In the Making...

After having made quite a few möbius cowls recently (see this post ). I've been doing a bit of research into the background of möbius strips and the different ways of making a möbius shape in knitting. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a "Möbius strip"; "/'mə:bɪəs/ ► noun  a surface with one continuous side formed by joining the ends of a rectangle after twisting one end through 180° ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after August F.  Möbius  (1790-1868), German Mathematician Though it was independently discovered by Johann Benedict Listing at the same time. One of the main practical uses for a möbius strip is for drive belts; but I think that the best use is in knitting (though perhaps I'm a bit biased). There seems to be two main categories for making a  möbius ; flat and circular. Flat The first option is for the cast on edge to be the long horizontal, the piece is worked flat and then twisted and sewn a...

I feel like I've been on a production line of knitting recently! I've produced 4  möbius  moss stitch cowls for Christmas presents.  All are cast on with 124 sts using a  möbius  cast on. I used the opportunity to try out a few different types of  möbius  cast on. The silver and purple ones are cast on using  Cat Bordhi’s moebius cast on.  I liked the relatively simple way of casting on but the first row was very tight and difficult to do. This seemed to cause the stitches to stretch very slightly but enough for me to notice it! The silver/white and the silver/pink are cast on using a different  möbius  cast on, which is  Alternating Cast-On for Moebius  from June Hemmons Hiatt’s “The Principles of Knitting”. The provisional cast on used for the centre is very similar to Judy's Magic Cast On . The upside of this one was I found it really easy to do and the first row was worked easily wit...