CASTING ON

Casting on is creating a row of loops on a knitting needle to form the base row for your knitting. One of the most popular methods of casting on is the cable cast on. Form a slipknot about 25cm away from the end of the yarn.

Place the slipknot on a knitting needle and pull gently to secure. Hold this needle in your left hand. Insert the right-hand needle through the slip knot. Pass the yarn over the point of the right-hand needle (see Diagram 1).

Pull a loop through the slip knot with the right-hand needle (see Diagram 2). Place this loop on the lefthand needle and gently pull the yarn to secure the stitch. For the remaining cast-on stitches, insert the right-hand needle between the slip knot and the first stitch on the left-hand needle. Wind the yarn around the point of the right-hand needle. Draw a loop through and place this loop on the left-hand needle.

Continue in this manner until you have cast on the desired number of stitches.