[KnitFreedom] Italian Cast-On in the round - Perfect Invisible 1x1 Rib Cast-On
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The Italian cast-on makes a stretchy invisible edge that blends perfectly into 1×1 ribbing. The trick is the stitches that are used in the cast-on.
With a normal long-tail cast-on, the stitches that go on the needle are knit stitches, with a chain of stitches around the bottom to hold them together.
With the Italian cast-on, you actually cast on a knit stitch and then a purl stitch (I show you how in the video), thereby avoiding any line or separation when you start ribbing.
The trouble is, even though the Italian cast-on makes a perfect edge for ribbing, it's not very sturdy on its own. It's just one strand of yarn, like the backwards-loop cast-on.
So in order to make a gorgeous edge, the Italian cast-on needs reinforcement.
To Protect The Cast-On Edge, Add Tubular Set-Up Rows
For whatever reason, that's what they're called, and they are the perfect partner for the Italian cast-on. They add sturdiness and strength to the edge by creating a reinforcement of alternately slipped and knitted stitches.
Know how when you slip a stitch, the working yarn makes a little ladder across the back of the stitch?
On projects like Fair-Isle sweaters, the unused colors "float" across the back of the work, adding strength and warmth.
When we use that same technique on the Italian cast-on, the little floats pull the knitting together while the slipped stitches reinforce the columns of the ribbing and make the knit stitches stand out.
Use This Cast-On For Projects With Worsted to Bulky Yarn
Anytime you have a project that starts with highly-visible ribbing, you can add a nice edge using the Italian cast-on.
I especially recommend it for projects using bulky yarn, like my bulky-weight mitten pattern.
The reason for that is, the thicker the yarn, the more visible the cast-on edge.
Tip: Brioche projects are a great opportunity to use the Italian cast-on.
Brioche knitting is just ribbing at heart, only stretchier, so you do need to use a special cast-on like this one to make sure that the edge doesn't look funny.
In the video, I use a bulky-weight yarn to demonstrate the technique. You can see what the edge is supposed to look like and how nice it looks, especially on thicker yarns.
Tubular Set-Up Written Instructions:
Cast on an even number of stitches using the Italian cast-on. Turn work.
Row 1: K1, sl 1 wyif, move yarn to back. Repeat across row. P last 2 sts together. Turn.
Row 2: K1, sl 1 wyif, move yarn to back. Repeat across row. P last st.
Abbreviations:
● sl 1 wyif - slip 1 with yarn in front
Are you going to try this technique out? Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
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I watched a half dozen tutorials on the Italian Cast On method for my last project and didn’t get it. The pattern designer responded to my email for help TWO WEEKS LATER. I gave up and did a long tail cast on instead. Now, months later, I find this video for another project I’m working on AND I GET IT! Your video is clear and concise. Your voice is steady and clear. There is no distracting background. The camera is evenly focused. PERFECT TUTORIAL! Thank you so much! I just mastered a new skill.
Hi there! Sorry for also taking two weeks to respond! 🤣Thank you so much for this resounding comment. I made it my life's work to create distraction-free, to-the-point tutorials like this so that knitters can get the info they need and get back to knitting. You can find many more on KnitFreedom.com. Big hugs to you and happy knitting!
THANK YOU!! There are new knitters starting everyday that need good teachers and videos. You are at the top!!
Certainly the best knitting teacher on the web!
You are too kind Patricia! We're so glad these videos are so helpful :) If you're ever looking for more instruction, visit us as www.KnitFreedom.com
Thank you for the great video. Another thing I really liked about this method was that it made it easier to avoid twisting when I joined to knit in the round. I watched a lot of videos on different methods of casting on in 1-1 ribbing and most of them were really frustrating, so I very much yours.
Liat, you're videos are by far the best for clear knitting instruction and you have the most calming voice. Allows me to stop, start, rip, and start again, but in the end I always get it...always! Thank you.
Thank you so very much!!!!
