Knitting: How to Cast On

[@melg7598]

I have watched SO MANY videos trying to figure out how to cast on and end up with both threads at the end of my stitches; this is the only video that helped me get it! Thank you!!

[@redheadlibrarian]

A light bulb finally went on in my head! Thank you so much. You are the first person who's been able to teach me how to knit.

[@Apricotic]

Thank you so much. I have watched a ton of cast on videos and this is the first one that went slow enough and didn't stick her fingers in the way or went too fast, or was too far away to see it. This video is perfect, even down to the English accent. The sound was perfect and easy to understand. I can't thank you enough.

[@WidowRose]

This is literally the FIRST video that I've watched that makes sense to me. I don't know why my brain has such a hard time with processes, but you made it very easy for me to understand the process. I'll likely have to watch it several times before I get it right. Thank you for this! I want to learn how to knit before the snow flies, so I have something relaxing to do on a 'Snow day'.

[@PaxAmor1]

This is such a wonderfully clear and simple demonstration. I was able to cast on by myself for the first time, just by watching this video. Amazing. You are a gifted teacher! Love the British accent too. British speakers are so much more articulate than Americans. Love how you say at the end: "...and then you carry on until you've cast on as many stitches as you require, which is normally rather more than that..." Perfect, concise, clever, and funny way to wrap up the explanation.

[@Aromagirl70]

thank you for this alternative to the double needle cast on I have been doing for years! I never understood the 'finger work' on other videos - you made it very easy to work out!! And you have a beautiful speaking voice too - very soothing! I can imagine you would be a very patient teacher!!

[@silverweezingbus]

Thank you SO MUCH. I just learned the basics of knitting this morning... got home and couldn't even remember how to cast on properly. You're video saved me my sanity (and saved my yarn from being ripped to shreds out of frustration)! :)

[@LudaNYC]

I watched so many other videos that just confused me - this is the first clearly explained, easy to understand one i've seen. Thank you!

[@marisajoy]

Thank you! I used to knit like a champ.... After taking a two year hiatus I found I couldn't remember how to cast on... every thing I looked up was different than the way I had learned... this was exactly the same way I like to cast on.... and so easy to replicate. Thanks!

[@delia3379]

I come back to this video over and over again when I'm having difficulty casting on. Thank you for this great instructional video!

[@AddictedToMayer]

What a relief! I always forget how to start and after looking through almost every video on the internet, I found yours! I'm totally bookmarking this because this is the easiest how to I've found! Thank you so much!

[@violetv3958]

This was the absolute best cast on knitting video I’ve come by. THANK YOU for keeping it simple and clear! Very appreciative, I was starting to feel a bit dense when I had trouble with other videos. So glad I found this! Good stuff.

[@ALovelyDream]

Thank you SO much! I've watched a ton of videos in order to learn the long-tail method, but your video is the first that was clear in the teaching. I can do it now! :)

[@immortalinwell5935]

Great cast-on. Very clear and concise. It was this video that got me on my way to relearning how to knit (I'd been taught how five or so years ago, but had forgotten how to do it, and had never learned how to cast on). I used this video and away I went! Thank you!

[@JanieMelanie]

Thank you! I also got a bunch of knitting stuff for Christmas and I've been having trouble with cast-on stitches. This video made it so much easier.

[@KashaSue0153]

This is the absolute best video on this technique I have seen and the only one I could actually learn with! Thank you!!!

[@venilia]

I must have looked at six or seven videos on casting. This is the only one that helped me figure it out. Thank you!

[@jordanrussell9607]

I ALWAYS forget how to cast on, and uber been at this for years! It takes me a minute to work it out, but this time I couldn't get it. This was so easy and clear to follow. Thank you!

[@KimmiIrvin]

I have been watching videos all day trying to figure out how to do this and i was about to give up and decided to search one more time!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@niamhf7644]

I was taught by my gran to cast on and then forgot, this video is the closest thing to what my gran told me. thank you so much, it was so easy. :)

[@megwolff58]

Thanks so much! This is a new and practical method for me. After years of knitting I find yours to be the best way!

