How To Do A Knitted Long Tail Cast On - MINOR CORRECTION BELOW ⬇️ ~ Addi, Sentro, Circular Knitting

[@satsumamoon]

Clever. Id never have thought of doing this.

[@leighrandall5347]

Now I get it 😊 the visual with the knitting needle really helped me, thank you 🙏

[@koalaknitsandknacksaddicrochet]

I’m am such a visual person and I figured there must be others out there who also are. 🤓

[@leighrandall5347]

@@koalaknitsandknacksaddicrochet I knit as well as crochet and always use the thumb method to cast on so seeing your tutorial made perfect sense, thank you 👍

[@KC-gy5xw]

I do this all the time, someone else had a video a few years ago, makes a real difference to gloves etc - unless you mess it up when tightening!!

[@koalaknitsandknacksaddicrochet]

I’m going to start doing it more.

[@jeannebeverly1244]

What's the difference between this and the e wrap, and is one better than the other?

[@koalaknitsandknacksaddicrochet]

It’s just another method of starting without having to use waste yarn.

[@grandmasmagic3858]

Hi Shelley...the stopper you use, do they come with the machine or are they something extra to purchase..?? also, can those stoppers be used on any brand machine or only on Addi's..??

[@koalaknitsandknacksaddicrochet]

They come with the Addi or can be bought on Amazon. It does click on the Sentro but falls off easily and also passes right under the yarn feeder. Not good.

[@dianeray7152]

Is it possible to cast onto knitting needles and then transfer to the machine?

[@koalaknitsandknacksaddicrochet]

I haven’t tried but you would have to cast on very loosely and then transfer them all to another needle so the first loop is at the beginning of the knitting needle. I may try. Let me know if you find it works or not.

[@janetdw]

I was wondering the same thing. I don’t have a knitting machine (😉yet), but I’d really like to get one. I was wondering if you couldn’t use circular needles to cast on and then transfer it to the machine. It seems like you wouldn’t have to transfer back to another needle that way. I have always knit really really loosely, so this would work for me, especially if you used the set with interchangeable needles. You could cast on to a larger needle, then switch to a small needle to transfer it to the machine. With the circular needles I think it would be easier to snag that loop while on the nylon then slide to the point to pull it off. I’m anxious to see if anybody tries it. I confess that when you were showing your casting on, I had to stop and think if that is what I did. It looked odd, but after “casting” in the air, I realized that is how I do it. Since I learned to knit over 60 years ago, I don’t even think about it anymore. I recently watched someone (was it you?) do a mitten thumb by dropping a couple of stitches onto some waste yarn. After her 6 stitches, she removed 3 more stitches onto waste yarn. She knitted the thumb like a narrow panel, then picking up those dropped stitches and finishing the mitten in the round. Horrible description but it really is something you have to see, I think. I was thinking I would have used a couple of stitch holders, sort of like a big safety pin. Because it’s rigid, it seems like it would be so much easier to slip it back onto the machine.

[@koalaknitsandknacksaddicrochet]

@@janetdw no that wasn’t me. Whew! 😊 To cast on to knitting needles and then transfer to the machine would be nice to do but I am not sure that it would be easy to get the spacing accurate. Worth a try.