Thank you thank you ! finally I understood - this is the best demonstration I've found on youtube :)
You taught me magic loop, socks and a hundred other things. Now this! I had been waiting. Thank you. Very clear.
Quante volte ho riguardato questo preziosissimo tutorial! Grazie Roxanne 😊
Thank you so much!! 🙏🏼
Thank you omg..so easy after watching 3 other long videos.
i come back to this tutorial all the time, whenever i start a new project. thanks so much !
That makes me so happy! Thank you for sharing.
You make it so much easier with starting straight away with Italien cast on and then close the round only after the second row of knitting. Wonderful and many thanks.
I love this edging so much! Thanks for sharing
The best knitting tutorials! I have learned so much from Knit freedom, thank you!
Amazing demo! Thanks so much - I'm using this on my next hat right now.
This looks really nice, and amazingly stretchy, without being floppy. And thanks for showing the right handed/throwing style, too!
You bet! Thank you for such nice compliments!
Thank you for this wonderful cast on. And thank you for getting the camera close so that the stitches are actually defined
Thank you for this clear and concise video that gets right to the point.
The best tutorial videos! Visually clear, candid (including little errors and corrections), easy to follow instruction. This Italian Cast-On method appears in a lot of other videos, but this video is the clearest to me. Many thanks.
I find your videos extremely helpful! I could not catch on to the Italian Bind-Off until I found your tutorial. And now that I want to learn the Italian Cast-On I came looking for one of your videos. You break things down in a way that is so easy for me to catch on to. And I find your voice very soothing and confidence-boosting while I am trying to learn. Thank you!
I am so grateful for your knitting videos - your knowledge, sense of humor and calmness combined with your obvious skill and patience are much appreciated. Thank you.
I know its very late coming but can I just say you have one of a very few TH-cam voices that I can actually listen to!! You totally have a new subscriber.
Thank you so much for explaining slowly, and repeating several times! This is a difficult stitch to learn, and I’ve already watched other videos, trying to get in the rhythm. They are usually a bit too fast and short, and I have to keep rewinding. Your idea of knitting back and forth before the actual ribbing also makes this a lot easier.
I also would like you to know you have a great voice.. so clear and precise. Your instructions are very clear to hear and understand.
Thanks for this! I learned this cast-on from this video many years ago, and I found it again today.
Love your video and clear explanation. I always select a needle size at least 2-3 sizes smaller and continue knitting my rib with the smaller needle. This cast on is looser than one would expect. I've tried using circulars but prefer to use straight needles for the cast on and the next two set up rows. If I don't, the stitches roll and sometimes I get a twist at the bottom edge. I can see and manage the stitches better. After the two set up rows, I slip the stitches to a circular needle and join. I find myself returning here to your video each time I knit a hat. Thanks!
At last I found a tutorial which was really helpfull! Thank you 💜
Great video. Nice and slow so I don't have to keep going back and repeating the video to learn how to do it with a senior brain. Really appreciate the time you take and the number of repeats! I ripped out what I spent over an hour trying to learn this from someone else's video and did it your way, right! the first time. Thank you.
Very clear! Thank you. I also love that you show us or tell us about your little mistakes and how you recover. That is so helpful.
Hello👋 I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love💞 all over the world🌎 I am from Key West Florida and you where are you from if i may ask?
You make is so Easy Liat!!! I've been knitting for a lot of years and this is great!!!
Thank you Rebecca!! I really appreciate this. Don't keep me a secret - please tell your knitting friends about KnitFreedom!
Great Tutorial! I really like these setup rows! They give the cast-on a finished look.
I was so happy to see that you recorded this video, Liat Gat. Your videos are the easiest for me to follow and I really appreciate them. Thank you!
Thank you. This is a wonderful technique, sympathetically taught.
