# Knitting Question--Long Tail Cast On **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-question-long-tail-cast-on/401995 "2007-04-28T21:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-question-long-tail-cast-on/401995/1 "2007-04-28T21:45:48Z")
I am making [this](http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/PATTfrill.html). I know two whole ways to cast on–the one they teach kids (you know the one I mean) and another one that essentially involves knitting but putting the loop back on the first needle. Anyway. This is meant to be a birthday present for a friend of mine, on nice yarn, so I want it to come out right. So I made a sample of the first part of the pattern, and found that the bottom of the dropped stitch part was just…too big, and I decided that there was a reason the pattern specified a long tail cast on, and I’d better learn it. Which is what I’m doing now. I found a lovely video at [knittinghelp.com](http://knittinghelp.com) and cast on and started off on a new sample. So, um, I’ve got this tail hanging off. Normally I would just weave it in, since it’s connected to a slipknot and I know it’s not going anywhere, but this is…strange and foreign to me. The end I have doesn’t seem like it’s going to come loose any time soon, and if I were making this for myself I’d weave it in and see what happened, but like I said, I want this to come out right. Do I just weave it in? It won’t pull out and unravel or anything, will it? ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-question-long-tail-cast-on/401995/2 "2007-04-28T21:50:21Z")
[QUOTE=Bren\_Cameron] So, um, I’ve got this tail hanging off. Normally I would just weave it in, since it’s connected to a slipknot and I know it’s not going anywhere, but this is…strange and foreign to me. The end I have doesn’t seem like it’s going to come loose any time soon, and if I were making this for myself I’d weave it in and see what happened, but like I said, I want this to come out right. Do I just weave it in? It won’t pull out and unravel or anything, will it? [/QUOTE] Yup, you just weave it in. It won’t unravel if your weaving-in is secure. 😛 Easy-peasy. I made that pattern in pink for a breast cancer fund-raising auction a couple of years ago. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-question-long-tail-cast-on/401995/3 "2007-04-28T21:52:41Z")
Yep, just weave it in. I did a Channel Island cast-on for a shell I made, and it is a version of a long tail cast-on. It took me a bit of experimenting and noodling out the instructions, but I got it. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-question-long-tail-cast-on/401995/4 "2007-04-28T21:57:34Z")
A tip: if you are using bulky, multi-ply yarn you can unply it and weave in each ply separately in a different direction so you don’t end up with obvious bumps. ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-question-long-tail-cast-on/401995/5 "2007-04-28T22:01:04Z")
Yay! Thank you, thank you!