knitting baby blankets beginner
question about knitting - beginner?
(since my wife doesn't have a Y!Answers account - she's using mine)
No matter what I do, I cannot seem to make my first row look nice. It always turns into a big loopy mess! It doesn’t look tight or match all the other rows (I’m just doing garter stitch for now.) Any advice? I want to do a baby blanket for a friend so I want it to look good 
I really want the cast-on row to be nice and tight like the rest of the rows, any tips?
What could I be doing wrong?
here's a link to a picture of my project, you can see the first row is very loose.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/40355d78017556
Please help! Thanks
Lindsey
hmmm, i wonder how you are casting on, i was taught a couple.
the best i find is to.
make loop, stick first needle through, go through front of loop, wrap wool round and make the 2nd stitch, when you have then two stitches, try going in-between them to then wrap the wool around and make the 3rd stitch. continue to go between the last two stitches to make the new one until you have cast on the number you require.
i find this makes a wonderfully neat and secure cast on row for you to simply start your pattern on the 2nd row in the manner you would have normally.
i hope i have explained this ok for you..
good luck..:)
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