Cat Bordhi - Part 2: wrapping & turning, concealing wraps

[hiyacynthia]

When you are doing short rows in the round. First wrap stitch is on the stockinette side, and turn, and second wrap on the back side. Turn back, now stockinette side. How are two wraps picked up on the stockinette side? I see a bigger hole on the stitch wrapped on the wrong side.. Thanks!

[hiyacynthia]

When you are doing short rows in the round. First wrap stitch is on the stockinette side, and turn, and second wrap on the back side. Turn back, now stockinette side. How are two wraps picked up on the stockinette side? Thanks!

[codyseandavid]

my mom liked this vid 

[imagoodegg2]

Cat, YOU ROCK!!!  THANK YOU for your kindness in taking the time to share this brilliant technique.

[zoette2]

Thankyou! This method is much better than the badly described (and possibly with errors..) method that was provided with a pattern from Vogue Knitting magazine that I'm trying. I will have a go with your method this week :)

[dotten77]

Thank you so much for posting these videos! I took out my heel 4 times trying to get it right!!!

[ema2two]

Two more questions:

The short row heel patterns I have seen recommend wraping even the last stitch, but you intentionally leave the last stitch unwrapped. Can you comment on the difference this makes?

Do you have a preferred point to bring the stitch count back to it's full compliment, since knitting the last (never wrapped) stitch together with the last wrapped stitch leaves you with 2 fewer stitches at the end of the heel turn (or short row heel?) than you started with.

[ema2two]

I so appreciate your generosity to take the time to make videos to teach techniques so clearly.

Three questions:

For a short row heel where the stitches are added back in one-at-a-time and the stitches after the first concealed wrap are wrapped twice, do you do anything different? Can you pull both wraps over the stitch in one move, or do they need to be moved in two steps? If so, which order should they sit on the needle?

[sassyjuggernaut]

Thank you for this method it rocks! I don't knit socks but I knit longies and this is by far the best method I've tried. However, I do still have one problem and I'm wondering if you can help. When I hide the second last wrap, the pattern wants me to keeping going, instead of turning. So my last wrap (the purl wrap), I come to it on the other side.  I cannot figure out how to pick up this wrap from the other side without it becoming a mess. Is there a technique for this?

[catbordhi]

It sounds like you are doing short rows under different circumstances and without seeing what you are up to I cannot give you a good answer, alas.

[labyrinthwomb]

@catbordhi I have the same question. If your were knitting in the round, how would you hide the second set of short rows when you got around to them (knitting the purl wraps, not purling them)?

[s65roses]

Your video demonstrations are priceless! Sometimes I shake my head at your corny stories (HA! Reminds me of how I make little stories about things to help myself remember--my kids just look at ME and shake their heads! LOL). I love it! The wrap & turn series has been a lifesaver. And that yarn you are using--what is it? GORGEOUS!!!!

[catbordhi]

The yarn I am using is discontinued, but I have worked with Lorna's Laces to create a similar yarn, which we've named Cat's Ahah! yarn, because it makes it really easy to se what you are doing and to investigate new knitting techniques.

[picklesoop]

I absolutely adore the stories to help us remember what we're doing. The ladies with their necklaces and hairdos is priceless. Not as much as the technique! Nonetheless. I love it. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[soperp89]

Thank you so much - I had a sock I had almost given up on with traveling with it this weekend. The book I got the pattern from did not explain the technique other than about 2 lines. very frustrating. I think I got it now! I started learning to knit a sock with your "socks soar on circular needles" and I keep going back to that as my guide....

[SimpleandClean95]

THANX SOOOOO MUCH!

[EmeraldQueen206]

I love your video. I have one question though. could it be possible for a knitter who knits in english style be able to do short rows the way you do? Either way you inspired to do more knitting. You make it look simple. =)

[catbordhi]

No matter how you knit, you can do short rows this way. Just give it a try.

[notaspinster]

I'm a little put out. When I first learned wrap and conceal, it was the way you described at the beginning of the video, without lifting.  I thought to my self, "Wouldn't it be better if I lifted it over first?" but then I thought, "I'd better follow these instructions!" ack

[Gladtobemom]

This is soooo great! I just finished off a sock and it's the best looking one I've ever made! Then, I did two short rows at the end of a thumb kirchenered closed, did a rolling repair stitch down the inside of the thumb to reinforce the valley and realized that this is the best set of gloves I've ever made. No holes, strong, smoothe inside and the thumbs actually look like thumbs. Thank you for giving me the courage to follow my Uncle Howard's advice and "Knit the project, not the pattern."

[catbordhi]

Your Uncle Howard is wonderfully insightful - may I quote him? And your attitude is supremely delightful.

[buddahangie]

Thank you so much Cat Bordhi! I have tried and tried short rows and have never succeeded. Last night I watched you video again and was knitting right along with you. It all clicked this time and I finally got the hang of doing short rows! Thanks again Cat!

[catbordhi]

You're welcome - glad you found the video and can now have beautiful short rows anywhere you use them in your knitting.

[Oldlthrnecksgirl]

I just finished knitting my first helmet liner today thanks to your video on knitting on two sets of circular needles. Thank you so much.

[Tabie42]

great technique and even better analogies.

[jergrah82]

I absolutely love your videos! thank you so much! you make them all sooo easy to understand. and I absolutly love that yarn! I want some

[susanreneewa]

You are a goddess.

[Amyco020484]

Wow! You are truly a knitting guru! Thanks so much! It makes perfect sense !

[gefjion]

This makes so much more sense:)

[letterknit]

This is kind of misleading, because don't you have to turn the work after every time you lift a wrap over & knit it together with the stitch? I just messed up another heel.. for at least the 3rd time because I didn't turn the work between lifting the wraps & knitting it together. Frustration!

[catbordhi]

Please watch again -- I think you misunderstand sequence. Each time you wrap a st, you turn, building up sequential sets of wrapped sts on each side. I demo 3 sequential sts being wrapped on each side, turning after each individual wrapping (6 w&t's: a k, then p, k, then p, k, then p). THEN k back to 3 wrapped k sts, conceal each individually. THEN turn. P to 1st wrapped p st. Conceal all 3 same way. Hope this helps!

[ArtemisToo]

When you finish, are you supposed to have the same number of stitches (12, in this case) on the needles that you did to begin with? I'm just doing this kind of knitting for the first time and I'm sooooo confused... Thanks in advance!

[catbordhi]

After completing the heel turn, the 12 sts on this needle are reduced to 10. If you are working from my book, all the numbers and instructions are in there. Enjoy your knitting!

[WNanette]

Super! I love love love your encouragement,

thank you, Cat!

[favorablyimpressed]

These videos are going to be such an asset when I start working with your new book. Thanks.