How to do the provisional cast on with a crochet hook in knitting

[@NimbleNeedles]

Make sure to comment in case you got any problems - either with this cast on or knitting in general :)

[@Javainthebox]

Norman, no matter how many other knitting channels I watch, when I need the best method for a particular technique, you’re my go-to. As so many others have said, your instructions and the video quality are simply the best. I am SO full of gratitude for you and your channel. I hope to get to your part of the world someday so I can buy you a cup of tea and knit 🧶❤️🙏🏼

[@kellymousley]

I was going to say the exact same thing! Norman definitely has the best tutorials. Thank you very much.

[@adrianamorehead2754]

This is the BEST and ONLY video I found explaining how to do a provisional cast on! Yes I found videos to show how to do it - that’s great its on my needles - now what!? And you showed the “now what” part of what it will look like after a few knitted rows! I have never done this and I want to start a new project that requires this type of cast on but I did not understand what to do with this cast on once I’ve knitted my project and why I would need to do it in the first place and why I had to cut the yarn. Thank you for showing how it will work once I’ve knitted rows (oh and how to start knitting the project after the cast on!). Now I feel confident to get this on my needles (although it requires circular needles so joining the yarn worries me a bit). I will reevaluate your in the round section of this video. Thanks again for being thorough!

[@NimbleNeedles]

awesome. happy to be of help adriana!

[@nirmalpower2862]

so well done Norman! I love how easily your explain things -- so much easier than picture in a book!

[@NimbleNeedles]

So happy to hear this! Thank you for your feedback :)

[@peggytraeg]

This was the easiest provisional CO method for me because I am left handed and I had problems following other methods. Thank you.

[@yethan]

I like the way you explain. You make it simple to follow your instructions

[@kenproffitt]

Das ist toll, Norman. Sie erklären gut die Methode. Das Video ist sehr klar und ich lerne eine neue Methode. Vielen Dank!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Das freut mich zu hören! Vor allem auch auf Deutsch :) Aber wie immer, gern geschehen.

[@kerryn1977]

Thank you, very well explained and demonstrated.

[@rebeccapacker1857]

I’m a new knitter. Thank you for this because I finally understand this process now! ❤

[@kerryburton9544]

You are the only one I trust as my go to for help to learn I can't thank you enough for all the time you have taken to explain things so clearly

[@maniette72]

I was struggling with other videos, when my light bulb lit!! Nimble needles!! Thank you so much Norman for your thorough and easy to follow instructions.

[@janeCate1]

Absolutely brilliant! Making the chain stitches over the needle makes it so much easier and quicker. No one has ever shown me that method before! Certainly better than making the long chain first and then picking up stitches from the back of the chains.

[@genevievegiella9066]

WOW LOVE WATCHING YOU…..🎉❤ YOU MAKE EVERYTHING SO MUCH EASIER….

[@ariannatrapani5824]

I saw tutorials that show the needle hold only in parallel with the hook and trying that way it's very awkward for me. Your "vertical" holding is so much better. This little variation saved my day ;)

[@NimbleNeedles]

Ah...that's great to hear! I love saving ppl's days *grin* Happy knitting :)

[@SynfullyWkd67]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am learning so much from you! I also agree, 50+ stitches ugh lol so after 50 I use a stitch marker so i can remember what my last count was.

[@NimbleNeedles]

yeah, if I don't place stitch markers every 20 stitches I'll be lost....^^

[@francinedekranes761]

Love this method. Stitches are very even, and no need to pick up stitches. I totally agree with you.

[@whisperjo2505]

I have been avoiding patterns that called for a provisional cast on because it seemed so difficult. Until I found your video! Thank you so much.

[@melaniearden998]

This is an incredible tutorial! It’s so clear and easy to understand. Thank you! ❤

[@marinamarchese9876]

Your explanations are descriptive and thorough...thank you so much. Im sure I will refer back to this from time to time to refresh my memory. Kudos.

[@mbheydrick8375]

Thank you for explaining how to pick up the stitches so clearly and what to do if you have problems with this. This was very helpful!

