Pissed off at Cast Ons? Why not Knit On!

It’s just one of the standard methods of casting on, but isn’t talked about nearly as much as say the long tail cast-on. My long tail cast ons were too loose, and I’ve often found myself starting over projects, with one of the reasons being my cast-on, only to struggle with just the beginning–again.

Now that I’ve switched to knitting on, everything’s relatively smooth, and I’m a much faster worker. Tutorial video below (it’s not me).

A couple tips:

Your cast ons may get too tight to work with, or even a bit loose. You need to focus on pushing the stitches to the fullest part of the needle, but then pulling the top stitch close to the end when inserting your left needle into the right hand stitch. It takes some practice, and you may not always get it for a while.

Advanced tip: You don’t need to pull the right needle out of the lefthand loop at all, but just move it to the back! Things move much quicker this way.

Good luck! Feel free to link to your results in the comments!