hi and welcome to Knit with Hannah I'm Hannah and I'm here with Knitting natter
to help you learn to knit the easy way. What we're going to do today is discover
my favorite cast on method. if I'm casting on a project I will just come to
this one immediately- it will be my first option whenever I'm starting anything
really and we're going to show it to you now with this Aran or worsted weight
wool and 5 millimeter needles. So it's very simple cast on it's the one I was
shown as a child. It's the one that my mum taught me and it's the one that she
always uses as well. Now I will give you a few reasons why I love it...
Did you see me just put the Slipknot on there? I went took the short end and
that's going around my fingers near the tips and my fingers near the knuckles I
then used my needle to go underneath the first loop pull the second loop through
and there you go that is the first stitch on the needle with a slipknot.
So, here we go now. When I start knitting this gives me a good foundation it has
more yarn making up the stitches than you would otherwise see let me show you
how that is so the first stitch is made basically by putting the needle through
the first stitch.The yarn goes around....I pull that stitch through... and it goes
back onto the needle. Now the second stitch instead of going there putting
the needle into that stitch, it's made by going in between the previous two
stitches. So, by making it like that you can see I have
two loops holding the next stitch in place rather than if I was going to put
it into the stitch like that, rather than one loop of yarn, so this is an this is
one of the basic reasons why I like this cast on method so much. It's a firm
foundation, no matter which method which item you're knitting this will give you
strong base and the beauty of it as well by always pushing your finger always
putting your needle in between the previous two stitches and you can see I
can getting to quite a rhythm with this. So let me show you what happens
once I put a few stitches on the needle
there we go just a few more it also has a good stretch to it so if I'm doing a
foundation which requires rib I can make this and the rib will bring the stitches
closer together then the foundation that I've made here is more than willing to
let it open up again and that especially for a cuff where you actually need a good
base so that it's it's got good wear on it I can use it for a long time without
it wearing out this means that it's got that strong base and it's also got the
stretch now I found if I'm making a ribbed edge and I use the knitted cast
on method it can sometimes be too stretchy so the cast on will and stand
out with the rib once you've got the stretchiness with the rib the cast on
it's just there it's too noticeable and I mean there's nothing wrong with
that but I find it's too much and I like the knitted rib for
beanies when I'm not having a rib on the edge but only when I actually want the
edge to curl a lot so this will let it curl a little bit but not overly so so I
really like this foundation like I say I've used it ever since I started to
cast on for myself when I was a child and I just find it will work for a
variety of ways it will work for a variety of projects it's a firm
foundation you've got that strong edge to it with the extra piece of yarn being
held and that goes for a lot of other cast ons as well
most cast ons will only be holding onto one piece of yarn rather
than the two that you get with the cable. So I like that cast on- it's my favourite!
and yeah do you let me know in the comments below
which cast on you prefer what method do you like and why do you like it this is
a great chance for a knitting conversation it's like which book did
you like to read most in 2017 well this is my cast on method and I've been using
it for a very long time you can ask me all sorts of questions about it and I'll
give you all the benefits for all the different patterns so there you go the
Cable cast on- that's my favourite
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