The two color braided cast on
for right-handed knitters.
Hi, I'm Kristen
and welcome back to my channel "Studio Knit".
I'm sharing three different variations with you.
The first is the braided version with the braided edge.
Secondly, we have a corded edge
and last it's a one-color contrasting edge.
To begin we are doing a short tail.
So, just around four inches or so
take both of your yarn colors together
and you are going to create your slip knot.
This video is especially for those who knit right handed.
If you're looking for the left-handed version
I'll have the link down in the description below for you.
And once you have your cast on
let's go ahead and put it onto your needle
and actually does not matter
which side the yarn colors are on in your slip knot
because we will be removing that
after we're finished knitting our first row.
And if you enjoy my knitting techniques
please like up this video,
let me know you would like to see more cast on help
and it really helps me out.
Let's begin with the braided edge version.
So, we have our slip knot on to our needle
and I'm holding the short little yarn tail
just along the edge of the needle with my right hand.
And with my left hand I am going to do the slingshot method
using those two yarn colors.
So, you just slip your thumb and index finger
right in between
and the yarn in the front that is wrapping around my thumb
the yarn on the back is around my index finger
and they're both going from in the middle
and around to the side.
And your first cast on is just like the long-tail cast on.
You take your needle to the outside of the thumb
and then bring it around to the outside of that second yarn,
the blue.
For this abraded edge we are twisting our yarn colors
counter clockwise.
So, that is from the perspective of our left hand.
The yarn in the front is twisting over
the yarn in the back
and then cast on again from your thumb, your finger
and there you go.
And continue twisting your yarn colors counter clockwise
to complete this decorative braided edge.
And here is how our two yarn colors
are alternating on to our knitting needle
when we're done.
And I'm knitting my first row in white
and that is simply so that you can see exactly how beautiful
and how the colors interconnect with each other
on the edge of your knitting.
For this cast on let's remove the slip knot
because knitting into it would be super bulky.
And here is how beautiful our braided edge is
after I've completed knitting my little swatch
in the white yarn color.
I think this one is my favorite.
So, let's take a look at the second variation.
And we're beginning again with the slip knot
and exactly which yarn color is in front
or is in back on your needle does not matter
because we are removing that slip knot
after we're done knitting our first row.
And again hold the yarn tail
with your right hand on the needle
and with your left hand the sling shot method.
So, I have the orange in the front with my thumb
and I cast on the first stitch
and then we're going to twist it this time clockwise.
So, again that's from the perspective of your left hand
and cast on just as you would
with the long-tail cast on method.
And continue twisting clockwise
and casting on until you have the number of stitches
that you would like on your needle.
And here is how the corded edge looks
when we are knitting with two yarn colors.
And it's interesting how differently
the yarn color interconnect
depending on which direction you twist them in.
Now, I wanted to show you if you do not twist it all
what happens is also kinda cool.
Is that you start out exactly the same way
but you don't twist and you continue casting on.
Now, the reason you would do this
you'll see that it's only the orange yarn
that is actually being cast on to the needle
but you're carrying that blue yarn with you
and that is the edge of your knitting.
So, this technique would be helpful if you wanted one color
just along the edge of your knitting.
So, in this example,
we have the blue yarn along the edge.
And once I've completed casting on
all of the stitches onto this needle
when I knit my first row
I'm just carrying on in the orange yarn color only.
I hope you're inspired
to give this two color braided cast on a try.
It gives you a nice little decorative edge
so you can get even more creative with your knitting.
Thank you so much for watching
and I'll see you here next time.
Bye
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