[@JuneKissi]

Thank you! I watched many videos! But, I like your provisional cast on the best! Your explanations were plain and simple.❤❤❤

[@beverlyb6391]

You're the best, I was worried. You give me hope🥴.

[@JuanaBArtist]

I never considered adding a few chains at the beginning & end. What a great idea! Thank you for your clear explanation.

[@NimbleNeedles]

It makes unraveling so much easier! Glad I could inspire you! :)

[@kayjenkins731]

Thankyou thankyou, so glad I found your video, before doing this for the first time, less messing around, I was concerned my chain may end up to tight for my needle to pass through with the other traditional method.

[@ivycroake6611]

Thanks for your method Norman it is way better than the few I tried before finding your method. Your instruction was clearer and the end result is cleaner- easy to make and remove!

[@dianeburns1314]

I've watched quite a few POC videos and this one helped the best. It continues after the cast on for further demo. Great!!!

[@pamregister8057]

This method has been the best example of a provisional cast on for knitting!Thank you very much!👍👵🏻

[@NimbleNeedles]

You are so welcome, Pam!

[@catcrazy-13]

So glad I found your channel. You make everything I thought too difficult to try very understandable and easy. I've watched other people and could not get what they were doing but your videos are very clear and make things a breeze. Also, you seem to have a video for all my questions! Thank you!

[@cradock38]

Another brilliant tutorial covering all eventualities including going wrong. Thank you 😊

[@annrixinger3708]

Very clear with explanations how to fix problems. I really appreciate the various spatial orientations and complete details.

[@KnitChickADee]

This us exactly what I needed to see! Thank you for this video. I was looking to find the best Fiber to use for a provisional cast on in order to more easily pull it out when needed. Cotton is perfect!

[@bsfb3ar]

Hi Norman My provisional cast on I used is chain the amount of stitches I need and few extra and pick up stitches from the pearl bump from the bottom of the crochet chain. I find it faster and easier than crochet on the knitting needle. Though I'm glad I learn a new way from you. Thanks

[@NimbleNeedles]

yeah, i showed this technique in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIvaXqJvbd6Do5I

[@pammyers1982]

Thank you, Norman!

[@helenberry1942]

Thank you, I found your cast on was so easy to follow. I find I need to place markers if my stitch count is over 50, just to keep me organized.

[@NimbleNeedles]

I do that as well but after 20 already 🤣

[@Moonbeamglider]

This method works, used others and hem was inclined to move and slant but with this method it does not happen. Thank you Norman.

[@mixedandknot5911]

Hello, I came upon your video on reviewing best knitting needles and loved it. I love your tutorials because you get right into it and I hope that other knitters learn from you as much as I have. Please start a video on attaching the sleeves to sweaters. Many podcasts on KZbin teach a few steps, but not enough to finish attaching the sleeves. By the way, I learned to use double pointed needles from your video. I am not afraid anymore to knit in the round. Thank you. it has been a glorious and inspiring learning trip with you since last year. Today, I started the provisional cast on in the round with double pointed needles to knit the beanie 2.50mm needles. It was challenging, but I love challenging myself with new techniques. I did it! Hooray!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Thank you for your feedback and so happy to hear you like my videos. And even happier to hear you mastered DPNS! made my day. as for shrugs and cardgans. I'll think about it. Though I do have to be honest with you. I'm not the shrug knitter :P

[@moniquemata3036]

Love this tutorial. So much more efficient to crochet stitch the stitches at the same time than picking them up afterwards. Thank you!

[@NimbleNeedles]

my pleasure! Yeah, picking them up from a chain is...well in most cases a bit anoying for me as well.

[@Tashaygm]

Thanks so much for this video Norman, it made the provisional cast on so much simpler for me!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Aww..very happy to hear that 🥰

[@MarjorieGoodwin]

Norman, yours is the best video on the provisional cast on. You went into proper detail and gave all the options. Vielen Dank fuer alles!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Wow, thank you, Marjorie! exceedingly happy to hear that.

