Having to reconnect with nature after losing time on a mistake in your knitting is so relatable, its rough but all I can say is that its part of the process
Really enjoy watching someone troubleshoot their way through a knit project. Watching you problem solve encourages me to keep problem solving on my projects!
A creator showed me a trick for long tail cast on. You wrap your yarn around your needle x times for x stitches. So if I want to cast 100, I'll wrap my yarn 10 times and then take 10 of those lengths to give me 100. I usually end up with a decent tail but I have never run out of yarn!
I carry my ends behind my work (wind them around the working yarn once after every stitch, behind the panel I'm knitting) if that helps! Great video as always-thank you :)
Gorgeous makes! I have a tip for avoiding holes at the under arm! Just pick up more stitches than the pattern calls for in that transition from the top of sleeve to the body stitches. It takes me a few tries to see which area to row of stitches to pickup from that creates the least noticeable hole or just the nicest looking fabric. Then decrease that additional amount on the first round. For example, I generally pick up 1-4 additional stitches at the under arms to close up these gaps and decrease them over 1 or 2 rounds right after picking up for the sleeves but like you said, its hardly noticeable anyway!
For the cast on's, I recently learned a cast on called "crochet cast on", where you cast on with a crochet hook and have basicially no long tail you have to measure up! You should definitely look into it, I've been loving it :)
