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havocthecat ([personal profile] havocthecat) wrote in [community profile] knitting2012-02-09 07:20 am
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No matter how badly you knit, I bet it's better than this dude.

Knitting 101 by Dan, and linked to by Shadow Manor blog and The AntiCraft. (Link is to a blog with an embedded YouTube video.)

"It's okay to pull real hard, because it's yarn, and yarn can't feel pain."

ETA: I had thought the video was by someone affiliated with The AntiCraft; I think now that they just linked to him. I've changed the post to reflect this.
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[personal profile] pensnest 2012-02-09 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I found myself watching his 'cast on' and wondering if, well, that could work... Now I'm going to have to try it and see what happens! Gah!
pinesandmaples: A blue and red cross on a brown background, all made of yarn. Based on a mitered square. (knitting: square)

[personal profile] pinesandmaples 2012-02-09 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.
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[personal profile] jackandahat 2012-02-10 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
The one PinesAndMaples linked isn't actually the same as what he does in the video - the wrap cast on linked does work perfectly well (I used it for years because no-one taught me any better until I started looking online!), but it involves a twist, what he does is literally just wrapping it around.

However, that's not to say you couldn't make it work, just that it's different to what's being linked.
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