[@MarjorieGoodwin]

@@NimbleNeedles You're welcome. I like to give credit where credit is due. I looked at a bunch and yours was the best.

[@NimbleNeedles]

@@MarjorieGoodwin well...hard to contract that smile of yours. so thank you so much for your compliment!

[@greenpurl8482]

Making a knot in the end to rip out is brilliant! No more confusion!

[@NancyJWay]

Just picking up knitting after years of absence. You are great! Makes total sense in every aspect!

[@NimbleNeedles]

thank you for your nice feedback, nancy! :)

[@haruejules]

Thank you always for such detailed and easy to understand as well as thorough instructions! Since I tend to cast on too tightly, my mother taught me a trick to cast on to two needles instead of one. After I finish the crochet, I pull out one needle and it is very loose and easy to knit with thereafter!

[@thisfibrefool]

Thank you thank you! I’ve been trying with the waste yarn method and making a fantastic mess. This method is so much easier and you explained it so well. Rock star!,

[@ReallyJillRogoff]

A very clear explanation, Norman. Thank-you. This is really helpful.

[@janharris2395]

Norman -- you are a genius! I've been trying to do this type of cast-on method FOREVER and never got it until watching your video one time! Bravo! I did change one small thing that helped me. I am right-handed and knit English style. I found it easier to anchor a 14" knitting needle under my left arm pit to stabilize it while I cast on with the crochet hook. Thank you so much! Keep doing more videos -- you are a wonderful teacher!

[@NimbleNeedles]

It's my pleasure, Jan!

[@lowcarbforlovers]

Brilliant! So much easier than other methods for provisional cast on!

[@user-in1fu1cq2f]

Wow, so helpful, thanks!!!

[@nancyhorne-clare2945]

Norman, Thank you for your easy to understand method of doing the provisional cast on. I am going to start a sweater and it calls for this cast on method.

[@NimbleNeedles]

awesome. have fun knitting your sweater!

[@cactusjumper1]

So very helpful. Easy to follow directions. Thank you Norman!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Natalie-kt4uf]

Your tutorials are always incredibly thorough & so very helpful. Thank you so much 💫

[@NimbleNeedles]

You are so welcome, Natalie

[@lindajeffrey9646]

Thank you. . . I found this tutorial most helpful.

[@damirleko147]

I need to try this - looks like a lot fun

[@NimbleNeedles]

definitely! Let me know if you need any help :)

[@mayfloweredu1182]

Thank you, Norman! I love your explanations, they are clear, well-paced and up to the point. And thank you for addressing the problems connected with undoing the provisional cast on, after your explanations I was finally able to successfully do the pco!

[@mikaelfata7016]

Always hated doing provisional cast ons but your explanation is just so good

[@NimbleNeedles]

heh. thank you.. I actually kind of like them..but only with a crochet hook..all the other methods are really... ugh (for me)

[@orisisorisis6946]

Es muy amable, su aportación me ha sido de gran utilidad. También le deseo un excelente día. Gracias y saludos.

[@terryroy945]

Great tutorial Norman .... I tried it out , and I was very happy that I could do it . Thank you .🥰🥰🥰

[@NimbleNeedles]

Great job!

[@marilynfarmer1302]

You are amazingly thorough! Thank you.

[@onwardbe]

You are my knitting hero. Thank you

[@somethingaboutdari2885]

I have been so intimidated by provisional cast-ons, but your video was so clear! I think it may have even improved my limited crochet skills as well 😂 Thank you!

[@NimbleNeedles]

awesome! And investing a bit time into crochet is really important. One of my next videos will be all about it :)

[@vickieschuurmans2252]

Yes, I agree. This is the easiest way I've ever done. Thanks!!!

[@WhisperEarendil]

I've been using this cast on for garter tabs for shawls thanks to your video - thank you so much for turning the work over to show us what it looks like in garter stitch too, and for showing us how to pick up the stitches on the bottom!

[@droserabinata]

A great video, thank you!