[@Stillhouse_Armory]

I'm so glad I came upon your video..I've struggled all afternoon with trying to get it to cast on like many other video's to no avail..But your video is tops..Many thanks to you I now feel like a Pro..Sincerely Mrs. Wayne

[@Anime9vampiress]

I brought a book on how to knit and all it said was "At this point make a loop on the needle(Figs 1, 2 and 3).", didn't tell me what to do. Thanks so much! This helped heaps.

[@yolochkatime]

This is a very clear and easy to understand video! It me the longest time to find a video I understood! Thanks for putting this up!

[@garrysherman6003]

Love this method! Knitting for decades and just KNEW there was a better way to cast on boucle than 2 needle method. Thank You!

[@garrysherman6003]

Actually- Garry's wife here....

[@septembergypsy]

I hate casting on, but I love knitting. This just made my knitting life so much easier!!! Thank you so much!

[@carvejer]

thank you so much. I had countless knitting books to help me and none worked. I just spent half an hour infront of one book, managed one stictch by accident, because I couldn't recall how I did it, I was just trying a few things. And then twice through with your video and I managed it. Thank You

[@nikolelily]

i whole heartedly agree with flipflop! by far the best taught cast one! great vid there ma'am!

[@FakeFaced]

Thank you so much! I know how to knit, I just keep forgetting how to make the stitches. This is the only KZbin video showing how to make stitches that's been any good so far.

[@valdemarsgirl]

Thank you so much! It has been quite a while since I did any knitting and I simply could not remember how to do this! Very succinct, precise and helpful video!

[@TheCoryKid]

Thank you so much for this video. I just picked up some needles and yarn today and tried to learn how to knit from somewhere else. I felt like giving up until I found this video. I have to tell you, nothing beats the feeling I had when I cast on my first few stitches. I would love it if you made some more videos, like how to bind off. Again, thank you. (:

[@xthexmaraudersx]

I used to knit ages ago, but I got very rusty lately. This video helped me a lot to remember, thank you:D

[@michckay]

Okay, you are for real amazing. I just watched at least 20 other videos and they all made sense, but were doing it realy fast with bad colored yarn, and yours was absolutley perfect. I went and got my brother and showed him, haha. Now I can start knitting scarves for christmas!

[@Hevynly1]

How wonderful you are! I'm teaching myself to knit and this was the easiest cast on method I have found. Thank you SO much!!

[@khismom1]

Thank you!!! This was about the 4th or 5th video I watched to try to learn how to knit. (Ugh!) Your method is so easy to pick up...you're the best!

[@jaydeharrison7557]

im 15 and trying to learn how to cast on and this was such a great demonstration. i got it first go thank you so much

[@horsiechick04]

Of all the videos I just looked through about casting on, this is the best! Thank you

[@wucizwug]

thanks for the explanation. I've done this years ago and forgotten how to do cast on. You explained it so well!

[@bamfhannah]

My grandma taught me how to cast on, but it was diffrent than what the pattern I had called for, so thank you so much! me and my grandma both learned something new!

[@goose101396]

Thank you soo much! This was such a help. When your actually knitting, it's pretty easy, but I can never remember how to cast on. Great vid!

[@Ambrysus]

Thank you, thank you, so very much. I am learning now. I've been wanting to learn knitting for years, my wife bought me a somehow obscure kit, but your video is absolutely great.

[@impossiblegrapefruit]

Thanks so much for posting this! I watched a lot of videos on casting on and yours was the most helpful!

[@kalaegan92]

I watched so many videos before I saw this one and I finally understand how to cast on! Thank you, I was getting so frustrated!

[@maja0106]

oh thank you sooo much, I was looking through all the different ways of casting on, but didn't manage to do any off them really precise, and I remember that my grandmother used to cast on using just one needle, so thank you, that's just it :))

[@onthetee1]

seriously, best cast-on video I have seen. I appreciated the accent as well!

[@OTCPJ]

After 2 books and 3 other videos, this finally helped me learned how to cast on!!!! Thank you!