Thank you!! Please don't keep me a secret - please tell your knitting friends about KnitFreedom
Very easy and comprehensive video explaining clearly what to do. I am starting a top down pullover and want to start the polo neck with this cast on
Very nice explanation, I was a bit lazy to learn a new cast-on, but suddenly I wanted to start my hat with it and now I know how to do this. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I'm glad we could get you started on a new hat with a new skill under your belt. Check out KnitFreedom.com for more new knitting skills :)
Thank you for a nice, clear, calm introduction to Italian tubular cast on!
Thanks, Liat, for another clear, concise video. This will make my next project look really professional. I'm hoping to impress my teenaged son and ex-husband and I think this technique will do the trick. Thanks again!! Please know that I'm always spreading the word about you as a teacher and about KNITFreedom and your great videos (and your Rav group). I love your teaching style!!!
I've tried and failed the Italian cast on so many times before this video. This one finally helped and I'm well on my way with my project! Thank you :)
Hi Kathleen,
I'm so glad it helped!
Nicely explained. I followed your instructions and knitted a nice edge.
So glad to hear that Maryam! If you ever need any other knitting help, visit us at KnitFreedom.com :)
Thank you so much Liat. I am so glad I found your tutorials and that you knit in continental. So easy to follow. In fact I was knitting a stocking stitch sleeve and when I got to the end of row realised I have a row of slipped stitches and knitted stitches. That will teach me to multi task
Lovely demonstration, adding it straight to my reading list. Thank you!
It is a great video, you have a very nice photo, never lost the focus, your voice give me peace haha, and make me feel anything is possible¡¡, I will try¡ Thanks a lot¡
+Frida Concepcion Gonzalez Villegas
it is possible i just did it!
First time trying this, thank you for such clear instructions. This gives a really nice cast on edge
Thank you for the lovely feedback!! I have a whole video course full of cast-ons like this that you will love. knitfreedom.com/shop/cast-ons. Happy knitting!
You are my favorite to watch. Thanks for sharing 🌹
Dear Liat, your videos are always so amazing! You’re my favorite teacher :) viv
Aw, Viv, thank you so much! That means so much to me. Thanks for sticking with me all these years!!
Liat you are a BORN teacher! This is spot-on! Thankyou!
nice presentation and I will be able to follow this for sure. I really like tubular cast on appearance the best
Liat, I agree with you. Work those extra two rows. I, being stubborn, tried to do this cast on without the two sturdifying (dont ask me. Its 1 am and ive been up since 6 am) rows, and it looks TERRIBLE without it. I wanted the stretchy cast on for a sweater for my nephew, and this is the best explained video to show me how to get a beautiful cast on edge for this.
You are amazing. Thank you so much for this video!!!!
You rock! Thanks for this very clear and easy to follow video! You are one of my favorite teachers for knitting on TH-cam!
thanks for your soooo clear videos.. i would like to ask you for another one, of how to finish the ending invisibly also.. thanks again, for everything you share..
Reemara Abdul q
If you do this stitch and knit in the round with a circle needle it will probably be seamless.
Very good tutorial
Beautiful demonstration!!
Thank you!!
You are SO sweet. I'm so glad that this cast-on was just what you needed! :) You'll have to let me know how your hat turns out.
Best videos n knitting I’ve seen. ……..subcribed!
Yay! Thank you!
You made this so easy to follow. Thank you so much x
So glad we could help Anita! If you're ever looking for more clear knitting tutorials, visit us at KnitFreedom.com :)
Thank you for a great clear tutorial teaching how to do new knitting techniques and for making mistakes first so we can also learn what NOT to do as well!😊 I subscribed.
Thank you soooo much. I'm just starting a top down sweater with a big turtleneck where I'm instructed to use the tubular cast on. I find your video and explanation much easier to follow than others - also nice and slow so I only had to pause the video a few times to catch up (I'm casting on 106 stitches rather than your 20!!)
Very nice stretchy edge for mittens and top-down sock or any ribbing edge that needs to be stretchy. It Worth the try and you will adopt it.
Thank you so much. What a great tutorial - couldn't believe it worked perfectly for me on my first attempt. Think next time l'll start on straight needles , which l find easier to manage, and knit the last 'set up row' onto circulars.
my knitting savior!
