Beautiful rib cast on

 

I’ve been using Susan Guagliumi’s nifty cast on for rib for my projects.  I love this cast on because it lies perfectly flat, no flare, but is still stretchy. Can’t believe I didn’t know or use this before. This would work with any machine that uses a ribber, but you will need to also consult your manual.

How to:   

*Use the manual’s cast on with waste yarn, insert rib comb, add barrel weights as needed for your project. Knit about 1”.  (Tension doesn’t matter so much here but I used a tighter tension because my waste yarn was thinner than my main yarn. )

*Change to circular and k the last 2 rows with ravel cord. 

*Snip waste yarn and ravel cord. (It’s ok if you forget to switch to ravel cord, but it’s harder to remove the waste yarn at the end if you don’t use ravel cord.)

* With main yarn, do the manual’s cast on again using the recommended tension and knit the number of rows you want for your rib.

*When you are ready, remove waste yarn and ravel cord.

Thanks to Susan for this easy – to – remember rib cast on.  So smart and beautiful.