[@judithwilson1814]

Lol - counting past 100 is hard. Knitting has taught me that I can't be trusted to correctly count to fourteen. 😂 Thank you, Norman, for another very informative video.

[@ruthvolk8340]

Thank you. This is so easy to do! I think I did this on one project many years ago but had forgotten how.

[@NimbleNeedles]

Glad it was helpful, Ruth. And yeah, it super easy

[@vickilynnheethuis3524]

Thank You once again! ! Very clear and helpful.

[@anidanic]

Thank you very much for nice and clear explanations! This has helped me.

[@elizabethmorgan5163]

Thank you so much for this video. It was really helpful and I appreciate your pragmatic "whatever it takes" approach. As you say sometimes the chain doesn't come out smoothly.

[@NimbleNeedles]

When it comes to provisional cast-ons I have to be pragmatic...it's the one thing that too often defeats me in knitting.

[@jancraggs4243]

Brilliant tutorial 👏

[@NimbleNeedles]

Thank you. Happy to hear that ☺️

[@rosewhelan4636]

You are amazing THANK YOU

[@mold971]

Grüß Gott Norman!!! You're so good at explaining things thank you!!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Awesome! Dankeschön...and what a fantatic user name :)

[@mold971]

@@NimbleNeedles i see you're a person of great taste

[@sarahml65]

Fantastically helpful ! Thanks a million !

[@zoedoodle9824]

Very clear and very helpful!

[@sweetblueyes98]

i have been a knitter for 70 years+ (my nanny taught me when I was about 4!!!)...i have never heard of provisional cast-on....so I would like to ask why you would need this? I have been trying to think about why it would be needed? And I agree with the responses; you are very good with your explanations and details, I have learned some tricks even (I have always been able to knit intricate patterns and love them, the more intricate, the better....just now trying my hand at entrelac!! next: two sided knitting!!), and I have learned new ways to work stitches and patterns that are easier than I was doing!!

[@NimbleNeedles]

well..whenever you want to knit in both direction. say you want to knit lined mittens, or a hat that is lined with a softer material. Or you want matching bind-offs. It's actually one of the most versatile and important knitting techniques and I start 50% of my projects with it :)

[@sangitashah9191]

Hello 👋very informative lesson 👌💐🙏

[@NimbleNeedles]

Many many thanks

[@anamagalhaes7078]

Really easy this way! Thank you so much, I was fighting whit other ways to do these!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Glad it helped!

[@yarnmotivated-joyceswensso9744]

Excellent, I'm starting a shawl that calls for this technique. I knew to come to you.

[@NimbleNeedles]

glad you found something!

[@milabulic]

New sub and new knitter here from the Andes mountains in northern Chile. I have not started knitting yet but have ordered a pair of needles so that I can learn. Yours seems to be the only knitting channel that makes me believe this is possible ❤ Anyway, stupid question: why does the crochet cast on need to be provisional, especially if the cast off (in my case) will be crocheted? Also, if one does a provisional cast on, what does one do once the needle is in those stitches after the provisional stitches are removed? I can't believe that I am binge watching knitting videos 😂 I just love how you are so thorough and encouraging. God bless you.

[@NimbleNeedles]

heh! Welcome to the knitting club. As a beginner, I don'T think you should start with a provisional cast-on. Retrace your steps and start with something simple. Later on, you can of course, use this crochet cast on to start your knitting using the same color and without unraveling it.

[@yarnmotivated-joyceswensso9744]

Glad I saved this as I'm using it again. Thank you.

[@NimbleNeedles]

it's actually one of my favorit cast-ons myself

[@purpleunicorn164]

Excellent tutorial. Very clear.

[@anneshirleyduncan]

Tysm 🌻

[@NimbleNeedles]

you're welcome! :)

[@timelessmemories5150]

EPIC THANK YOU

[@klothklicker]

Excellent, thank you so much!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Always a pleasure ☺️☺️

[@chantsbyo]

Thank you for this video. It’s very clear and I’ve just used this to cast on for Purl SoHo’s Dumpling Bag KAL. Hope you don’t mind me sharing this link to my Ravelry account for future reference.