[@harrypotterinnarnia]

You are so clear. I found loads of videos and websites and they all confused me. Thank you!!!! Also you speak slowly which is a good thing.

[@SchaferArtStudio]

I'm a beginner, and just have to say thank you for making this a fun experience. Cheers

[@dcgirl2011]

THANK YOU, this was SOO helpful! I've been watching soooo many videos trying to figure out how to do this and you do a GREAT job of making it so simplistic and understandable :D

[@NekoYousei]

THANK YOU!!! I don't know why, but casting on has been so hard for me and very hard to remember! This video was SO helpful!!! Thanks again!!! :D

[@mi1964amigo]

Thank you, first time in all my years that I have ever cast on, and you made it easy!

[@violetv3958]

Videos like this are the what make KZbin so helpful and great.

[@hellolaryssa]

this is about the 5th casting on video i watched, and the first time i was like "Oh, THAT'S it!" so easy. thanks.

[@clindstrom2]

Yay finally a video that actually helps me cast on rather than confusing me more! Also an easy way to do a slip knot!

[@CaramelBrwning]

I have watched several videos and this has been the most clear. there was one very specific step that i kept doing wrong but thanks to do i finally got it right. thanks so much

[@tupence8]

This is the best instructions ever! including personal classes...Thank you!

[@vwwwvwwwvwww]

Thanks you! My mom taught me once when I was little but because of exams and school I didn't knit for a long LONG time and forgot how. >< And I just love your voice. (:

[@originalcooking]

This has been extremely helpful to me. Thank you SO MUCH. It was very easy to understand and got me started again after I really messed up the beginning of a new project! Love the accent, btw!

[@nickledangleshivmo]

wow this really is the best one I've found. THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HELP US ALL OUT!!!

[@fancifree221b]

Oh, thank you!! I think I've finally got it now. The tutorial was close enough to see and slow enough to follow. Thank you so much.

[@kaechup]

VERY helpful tutorial, thanks so much! I'm just starting to learn how to knit and the instructions given to me were somewhat tricky, but now I know exactly how to cast on. :)

[@lindadechow2212]

Thank you, I have done this at least 50 X and I always have to take a minute or two to remember =) This is a great reminder, very clear and well done!

[@musicgrrl489]

Thank you! I've been trying to find a clear explanation and yours is most definitely the best.

[@mrwolf001]

thank goodness, at last I watch a video that I can actually follow, finally after nearly one hour I have cast on. Love the voice and slow pace. IS there more.

[@kikisw9]

This...is the best..tutorial ever! Thanks!!..I'd freaking out how to this for 2 hours...

[@ourparanormalworld]

Thank you so very much...I crochet very easily and can knit , as apparently I did so , as a young child and crochet was apparently the hardest stitch. I do not recall which one came first, but casting on has been my biggest nightmare , but you make it so simple. I can crochet just about any stitch just by following the pattern and find that much easier than casting on. I know the stitches in crocheting and my mum told me that knitting will come easier for me , as all crocheters can knit but not all knitters can crochet. My mum is of the knitting club. So., she asks me what crocheting or knitting have I done...? I have subscribed to you should I get stuck ; as I will embarrass the crochet community , by being the first to not being able to knit. I know the stitches , but getting on and picking up dropped stitches is rather embarrassing to say the least.

[@Frammy001]

I've been trying to do this for hours, then I watch your video and finally I manage to do it =D THANK YOU!

[@coryjenkins4192]

i found this very helpful and now i cant stop knitting thank you

[@jasminefiligree]

Great video! Perfect speed and very well explained. Thank you so much for creating and posting this.

[@ClouserB]

FINALLY! A video that is clear cut and well shot! Yay me! I can finally cast on :) Thank you!!!!

[@ryllaresler532]

Thank you thank you - I have been working on this all day and your video was the key to unlock the puzzle. :)

[@thebluetrinity]

Thank you so much! I'm barely learning how to knit and you saved me!

[@iluvagothkenny]

Your voice just made this memorable. Thanks, this was super clear :D!