It was impossible to understand it tell i saw your video... Thank you so much.
You make it easy to understand
Awesomeness!!!! Thanks!!! I've been knitting for more than 40 years and never saw that set up! REALLY really nice!
Blessings,
Neesie
Thank you, this cast on fitted my knitting project so well! Thanx xoxo
This is a great video - I never liked how loose the regular tubular cast on seemed, and the setup rows are so helpful. I got rid of the extra yarn loop at the start by using a safety pin to hold the start of the yarn instead of putting it on the knitting needle. If I get a chance, I will do a video of it. Hope this might help anyone.
Thank you so much ❤😊 it's so simple and beautiful the best process i find. A révélation for me. Excuse my english i'm french. 👍☀️🥰
Merci beaucoup! Il me plait apprendre que je vous ai aidé. Pardonnez-moi mon francès, ça fait longtemps que j'ai pas pratiqué! :D
@@Knitfreedom It's perfect ! Merci encore.
Some fun trying this for the first time with my crazy "Knit Collage" bulky yarn....but it looks like just the ticket for my k1, p1 beanie. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!
Just wanted/needed to let you know you're my awesome sauce! You're soothing to listen to, very clear in your instruction and so sweetly encouraging. THANK YOU
You're precious !!! L love your tutorials !!!
Thanks. This the first time it’s made sense. I’ve watched videos before that I didn’t understand.
Yay!
Thank you!!! Scared of this until today xx
This is really clear. Thank you.
Easy to follow tutorial. Thank you
Thank you so much! I'm so stoked you love my videos - your comment makes me happy. :)
love the easy explanation. Thanks!
Life saver, as always. Can't wait to get started on my Graham! :D
It is definitely not easy to multi-task while you knit! :) I'm glad I could help you fix that troublesome row.
Very nice! Thank you!
Of course Tamara! :) If you ever need any more knitting tips, feel free to join us at KnitFreedom.com
Great pacing thanks. I may get the hang of this yet.
I've done this cast-on several times for hats. It's essential to keep the loops aligned right from the beginning and it's easier to do that with straight needles because on a cable the stitches can turn out of alignment.
How would you set this up for a 2x2 ribbing
Can this be used in any combination of ribbing like 2x2? This is a really easy to follow tutorial. Thank you!
Yes! That is the beauty of this cast-on! Let me know how it goes :D
Definitely give it a shot. :) You are very welcome.
Thank youuuu!!!!!! 🤦🏼♀️😅🎉🙏🏼💛
Beautifully filmed, and beautifully demonstrated! You don't twitch the work around, as so many do, and you don't keep backing up, or stopping and starting.
You demonstrate continuous, straightforward movement, so we can learn the correct procedure visually. And you don't subject us to a torrent of rambling -- calm, clear, succinct instruction of what you're showing. Lovely!
I wasn't as delighted with the choice of yarn -- a little too roving and fuzzy for us to see the interaction clearly. Especially with this technique, it's crucial to see how each stitch is a loop being held in place by the other strand. For that purpose, I would also suggest that you move your right hand back a little to show us the stitch on the needle after it's casted on.Just for future videos.
You've got to be kidding?!
Should the tail be on my thumb or my fore finger so I can be sure to use the “ measured” amount of yarn when casting on
I really like garter-stitch brims for my hats, too - like the Aspen Ice hat. The cast-on will pretty much be invisible if you do a long-tail cast-on and then start with a knit round - that will put a purl round right at the bottom of the hat and it will blend right into the garter-stitch brim. I don't think there's a way to do this cast-on for only knit stitches, but I think my suggestion will still accomplish what you need. Happy Knitting!
fantastico!!!Thanks!!!!
Thanks for sharing ❤️🌹
I love how this looks but I have found it to be unstable. For my first project I accidentally twisted the slipped stitches. It's only noticeable on the wrong side and it actually provides stability. But when I started another project using the same method I slipped the stitches correctly and the ribbing does not recover; in other words, when you stretch it it doesn't spring back. I used the same yarn for both projects (Cascade 220).
