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Monday, 27 February 2017

KNITTING 1: LONG TAIL CAST-ON METHOD / Knitting: CONTINENTAL CAST-ON Method - How to start knitting with the long tail cast-on method by using the index & thumb fingers technique For Beginners/SUBTITLES

Knitting: Continental technique cast on - Long Tail Cast-On method - for Beginners

Continental stricken anschlagen : Strickanleitung mit Untertiteln in deutscher Sprache

KNITTING 1: LONG TAIL CAST-ON METHOD / Knitting: CONTINENTAL CAST-ON Method

How to start knitting with the long tail cast-on method -CONTINENTAL CAST-ON Methodby using the index & thumb fingers technique For Beginners/SUBTITLES

Links/Liens:

FR - Le tutoriel en Français: Tricot: Montage Continental deMailles/Montage de Mailles Long Tail Cast-On Method

IT - Il tutorial in ITALIANO: MAGLIA: Come mettere su i punti o gettare le maglie con il metodo continentale o long tail cast-on method metodo dell'indice e pollice per principianti

EL - Το βίντεο στα ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ: ΠΛΕΞΙΜΟ: Πώς ΡΙΧΝΟΥΜΕ ΘΗΛΙΕΣ - Πώς ρίχνουμε πόντους με την Ηπηρωτική Μέθοδο. Πλέξιμο με βελόνες, πώς ρίxνουμε πόντους

All knitting starts with casting on. This creates loops on the needle which will become the first row of stitches. In this post and the video below you can learn how to start knitting by using the Long Tail Cast-On Method or the continental cast-on method.

For more details watch the video tutorial below:

How long should be the yarn?

The length of the yarn should be 3 times longer than the length you need. (picture 1)

Picture 1

Keep the short part of the yarn on your right hand and the short on the left. ( picture 2)

Picture 2

When casting on keep the yarn on the left hand and the needle on the right ( picture 3)

Picture 3

The slip knot

Roll around the fingers as I do in the pictures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

Picture 4

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Picture 6

Picture 7

Picture 8

then bring the yarn through the loop, creating a loop with a knot at the end (picture 9) ... Slide slip knot onto needle. Pull yarn to tighten knot (picture 10)

Picture 9

Picture 10

Cast on Written Instructions

Insert the index and thumb fingers as in picture 10 and separate the two parts of the yarn. open the two fingers and insert the needle from left to right under the yarn that there is on the thumb finger as in picture 11

Then bring the needle under the yarn there is on the index finger (pointer finger) as in picture 12 and then under back towards the thumb as in picture 13

Drop the head of the needle back down through the loop around your thumb and release your thumb from the loop and pull the yarn.(picture 14)