How to cast on thumb method)

[@wendyseddon6029]

Thanks so much. This is the easiest explanation of this technique I've been able to find.

[@stormfischerr]

I know this video is ancient in terms of the internet, but if you still are active on this account, thank you so much!! I’ve knitted on and off since I was a kid and I was just trying to get back into it with the single loop method, but my last stitch would always have a horrible gap no matter how I did it. this is waaaay easier than the single loop method and I wish I’d been taught this first!!

[@catherinehawtin8673]

eautumnz thank you! I’m not actually really still active on you tube... not that I ever really was, but I keep the videos up because every now and then people say thank you! So you’re welcome. Good luck!

[@cr3237]

Thank you. I have never been able to master this method despite my many years of knitting! I have always cast on using two needles...this is much quicker....and your video made it all so easy to follow.

[@kymrawlins8099]

Thank you Catherine. Perfectly explained. This is the only cast on method I always have to look up as I use this method the least I can never remember how to start.

[@pearlsaminger9544]

I started to learn to knit Boxing day, this is the first time I have used a knitting pattern that asks you to cast on with your thumb. I've never done it before and your video is perfect 🥰. It's done at the right speed for absolute novices like me to follow. Thank you 😊

[@banditosjp7135]

Thank you for this excellent instruction video. I can knit and purl but it's always been a struggle getting the stitches on the needle in the first place!

[@gaynormainwaring1853]

Excellent, I did this as a child but couldn’t remember. I’m now making a cardigan that says, cast on using thumb method.

[@angelagreenaway-el4we]

This is the best tutorial for thumb cast on ever. Thank you

[@annlyall2974]

Brilliantly helpful thank you! Very clearly explained and demonstrated, and at just the right speed - not too fast, not too slow. I have always used two needles but it is always too tight and I kept meaning to look up the thumb method. This explains and demonstrates it perfectly, makes it super easy - thank you! 👏❤️

[@roseofmercy]

beautifully explained in a nice clear voice - great to hear an English voice on one of these knitting videos. Loved it!

[@kathylangford1401]

This is very clearly shown and the ladies voice is pleasant to listen to.

[@user-es8hx1vb3i]

Thank you for clear and concise instructions. Very much appreciated. Kind regards

[@clareoreilly9873]

Easy , clear instructions.

[@lenicole6844]

Thanks so much this was nice and simple to follow

[@smallbackgardenplot7273]

Thank you so much I need this for the blind lady I look after xx

[@SweetJasamine]

Very well demonstrated and explained. Many thanks.

[@popflickbogeypoo]

what a great instruction video. the easiest I've seen, thank you so much!

[@debrak.9865]

thanks for your tutorial ! Just what I was looking for and very easy to follow. Off to knit a Teddy ear jacket for my First grandchild .

[@Pur9leRain]

Most easiest instructions i’ve seen! Finally got it, thank you x

[@marilyne7431]

Thanks for the instructions - much better than others I have seen. I have been knitting for years but never used this method and wonder whats the reason for this over the normal method

[@lizbourn4192]

Really accurate way to cast on using thumb method. So easy for anyon3 to follow.5hank you

[@misselanys1219]

Nicely explained. Thank you.

[@barbaracefai9746]

Thanks for this. I found it very easy to follow.

[@britishnaturalista5695]

Excellent video....so helpful!!

[@maryfranklin9545]

very clear - thanks so much

[@nettiemoss324]

I have knitted for years and never used the thumb method - any reason it is better than usual way? your demo is great!

[@catherinehawtin8673]

It’s just a more stretchy cast on. Thanks for your comment. Glad it was helpful

[@marianwithrington6490]

Thank you, very clear and helpful.

[@tanyaleete696]

Thank you so easy to understand ! I am going to try this method with my next project

[@johnbridgwood2983]

Tanya Leete i

[@rosiejune7299]

That was really helpful. Thank you.

[@rosiejune7299]

Got it. Thank you

[@pipermom89]

Great, clear explanation. Thank you!