[@selinacrockett8440]

I have watched your video a lot! I am learning :) Very soothing voice.

[@Nixxiie]

@knit67 I live in bedfordshire! I'm trying to learn to knit! and you are by far the most helpful video I've seen yet :) Thank you!

[@taylamackness8689]

You are fantastic, Thank you thank you, I have had so many people try and teach me to cast on but I have never got it before :)

[@abigator85]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to learn from the pictures in a book, and it just didn't make sense. This was so helpful.

[@lilymsmuk]

absolutely fabulous and easy to do. I've been trying to cast on for days and could only do it right with this video. I wish you could show us how to do increases, decreases and cast-off.

[@su783]

im only 11 years old and i was about to give up but my mom told me to look look on youtube and im so glad i found this!!!!

[@SasheeML]

Thank you so much! This is one of the best vids. You have a nice clear shot of the yarn and all that. :D

[@ikbodz]

This is the only video I could follow, thanks so much for the help, now just need to learn all the other stiches ;)

[@knit67]

@interstones Yes, the tail end will be at the bottom of what you're knitting. It might be quite long so you could cut it off just leaving a few inches to sew in when you've finished the knitting. Hope that helps

[@PotterWatchIsh79]

THANK YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!! YOU'RE AWESOME!!!!!!!! Th is is the only video on KZbin, where I've learned knitting skills from!!!!!! -33333333 : DDDDDDDDDD

[@danakatzir4901]

the most clear casting on movie i found - thank you!

[@ireshadilrukshi7855]

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[@dianaschwendemann2705]

Thank you. For a beginner, this was very easy to understand. Appreciate it!

[@ashamaniq]

Excellent video, straight to the point and very well explained. Thank you

[@cr3ateur0wn]

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! ive been looking around for a good cast on step by step and couldnt find anything good and kept screwing up (super discouraging!) thx a bunch for an awesome and well described video! :)

[@waichin88]

Thanks for this video. I've always been confused when someone showed it to me, but it looks a lot easier now (especially since I can replay the video as many times as I need). :)

[@elphieofkiamoko]

Thank you SO much! This video was so much easier to follow than the one I was trying to follow before :'3

[@Shatallion]

Thank you! Everything else we looked at was confusing. Well done, and beautiful accent. :)

[@markwilson7952]

Yours is the only video Ive seen so far that didnt hurry on in to zoom onto what was going on with the fingers and needles whilst forgetting which was the ball end and which was the loose end...so thank you for that!! Still havent been able to do it yet. Just got as far as the first slip knot. As soon as I loose sight of which is ball and which is loose, it loses me.

[@alexmetz81]

This was brilliant. I learnt it in the second i watched it. Very well done

[@knit67]

@SharkSalvation Personally I use this cast on (with one needle) for test pieces and tension squares. When I'm knitting a proper piece of work I tend to use the 2 needle chain cast on as I prefer the edge it gives me. Not sure if I'm understanding properly but once you have cast on you need to use both needles to knit however you've cast on.

[@amaterasu777]

Thanks so much for this video!!! Best one on YT; easy to follow and see the technique

[@sunk1sed]

OMG!!! :D :D thank you so much! i was getting frustrated wen i was watching other videos that didnt help but this one actually worked! THANK YOU!

[@kchorn75]

Yay! If I would have just listened to the instructions instead of trying to rush through the video I would have gotten it! My brain tends to shut off when it hears numbers. :) thanks!

[@Gwytherinn]

Thanks so much! I agree with others, this is the best video I've found so far.

[@OhDannyBoy512]

THANK YOU! After 5 attempts at a few different methods, finally this one worked for me ^__^ ! I was so sick of unravelling again and again XD

[@catwald0]

This was VERY simple and easy to understand. Thankyou!

[@GhostAdventures12567]

@Hellner Same with me... When I was younger, I asked my sister to borrow her book because the only knitting I knew how to do was finger knitting. The pictures and words were too hard for me to understand, and yet, years later, I finally got it.....