I've enjoyed the Norwegian Baby Hat a lot (see previous post) and am at the point of making and attaching the i-cords now. Making is easy; attaching--well, I'd never done that. There are perfectly good explanations at Knittinghelp and Tech Knitting, but I have a lot of trouble understanding written instructions for knitting techniques--can't picture what's meant by the words, sometimes.
So I thought: well, if there were live stitches on the hat brim, I'd just graft those mofos. I can graft like a frickin' pro, because top-down socks are the one thing I can reliably make without either freaking out or f***ing up (should I bleep myself here? I am such a huge fan of profanity, people, you don't even know, but I hesitate to alienate the more gently-bred). So instead of picking up stitches on the hat brim with a knitting needle, I just did it with the darning needle as I went, and basically, it worked a treat. I am pretty pleased, and I think it looks good. A better knitter might notice something, or have a better way to do it--that's cool. But if you don't understand the usual instructions for attaching an i-cord to your knitting, you might wanna try this grafting thing, because it gets the job done with a minimum of anguished sobbing.
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