I took the plunge and cast on for my Rogue Cardigan. This is one of those projects that reminds me with each stitch why I love knitting. It asks that I pay close attention and block out distractions. It shows how a beautiful wool and brilliant design can create something you would never find in a store. And, as a knit along, it demonstrates once again how knitting creates community.
After 2 swatches, I got gauge on a US7. I only went down one needle size for the rib, mainly because I had the US 6 in my bag at that time. But, I treated myself to Lantern Moon US 7 for the rest of the sweater. I’m following the cardi modifications found here. And I decided to use the modification instruction for the hemline to reduce the bulk.
Basically, it tells you to knit 4 to 6 rows in st st ( I did 4), then knit the cast on row with the current row of live stitches. Since I want my cables to start as close to the edge as possible, despite using the mod. hemline, I started the first cable chart as I knit the cast on stitches in.
I tried my best to capture this process with my new fancy camera to show you how it works. As you can see, I got the close-up focus feature on the camera to work about halfway through the photo shoot. Sorry.
Here we have the US 6 needle on the left holding the 4 rows of stst before the hem is knit up. On the right is the US 7 needle that I used to knit the cast on edge together with the first row of the sweater body.

This is the way the shortened hem looks once the stitches are knit together:

And here is what I did. With the left needle, I picked up the cast on loop that corresponded to the first live stitch on the left needle.

Then, I just knit them together:
The resulting hem is very small and looks a bit like an i-cord.
Becka is using the more traditional K1 P1 hem:

Hers will be folded up later along the turning row. At the moment, I’m not sure which one I like better. Mine was relatively quick and I like the way it looks - EXCEPT - it seems to be curling a bit. Perhaps that is because I only knit 4 rows? I have hope it will flatten out with some blocking, but I like it enough not to rip.