Clever Cast-On Techniques. Cast On Tutorials From Knitting Bee. So you have just began knitting and want to learn to cast on, or you want to learn to knit cast on using beads, perhaps your pattern calls for some more advanced casting on techniques such as a loop cast on or a tubular cast on. Whatever cast on method you are looking for you are sure to find it here! An extensive list of tutorials regarding various different cast on methods from beginners to advanced techniques. Casting On Learn to make a slip loop, a single cast on and the two-needle method. Click here for tutorial Long Tail Cast On With long tail cast on you make the foundation row AND knit the first row at the same time. Backwards Cable Cast On This cast on method is useful for placing thumb holes, button holes, and any other holes necessary while working in the round.
Double Cast On / Long-Tail Cast On This cast-on is the one that most people learn first. Provisional Cast On: Chained Cast-On A provisional cast-on is a way to make a temporary cast-on. Italian Cast On. Tutorial: Invisible Provisional Cast-on | Designs by Lucy Hague. Here’s a little photo tutorial on how to do my favourite provisional CO, the invisible CO. A little background: there are a few different methods of provisional CO, all with the same goal – to provide a starting point for your work, and to leave your first row of sts on a strand of waste yarn which can be easily removed, so that you can put the bases of your sts back onto a needle and either knit in the opposite direction or simply BO. This is really useful for a number of reasons… if you want both ends of a scarf to match, you could start with a provisional CO, knit to the end, BO, and then go back to the beginning, unpick your provisional CO and use the same BO. That’s just one example; there are many more.
Provisional COs are really, really useful in lace-knitting, too. The crochet provisional CO is very widely known, indeed, it was the first one I learnt. So, here we go. You need some nice smooth waste yarn, in a brightly contrasting colour to your main yarn. Like this: Provisional Crochet Cast-On. Thank you all so much for the kind comments on my little cutie. He is an amazing person and I am learning so much from him. So now that he is the ex-Dr. Destructo, what nickname shall I give him here? Any ideas? Onward. :) This past weekend, I took a Busman's Holiday of sorts. What I can show you, however, is my favorite provisional cast on technique: crocheting onto a knitting needle. To begin, choose a smooth cotton yarn. With a crochet hook, chain two or three stitches. Next, lay a knitting needle alongside the hook and wrap the yarn over both needle and hook. Pull the yarn through the loop on the crochet hook. You are basically just making a chain, but with the needle held together with the hook.
When you are finished, just knit into the stitches on the needle with your main yarn, and you're off to the races! Can I just tell you how much easier this is than picking up stitches from a chain? So there you have it. :) I may be a bit quiet this week, but I'll try to drop in a few times! Cast On: Provisional. A provisional cast-on keeps cast-on stitches "live" so that they can be knit later. It's a very useful technique when you're not sure what kind of edging you'll want or how long to make something.
With a provisional cast-on, you can make these decisions at the end of a project, allowing you to respond to the actual garment. I made this tutorial to go with my 70's Ski Hat Project Journal, the provisional cast-on is used to make a cashmere lining for the hat. There are a few ways to make a provisional cast-on. With some smooth waste yarn and a crochet hook, chain a few more stitches than you will be casting on. Examining the chain, the front side is made up of V's. The back of the chain has bumps in it. Insert a knitting needle into each bump on the back of the chain, and using the yarn you are knitting with, pick up however many stitches you're casting on. Then just knit! When you're ready to use the cast on stitches, thread a knitting needle through the right side of each stitch.
Long-Tail Cast-On Trick - One More Thing. An Even Better Long-Tail Cast-On Trick « One More Thing. A relatively long time ago, I posted a quick blurb about a way to accurately estimate how much yarn to use when attempting a long-tail cast-on (non-knitters, just click to the next blog on your list today, nothing to see here). Tonight, I used another one, even cooler than that and perfect for, say, lengthwise scarves or other times when you need to cast on several hundred stitches and don’t feel like giving your let’s-just-guess muscles a workout. You’ll need two balls of yarn, or at the very least, two ends (you could work from the outside and the inside of a center-pull ball, if so inclined; I’m using recycled sari silk, which is gorgeous and hellacious to work with and thus used two separate balls altogether). At the ends, tie them together. Slip knit, double knot, rubber band, glue, whatever tickles your fancy. Then act as though that knot is the folded-over bit where you’ve decided to start casting on in a traditional long-tail method, and have at it.
Kind of awesome, no? Judy's Magic CO(It just doesn't matter)