How To Knit: I-Cord Cast On | Brooklyn Tweed

This Brooklyn Tweed knitting tutorial will teach you to work the I-Cord Cast On, a decorative cast on which creates a lovely piped trim effect along the edge of your knitting. Use the I-Cord Cast On to cast on for any project to add a bit of extra polish.
Steps:
1. Cast on 3 stitches using a Long-Tail Cast On.
2. *Slip stitches to left needle, with working yarn in back. Keeping the first stitch firm but not tight for each row, knit the first stitch front and back, knit 2.
3. Repeat from * until there are 2 more stitches than the required number of cast on stitches on the right needle.
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[@vestigeknit]

This technique was confusing to me but the explanation at the beginning really helped me understand better. Great video!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful!

[@hwilli09]

Instructions are pretty clear. Only complaint would be to use a different color yarn that stands out more or close up more as it was a bit hard to see.

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Good idea! We'll keep that in mind for future videos, thanks!

[@klush547]

Agree, good instructions! Also, a heavier weight yarn would also be easier to see.
Thanks for the great videos.

[@kinggeorge371]

clear instructions, thanks!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

You're very welcome! Happy knitting!

[@petronella9855]

Great, thank you. 👍

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

You're very welcome! It adds such a nice detail to your knitting!

[@kathleenlush7195]

It looks like it doesn't curl? And how stretchy is it?

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Hello! This cast on is great for keeping edges from curling! It's not particularly stretchy, so better suited for sweater hems & wider necklines rather than small circumferences like hats or socks.

[@andreamiller6200]

Lovely! Can you say a word about the gauge of I-Cord compared to the gauge of the stitch above it? Garter is wider than stockinette, and clearly wider than ribbing. How would you account for that in deciding how much I-Cord to work to prevent the edging from puckering or splaying, depending on what will be worked above it?

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Great question, Andrea! Since your I-cord stitches are sideways and stockinette is taller than garter stitch, it should balance out - if you swatch and find that your knitted fabric is working up wider than the cast-on, you could cast on extra stitches for the I-cord and then work a decrease row as you begin your knitted fabric.
For the Byssa pattern that we show at the end of the video, we have the I-cord cast on going into a 1x2 twisted rib with no reduction in stitch count.
Happy knitting!

[@winningnumbers]

Is it possible to do the I-cord all around, like bottom, sides and then to top (finishing). Please show how. Hope you see what I mean. Knitting I-cord all around the project as you work on the project all in one go. Thanks

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Hi Fernando! Here's a video I found on working I-cord up the sides of your work - you can combine this with an I-cord cast on and bind off to cover all 4 sides: th-cam.com/video/9lVisnXB4_8/w-d-xo.html Happy knitting!

[@winningnumbers]

@@BrooklynTweed_Official thank you. I'd love to see a video of it all being done in one go. I am a very visual learner.