Hi I'm knitting a hat but I don't want to do ribbing on the bottom, so I'm doing a garter stitch pattern for the first few rows but I fell in LOVE with the way that the invisible cast on looks... is there any way to do an invisible cast on with all knit stitches?? your videos are incredible by the way!! I watched your perfect thumb video and now I'm making mittens and gloves like mad!!
Awesome 🎄
How do you feel about using a smaller needle to do the set up to help the setup stitches and the ribbing stitches match in size? I don't like the first stitches to "flare" at the edge.
Yes! Great idea
Thank you, this is a new cast on to me. But for socks? It seems I'll get hung up. Would you use this for a sock cuff? Help. TY
Hi Shelley! This is a perfect cast on for anywhere you start with 1x1 rib. So it'd work for top-down socks, hats, and the ribbing of top-down sweaters. Enjoy learning this new cast on and happy knitting :)
@@Knitfreedom Thank you. I'm very nervous to try this on a sock cast on of 64 stitches. I see a mess happening -)
I wonder if there would be any value in doing additional set up rows, I think I may have heard on one of the videos that it’s ok
Yes, normally you would do 2 or 4 setup rows. More rows make the edge more rounded. You can do a small swatch and see for yourself. I usually find 2 enough but 4 would perhaps be sturdier? -Liat
Yours is a lot easier than the other sites. It is a beautiful edge. I have knitted for over 50 years and have never come across this cast on. I do wish it was shown slower. I had to keep
keep going back to the first few stitches to get it.
If you click on the gear icon on the video, you can choose to play it at half speed.
+Savanah Steigen (San) omg - thank you so much for teaching me about that! On a great majority of (other people's - not Knit Freedom necessarily) videos I wanna speed it up cause a lot of people are way too chatty/talk way too much and take forever to get around to telling you what they really said they were gonna teach you; and then there are sometimes when I do when slow it down and see the repetitive motion. Thanks!!!!~!
So you knit into the half hitch you use to secure the yarn at the end of the cast on row?
YOU ARE AWESOME
Say you want to cast on two knits and two purl how would you do this same cast on to start it off that way?
Great question! The 2x2 cast-on is actually started the same way as the 1x1. Once you cast on the amount of stitches - you will knit one, slipthe next purl stitch off the needle behind the next stitch, knit the next stitch, slide the purl stitch back onto the needle then purl 2. If you want to see a video better explaining to do the 2x2 Italian Cast On, there is one included in our cast-ons course at www.knitfreedom.com/shop/cast-ons/
Is there a way to do this cast on for a 3x1 rib? Thanks so much for the video!
I'm making two sweaters and the instructions starts a 1x1 ribbing for the cuffs and bottom hem. It doesn't say what cast on to use and I usually do a two needle cast on but I was looking for a different cast on. Would this be a good Cast On to use for it for my sweaters?
Thank you ;) Is it too late to ask which yarn/colorway that you're using in the vid? Probably, but Ima take my shot anyway...
This is very clear except I don't understand why at 6:45 you purled the last stitch instead of slipping it since the previous stitch was a knit. Was it because it was the last stitch and you couldn't make it a knit stitch because the previous one was a knit, maybe? 💁Thanks in advance for your help and your great tutorials!
Great question! It's purled so that you are set up to do the knit stitch on the next row to continue the K1, P1 pattern. Thanks for watching our tutorials, and if you ever need more give us a visit at www.KnitFreedom.com :)
@@Knitfreedom Thank you, yes, I did check out your website, its awesome and I will be frequenting it!! Its tough for us crocheters to understand the versatility of knitting and changing the normal progression of a pattern to fit the way you want it to...not sure if you understand what I mean by that though..basically in crochet you don't typically change the stitches to fit your needs..lol LOVE YOUR TUTS!