- [Kristen] In today's video,
we are casting on in-the-round
on the AllnOne loom.
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The AllnOne is great because we can work it in-the-round,
such as a hat like this or a cowl that you can also
work it flat panel or take these sliders out
on either end and push it together for double knitting.
So today we wanna work in-the-round, continuously,
just as this one is doing here.
And I wanna point out something special that I'm doing.
So you can see that I have removed these sliders
from the bolts on the ends on this end here
and marked my first peg, as well as down here.
And then I just loosen it, and then slide it
into the position and count how many stitches I need,
and then tighten it up.
Okay so now you would normally assume to do that
on one end, but maybe this end, you normally would keep
this slider around this bolt,
because that's the way it comes.
But if you will go ahead and take it off
before you start, you can do something like
a decrease crown, such as on here,
to where you have a nice smooth look,
and you have more flexibility to be able
to actually move these sliders around
while you're working on your project.
Alright, that being said, lets go ahead
and adjust your loom.
Pause your video as you need and then count out
how many stitches that you need.
I usually suggest that you do a multiple of two or four,
or even a multiple of eight, which divides really well
when you wanna do a decreased crown.
So go ahead and get it adjusted
to the right amount of stitches.
Pause your video and come back.
And we will start doing a cast on.
Alright in this video, I'm going to show you
how to make a chain cast on.
You need a crochet hook, or you can use your fingers,
and then you're going to need your yarn of choice.
Now if you would like of a type of cast on video,
I have some down in the links below
to all of the overview of my cast ons.
And you can pick the one that works best
for the pattern you're choosing.
I'm choosing this one because it has a nice clean edge.
This is a chained edge.
You can see how it has these lovely V-shaped designed
stitches that go around.
So it mimics the knit stitch
from the side, which is actually just a nice little chain,
like a crochet.
So we're gonna do that.
We're gonna place a slip knot however you like it.
I just wrap it around twice for my finger.
Lift the back loop over the front slightly,
and then do it one more time.
Up and over the tip of my finger.
Okay and then I'm going to grab a crochet hook
and place it onto my hook.
And now I'm going to put the hook at the back
and between my first and second peg.
Now I'm working in this direction here.
I'll flip the video to do right or left handed.
On my video, I'm working to the left
and that is the way my pattern is going to go
so I'm just choosing that direction today.
You can do it in either direction.
Alright so I'm going to wrap the yarn around my first peg,
with this working yarn.
Alright.
And then I'm going to put my crochet hook
in between here.
Just pick a hook that will go in between the pegs.
And then we're just gonna wrap around the working yarn
and pull through the loop on the hook.
Now this first one is a little bit harder to do.
I'll just use my fingers here.
Okay so I pulled it off.
It's a little bit fussy here.
So I'm just gonna place it right back on.
You can see, I'm just being nice and loose with it.
And now I can pull a little tighter.
So what that does behind here, is it creates
a little bitty chain.
It's harder to see now with these smaller stitches,
but it's there.
And now I've got a loop on the back.
When I go to the next stitch here, the next peg,
I'm just gonna put my hook here.
And then I'm gonna yarn over.
So wrapping it with that working yarn.
Pull through the loop, right here.
And it creates a chain on the back again.
And now I'll go into the next one.
You can see that that next one is gonna create a chain.
So the inside is gonna have two stitches or two loops
and then the outside has one.
Okay so I'm just gonna yarn over
and keep pulling through like that.
And again, you can use your fingers.
Some people take this loop from the back
and pull it through the front, and then kind of
mess with it up front.
There are videos around to see that.
And this is just the way I'm teaching it today.
So go ahead and keep doing that.
When you get to the end of this straight away here,
this slider, you can turn it.
And then go between the next peg.
And you're gonna go around this
this first peg on the other side here.
When it lines up, make sure that your slider is lined up
with these pegs here.
And then just keep going along the side.
Pause your video and continue working on all your stitches.
And go all the way around until you get
to this very beginning.
I'm gonna show you a nice little trick to join.
Alright see you soon.
Alright so I am at the end, and I have this last peg done.
The first peg, of course has that one loop on it.
And then it has a chain going from the first peg
to the second peg.
But I have this one last loop.
And I can place this one last loop on this first peg.
And be done with it, yes.
And I've told that in the past.
But there's actually a different way
and I really like this next way.
If you go ahead and just cast on one more
and go back on that number one peg.
And then come through again, you're gonna get
a nice chain going from the last peg to the first peg.
And then just place this very last loop on the second peg.
So your first and second peg will have two loops on it.
And so you can go ahead and lift up and over
on this first one like that.
And then go ahead and start working your pattern.
And when you start working this next stitch here,
go ahead and treat these two stitches as one.
So if you were to knit this first stitch,
you go ahead, and then yarn is coming out.
It looks like it's actually coming out
from between these two.
But go ahead and knit this first stitch, or purl,
whatever your pattern says, go ahead and do that.
And when you work your number two peg,
then you will just knit both of those two over
or purl those two together.
Alright so that's how you cast on in-the-round.
Just continue working on your next project.
Or you can click down the link below
for the next video coming.
And we'll talk about the Boyfriend Hat.
See you soon.
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