{"id":10564,"date":"2019-01-26T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?p=10564"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:37:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:37:22","slug":"how-to-knit-an-i-cord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?p=10564","title":{"rendered":"I-cord: How to Knit an I-cord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An i-cord is just a little tube of knitting. It is a great way to make tie for any knit item that might require it. You can use this technique to connect up your mittens so they don’t get lost, create ties for the Cable Me Softly<\/a> booties to keep them on the wiggly baby feet, or make the ties for the Beloved Bonnet<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were you looking for information on the i-cord bind off? Check out our i-cord bind off tutorial here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bodhi is wearing her Beloved Bonnet<\/a> with i-cord ties. It is knit up in Cedar House Yarns Yearling DK<\/a> in ‘sunstone’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To make an i-cord you will need yarn and double pointed needles (a circular needle will work just as well, but it’s a little fussier because you have to slide your stitches all the way from one end to the other).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ready to make my i-cord! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An i-cord can be creating using 2, 3, 4, 5 or sts. For this tutorial I am working a 4 stitch i-cord for my bonnet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to knit an i-cord: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Cast on 4 sts (I used a long tail cast on).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Slide your stitches from one end of the DPN (or circular needle) to the other. Your working yarn will be coming from the 4th stitch cast on. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Knit those 4 stitches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Repeat instructions 2-3 until your i-cord is the desired length. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Cast on 4 stitches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    2. Slide those 4 stitches to the other end of the DPN (or circular needle). Note that the working yarn is coming from the 4th stitch. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Ready to knit those 4 stitches, the working yarn is coming from the 4th stitch so you are going to bring it across the back of your stitches to knit that first stitch. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    After you knit those 4 stitches give your tail a little tug and your i-cord will look like this. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Here I have slid those 4 stitches to the other end of the needle so my working yarn again comes from the 4th stitch. I will bring it across the back to knit that first stitch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    As you repeat steps 2 and 3 your i-cord will start to grow! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    To keep the tension even in your i-cord, after you have knit the first stitch of the set, give it an extra tug so it’s nice and snug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That’s it! I-cord is easy peasy once you get the hang of it! Click here for our full in-depth tutorial on the Beloved Bonnet<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    More accessory patterns from Tin Can Knits<\/h2>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    An i-cord is just a little tube of knitting. It is a great way to make tie for any knit item that might require it. You can use this technique to connect up your mittens so they don’t get lost, create ties for the Cable Me Softly booties to keep them on the wiggly baby feet, or make the ties for the Beloved Bonnet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2474659,"featured_media":21737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[697556593,969187],"tags":[118084,284661],"class_list":["post-10564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finishing-and-knit-care","category-knitting-techniques","tag-beloved","tag-cast-on","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1z4ty-2Ko","builder_content":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BelovedBonnet-TCK-1017.jpg?fit=4400%2C2933&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2474659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10564"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24571,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564\/revisions\/24571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}