,740 I just throw in long tail and call it good. 418 00:31:52,740 --> 00:31:56,740 The stitches on the needle. Good. Yeah. Fantastic. That's all I care about. 419 00:31:56,740 --> 00:31:58,740 Yeah, I'm awful because it's not long tail. 420 00:31:58,740 --> 00:32:05,740 I'm like, what's that stretchy one I used again? Like I know I've done it eight thousand times, but how do I do that again? 421 00:32:05,740 --> 00:32:09,740 Yeah. Provisional is also something that's important, though. 422 00:32:09,740 --> 00:32:12,740 I think that's a that is a cast on. I don't think you can swap out. 423 00:32:12,740 --> 00:32:15,740 No, like if you're going to graft something. Yeah. Yeah. 424 00:32:15,740 --> 00:32:17,740 It's going to make it really hard. Yeah. 425 00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:22,740 I had to do a provisional for the Adventures sweater. Yeah. That I did. 426 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:28,740 And let me tell you, I was so scared to pull that live. 427 00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:31,740 Yeah. Stitches on that needle. Yeah. 428 00:32:31,740 --> 00:32:36,740 I was so scared when I when I was doing I do not like it because I am. 429 00:32:36,740 --> 00:32:41,740 I'm like, oh, God, what if I lose one? 430 00:32:41,740 --> 00:32:43,740 Especially because you get up again. 431 00:32:43,740 --> 00:32:48,740 Well, especially because you put in like so much effort in putting. 432 00:32:48,740 --> 00:32:52,740 I mean, at least for my sweater, I had to do a decent amount. 433 00:32:52,740 --> 00:32:58,740 Yeah. Before you pull out, we pull out the provisional cast on and. 434 00:32:58,740 --> 00:33:01,740 It was not a fun time. It's intimidating. It's intimidating. 435 00:33:01,740 --> 00:33:05,740 It was really intimidating to do that. I get so scared every time I have to do it. 436 00:33:05,740 --> 00:33:08,740 That is my least favorite cast on. 437 00:33:08,740 --> 00:33:12,740 But for the design that you were dealing with, I. Necessary. Yeah. 438 00:33:12,740 --> 00:33:15,740 I don't know of another way that you would do that. No. 439 00:33:15,740 --> 00:33:19,740 I have seen people do like a regular cast on and they're like, I'm going to pick this up. 440 00:33:19,740 --> 00:33:21,740 And it does not look the same. Number one. 441 00:33:21,740 --> 00:33:26,740 But the other thing, too, is it's way more work for yourself. 442 00:33:26,740 --> 00:33:29,740 Trying to light. Yeah. Yeah. 443 00:33:29,740 --> 00:33:33,740 Way, way, way more work to it. 444 00:33:33,740 --> 00:33:36,740 It does not look the same. No, it does not. Not even close. 445 00:33:36,740 --> 00:33:39,740 Even if you pick it up and you're really good at picking up stitches, it doesn't look. 446 00:33:39,740 --> 00:33:43,740 You kind of get a seam or something. Yeah, it does. It looks very seamy. 447 00:33:43,740 --> 00:33:47,740 Right. I will definitely take the adrenaline crash when I'm done. 448 00:33:47,740 --> 00:33:51,740 It is high stakes for me. 449 00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:55,740 I do not like. I'll do it. 450 00:33:55,740 --> 00:33:59,740 I like it. I will not enjoy it. 451 00:33:59,740 --> 00:34:03,740 That's all the time we have for this week's topic. 452 00:34:03,740 --> 00:34:06,740 For additional content and opportunities to connect with the cast, 453 00:34:06,740 --> 00:34:09,740 check out our website at PardonMyStache.com. 454 00:34:09,740 --> 00:34:15,740 Be sure to tune in next week for more laughs, love and llamas at Pardon My Stache.