Cat Bordhi - Part 1: wrapping & turning, concealing wraps

Learn the tricks of wrapping and turning while working a heel turn, and then concealing the wraps in a way that means they are truly and forever concealed! These are the methods used in Cat's latest sock book: NEW PATHWAYS FOR SOCK KNITTERS, Her first sock book, which started the entire 2-circular needle knitting craze in 2001, is SOCKS SOAR ON TWO CIRCULAR NEEDLES.

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• turn
• NEW
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• heel

[CezzaW]

Hi Cat, thanks for the great demo that has really helped.

Can I just ask ...

when you finish the wrapping do you unwrap all the Knit side 1st or do you do a row and unwrap a knit then go back over and do the same on the p side etc...?

cheers

[catbordhi]

This is a shot row heel TURN, not shot row HEEL - so it makes just a quarter sphere, not a half sphere. Thus you "drive to the bottom of the hill" and conceal al the knit wraps, then turn around and purl back to the purl wraps, and "drive to the bottom of that hill", concealing al the purl wraps. It is used in my book, NEW PATHWAYS FOR SOCK KNITTERS, but may not aplly to other patterns - you will have to see.

[hiyacynthia]

Okay, so now about picking up the wrap. If you put wrap over her hair, are you kind of unwrapping? So I wonder what is point of the wrap in the first place?

[catbordhi]

You've got to actually try this to understand how it works.If you do try it, following along and doing as I demonstrate, and still have questions, please feel free to write. The purpose of the wrap is to keep a hole from appearing where you turn around.

[baroglio]

Thanks! I have watched other tutorials but yours is the best! It really helped me. 

[karioca93]

My friend, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but when I finish doing everything you explain so well and put the whole lot together (stitches) ONE side has a gap/hole in it. Can you help me, please??? I thank you in advance!

(Regina)

[s0ccerbo1]

Hi Cat,

All the short row tutorials are on flat pieces and not in the round. When you knit in the round, say K9 and wrap and turn and purl back to the beginning of the round and wrap and turn stitch number one in the round. Now what? You knit and pick up the wrap and knit together with stitch 10, go all the way around and how do you wrap stitch 1 in the round that you had wrapped purlwise in the last row? Thanks for your help

[bikrgran]

On the first purl wrap, you put the yarn in back, slipped, then wrapped to the front. On the second one, you put the yarn in front, slipped & wrapped to the back. Does it matter?

[lisarayone]

I believe you wanted to say-at 5:37- that the yarn should be slipped purlwise and then slipped back after the wrap so as not to change how it was to begin with, right? you did it right, I think it was just that you said it different then you did it. Although it all came out the same if we all were paying close attention. Thanks.

[lisarayone]

I believe you wanted to say-at 5:37- that the yarn should be slipped purlwise and then slipped back after the wrap so as not to change how it was to begin with, right?

[mamanpc1]

thanks, this was very clear so i finally understood what's behind 'wrap and turn'!

[tonisuz]

What if your pattern requires you to pick up the first group of wraps (the ones that you wrapped from the purl side) on the right side of the work -- not the wrong side. These stitches are wrapped in the opposite direction. How you would knit the wraps together with the stitch?

[musicdancelive]

finally i get it! Thank you!

[crpuravida2]

Thank you Cat!!! I hated the way it looked when I picked up my wraps, they always ended in the front!!! This helps so much!! God bless you!!