The Trick of It

Without turning the needle, place the needle in your left hand.  The yarn is coming from the far left stitch. Pulling the yarn so that it is snug, knit the 3 stitches from the left to the right needle. Everything is normal EXCEPT the yarn is coming from the last stitch in the row instead of the first when you begin knitting this row.

When you have knit all 3 stitches onto the right needle, slide the stitches from one end of the double-pointed needle to the other. Repeat these steps, pulling the yarn snug at the beginning of each row to insure even stitches.  Bind off normally.

Comments

[Ivy]

Would you please add an i-cord border tutorial? Thanks!

[JCox in PA]

Thanks for this tutorial!!!! It's a keeper!

[Shula]

That's so insanely simple!

Whatever would I do without you?

[Kathy]

Thanks for posting this great tutorial!

[Helen]

What's the best way to attach this as a border. I think I might make one for an afghan because I don't know how to crochet yet.
Any help would be appreciated.
Peace.............

[CurlyGrrrl]

So...my question is this: Once you've created the i-cord, how do you attach it to the item that you've made? In my case, I'm attaching them to a baby jacket to tie it shut - but I don't know how to do it!! HELP!!!

Thanks a million.
~Sarah

[Toby]

Thank you so much for this... despite being a physician I could not for the life of me figure this out. Truly your pics are worth a thousand stitches!!!

[Jenna]

Wow, this was great; I finally made an I-cord! I read so many instructions, and they just didn't make sense. I am so happy you did this tutorial. Thank you!

[Nancy McCarroll]

Thank you for this succinct educational post. I copied your URL and referred to you in my blog spot today.

Ciao! Nancy

[kat]

thank you!!! so much for the clear pictures and simple instructions :)

[orangekitty]

This is fantastic! Thank you for this easy to follow tutorial.

[Anna]

Wow! And now I know. Thanks!

[Edoll]

How simple , and how wonderful !
Thanks for sharing this!

[Devin]

I was just wondering, how quickly can you knit a long (36" for example) i-cord? Is it a simple AND quick process? Or is it rather time consuming?
Thank you!

[purl bee]

Hi Devin-

It's all just in how fast you knit but in general it's not a very time consuming process. You might want to give it a try with some scrap yarn and see how long it takes you to make it 1-long and then multiply that by 36.

Thanks for your question.

Molly