[@treesy1]

very easy to understand, thankyou very much

[@doreenbamford6121]

Thank you a great help

[@ellenstaley7219]

Simply brilliant thankyou

[@NaakyiwalaJoy-fv3ln]

Thanks so much my dear.

[@user-jm5pl1ph5d]

Hi my name is Rhonda Roeper I really love your video video but I was wondering if you could explain to me step-by-step really slowly how you are doing the dumb method cast on because I cannot see on the screen I am visually impaired so again I need you to tell me step-by-step how you are doing the Tom method cast on because I cannot see what you were doing on the screen thank you

[@megumi9417]

Your explanation is very easy to understand but i don't know if it's because I'm stupid or left handed but it's so hard for me to follow😢

[@lucymck1]

Great explanation. My pattern says use this method. Can't for the life of me work out why one would use a thumb instead of 2 needles. My casting on with 2 needles is so neat.

[@celticdreams4119]

Is this the same as a long tail cast on?

[@Jayyoueleeah]

Thank you!

[@NaakyiwalaJoy-fv3ln]

Thanks so muchmydear

[@dorothyradley9391]

Thank you for a great demonstration of how to cast the n. This is the way I am going to do it. I hope you can advise me about something I am struggling with. When a pattern says, "end with a wrong side row". How do I know what is ending with a wrong side row? Is it the wrong side of the piece facing me or the wrong side of the piece on the outside as I hold the needles ready to knit a row? Thank you so much.

[@tinyk68]

It means that the last row you knit would be with the wrong side facing you. You then follow the next set of instructions beginning with the right side facing you.

[@dorothyradley9391]

@@tinyk68 Thank you so much. I have searched YT looking for this explanation but there isn’t one. I have struggled with this for all my knitting life. It’s only since the internet that I have found out. A million thanks Tina.

[@dennisturner1463]

What stich do you use for ist row

[@catherinehawtin8673]

That’s just your cast on row, so just continue as per your pattern. It’ll probably be a knit row. It’ll say something like ‘cast on …. stitches, then starting with a K row, st st / rib for …. rows. ‘ Hope that makes sense!

[@bethanyrhodes6824]

thank you

[@fionasoh3661]

👍thanks 😘

[@rachelporter6077]

Did you say I need to learn how to knit before learning how to cast on? Casting on is the first step in knitting! I'm so confused and frustrated

[@kayceegreer4418]

So then it's a long tail cast on by thumb method I'm confused...we're not even very far in the video and I am frustrated learning to knit. I went out and bought some needles that are kind of medium large-ish and same like the perfect size and kind of pointy which I hear is good and I've watched a million videos and I know there's a million ways to cast on, but I was looking for a simple,very simple cast on because I've never knitted before and I want to. I know that there is a thumb cast on that does not require having a long tail or measuring diddly squat. Just load up the needle and get goin'.

[@apebass2215]

Use other videos to find a casting on method you prefer. I thought this video was very clear.

[@dianeespinoza8647]

I doubt anyone is going to master the knit stitch before they learn to cast on. 🙃

[@AngelGail8]

My thoughts exactly

[@darokyle3116]

Dude, if I knew how to knit, I'd know how to cast on, silly. 😂

[@astridlim]

First time I've managed to understand this cast on method straight off after one watch.... so clear and lovely voice! Well done!!

[@mousa54]

That doesn’t follow. The suggestion is to get a friend to cast on for you so you can learn the basic knit stitch. This is often done for children learning to knit. THEN, having mastered that, casting on or off will follow. Much easier to practice and gain confidence that way. This video is clear and the poster understands the frustration of trying to learn two things at once.

[@dianeespinoza8647]

Omg! That is what I was thinking! 😂😂😂 incredibly silly!!

[@dianeespinoza8647]

Jennifer Skinner I don’t have a friend to ask. You don’t learn two things at once you learn in ORDER like anything else you learn. Know one teaches step 2 then step 1 😂😭 Step 1 cast on. Step 2 knit stitch.

[@toetstreet]

I learned to knit at 9 years of age. I learned to cast on at 17. Any time I wanted to knit, my mother would have to cast on for me 😂

[@petercookson8111]

Naaaa this stupid

[@songlak1]

Thank you