[@NimbleNeedles]

not at all!

[@susannehadden]

Thanks for this Norm, now , perhaps a little less labour intensive this is what I do: 1. Crochet a chain on a bigger crochet hook. 2. Slide small needle through the back look of the chain so it is easy to unravel. 3. Knit a row with appropriate needle called for and voila, when you unravel provisional edge, stitches are available to work in as you wish. Fuss and bother of having to manipulate yarn around knitting needle is eliminated, saving oodles of time when you have 300 plus stitches to provisionally cast on!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Yeah that works as well. I personally find it a bit annoying but if you prefer it, sure, it's the same result, yeah.

[@susannehadden]

Gotta say thanks to you Norm for inspiring us to get adventurous with how we approach the technicalities of our knitting journey. I have been knitting for 60 years plus and am still able to learn new and exciting techniques from folks like you that inspire continuously! Love your easy manner! @@NimbleNeedles

[@alareecediandrea9612]

New to your mailing list, and I wanted to stop by and say hello! Nice Channel!!!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Alraeece, your support is much appreciated! thank you so much :)

[@mariapartington7910]

Excellent

[@NimbleNeedles]

Thank you so much Maria! 😀

[@vadec5909]

I have to do the provisional cast on and then join in the round this is for a cowl knit on a long circular needle

[@heathertucker7056]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@NimbleNeedles]

You're very welcome!

[@SynfullyWkd67]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am learning so much from you!

[@WayShower618]

I knew I should have just come here first.

[@NimbleNeedles]

😅

[@charp8392]

Question for you: When I start knitting, does it matter which end of the provisional cast-on that I start with? Thank you so much for the video!

[@NimbleNeedles]

to be quite honest, I never tried knitting across it the other way. But I don't see how it could matter. Just don't mix knit and purl stitches in the first row. that will take a scissor to unravel.

[@jacquelinepirotta]

this video is very good. Would you mind if i reference it in a pattern i am working on?

[@NimbleNeedles]

Not at all! 😎

[@Enig_Mata]

Your instructions were very clear and easy to follow. I have used this method on a project because the pattern called for it. Is there a reason why this would be used as opposed to any other cast-ons? How is this different from crochet cast on? Thank you.

[@NimbleNeedles]

Well, u only use it so you can pick up stitches. Other than that, there no real advantage to other provisional cast ons. I just find this one is the easiest

[@anitaohanlonlawler5538]

Very interesting technique I can’t wait to try it , but would love to know where you got those lovely multicoloured needles 😊

[@NimbleNeedles]

Hey Anita. those are the knitter's pride dreams. you can get them. Here's a link to etsy: bit.ly/3fVnlQ6 Do you think I should put those links in the video description?

[@Enig_Mata]

@@NimbleNeedles I think you should put the links in the description as well as Amazon links. It will help support your channel when people purchase through them. Also include the stork scissors - they are cute.

[@tinaallmark1138]

I want to try this.

[@NimbleNeedles]

it's a very useful technique :)

[@Smurgles]

I've never seen this technique before and it looks very interesting. What I'm wondering is after you pick up the first row and remove the cast-on row, what do you do to finish the edge? Thanks!

[@NimbleNeedles]

Anything...knit in the other direction, do a double hem..that sort of things

[@kittencollective]

I couldn't manage working a crochet hook so I just did the loops with my fingers

[@NimbleNeedles]

Whatever works for you! You'll unravel it later on anyway

[@marinoni8864]

thxs for the nice and clear explanation. But... Where do we go from here?

[@NimbleNeedles]

Eh? You follow your pattern 😅

[@loiswood8504]

Do you have a video of the Kitchener stitch …ty

[@NimbleNeedles]

Sure. Just search through my channel (or my blog) - available on both

[@heathersharp-keys8240]

Do you count the slip knit as your first stitch? Thanks, Norman.

[@NimbleNeedles]

not sure I understand this question?