The Applied I-cord

Hi! I'm Carolyn Bloom, the designer behind Bloom Handmade Studio. Welcome to my podcast! PRIMARY CONTACT INFORMATION Email: [email protected] Instagram:   / bloomhandmadestudio   YOU CAN ALSO FIND ME ON Facebook:   / bloomhandmadestudio   Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/car... (I'm there... but not often. Better to email me or DM me on Instagram.) Designs, samples and images can be purchased on my website here: https://bloomhandmadestudio.com. Thank you for stopping by my podcast! I hope you enjoy the episode! This video is a comprehensive overview of how I apply an icord to my knitted pieces in order to hide my ends - and make the knits look polished and pretty! To follow along with this tutorial, you will need the following materials: a knitted swatch two circular needles - one in the same size in which you knitted your swatch, the other one size smaller. For example, I knit my swatch in a US6 so I had that and a US5. (Any length of cord is fine. I used 24" circulars.) two pieces of waste yarn - one ~20" long for the provisional cast on, the other the same distance as the perimeter of your swatch x 1.5. (e.g. if the perimeter of your swatch is 40", then you'll need about 60" to pick up stitches) a darning needle a crochet hook about the same diameter as your knitting needles. For example, I used an F hook for my provisional cast on.) scissors I cover many techniques in this tutorial, including: picking up stitches along the bind off, cast on and selvage edges provisional cast on applied i-cord in one color applied i-cord in two colors working corner with an i-cord kitchener stitch I moved at a pace that I hope will be useful for as many people as possible. If you get the gist quickly, here are timestamps at the different "chapters" so you can move ahead. 8:25 - getting started at the bound off edge 11:32 - provisionally casting on 15:28 - applying the icord in one color 20:54 - applying the i-cord to the selvage edge with two colors 28:50 - applying the i-cord to the cast on edge 34:40 - unpicking your provisional cast on 38:00 - closing your i-cord with the kitchener stitch 41:00 - weaving in your ends into your i-cord "tube"