Slide the bars into the clips, then squeeze the silver handles and grip onto the bottom of the comb, until snug. the bar will need to be VERY snug against the comb for the clip to hold it on, to the point of rolling up the side of the comb a bit, preferably on the side where the clips stick out at the bottom.. Be sure to center the bar.

Hanging your Cast On Comb when not using it

As a general guideline hang 2 ounces of weight for every 25 needles in use to the cast on comb.  This will depend on the different types of yarn.  Make sure you have enough weight so that the fabric sits down in the needle latches after you knit the row, but not so much that the needles won't slide through the loop on the hook easily enough to clear the open latch.

Getting started

1. Pull out number of needles (ndls) needed for your project, latches OPEN.  Place ravel cord in needles or e-wrap, double e-wrap or other closed edge cast on.   This series of pictures is for the ravel cord cast on, which is an OPEN cast on, and will need to be finished some other way, or can be used with WY and either a MY open or closed edge cast on.

2. Hang the COC by centering the 6 " mark at 1-0-1 ndls (the middle of the pulled out ndls), placing the hooks between the ndls and behind the ravel cord or yarn.  Make sure the hooks catch only the ravel cord or yarn and NOT any of the ndls.  You can re-align hooks that may have bent by gently bending them into position.

3. Gently pull the COC down and towards you, grabbing the ravel cord or yarn.  Let the COC drop.  Add additional weights if needed at this time.

4. Push the comb and ravel cord or yarn behind the OPEN latches and put the ndls into Forward Working Position (FWP, use your green cards or credit card latch tool if you have them)

5. Ready to knit!  You may have to pull down gently on the comb on this first row.  Thread up your carriage and glide across the needles with gentle pressure.  The hooks of the COC should not get in the way; they should be below the ndls.

6. As you knit, on small items you may find it necessary to add additional weight to the outside edges of your fabric.  Watch the end stitches (STS) to make sure they are knitting properly.

Rehanging your Cast On Comb

1.     Place weights in your fabric before removing COC so it wonÕt pop off the ndls, in the middle and on the sides if the fabric is wide. Pull the comb up and toward you, pushing down on the fabric and taking care that the fabric remains on the ndls.

2. If the fabric moves away from the bed a little bit, this will make it very simple to rehang the hooks onto the fabric between the ndls, taking care to hook only the fabric and not the ndls.  Make sure your yarn is flowing freely and not hooked by hooks not in use.  Pull down on the fabric a bit and gently knit the first row.

Crochet Cast On

This is my favorite closed edge cast on.

1. Put a slipknot on your latch hook, and place it between the first and second ndl on the left side of the machine, behind the open latches.

2. The yarn will pass over the first ndl.  Hold the latch hook tool against the second ndl and wrap the yarn in the hook, and pull through the slipknot.

3. Do this all the way to the end of your required ndls, and then slip the last loop on your last ndl.  Make certain the yarn tail is in the same channel as your last ndl

4. Hang your cast on comb making certain the yarn tail I s not hooked by a hook not in use for hanging.

5. Tug down and towards you on the comb.  With green cards behind the ndls, push ndls into FWP and make sure all LATCHES ARE OPEN

Double E-Wrap Cast On

Pull out ndls needed for pattern, latches OPEN.   I put a slipknot on the first ndl.  Bring the yarn under the second ndl and over the first ndl and into the latch on the first ndl; hand knit the first ndl.  It helps to weight these loops a bit or put them in FWP as you go or they will pop off. You should have 1 ST on the first needle and a loop of yarn on the second. 

Bring the yarn under the second and third needles and over the third and into the latch on the second ndl.  Knit the second needle by hand.  Continue this way down the bed.  On the last ndl, come under the ndl and over into the latch and hand knit.  Each time the loop or wrap should slide behind the latch before hand knitting the ndl.  Clear as mud?  I hope the picture helps.  This is a tough one until you've done it a time or two.

You can also use the E-Wrap cast on that is described in your Bond instruction Manual or your other favorite method!

If you want another Cast On Comb like this or a longer one, please contact me at

terryd@woodsnwind.com

Happy Knitting!