How to Improve Your Long-Tail Cast On
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This tutorial tells you everything you've ever wanted to know about how to do a long-tail cast on. Understand its mechanics, how to make it loose enough, and how to count it in your knitting. This is not just another demonstration of the technique. It's a full tutorial.
Cheryl I think your video demonstrations are really great for beginning knitters. Your voice is very well modulated and you speak slower than many teachers demonstrating techniques and that is more relaxing to new knitters. I have listened to a number of videos and in my opinion some speak very quickly and therefore it is frustrating to someone trying to learn a new skill or technique. You share important tips that are basic guides not only for beginning knitters, but for all knitters, whether novice or more advanced. When I first learned to knit about 55 years no one ever discussed the WHY you must do things in a certain way like the cast on tension etc. or what part of your garmet fabric would be affected in a certain way and what the consequences would be in your finished fabric
After 50 years of knitting I finally understand how to cast on with this method, which my mother was derisory about when she taught me to knit in the 60s! But it was because she got it wrong!!! I love the fact that it gives such a neat edge and the demonstration with 2 colours illustrated it so well. Thank you for the clear instructions.
You are so welcome Chris. Are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com
Thank you. The clarity provided by two colors was especially helpful. The additional information regarding counting the cast on and the row on the needle as rows in the pattern was helpful as well.
For those of us learning to knit by looking at written directions and watching videos often are confused by seemingly obvious answers. Thanks again.
You are so welcome Georgia and thank you for your comment. These days many people learn knitting by picking things up piecemeal and that does lead to missing a lot of details along the way. Maybe it's time to design a course that's well-sequenced and includes details like this. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.
The best tutorial I have seen , and I have watched MANY, on the Long Tail Cast On ! Thank you so very much.
Thank you, for for the easy methods to cast on long tail for the amount of stitches you need. This is going to make casting on stitches without running out of yarn and having to start all over again. I will definitely use these methods from now on. 😊🧶
Great lesson. I am a former construction worker and a beginning knitter. I've used the long tail cast on for several projects. Tension was an issue, the reason I was hesitating to make socks. You mentioned leaving space between the stitches. I figured out that pinching the needle between the new stitch and last stitch leaves a nice gap if you avoid tugging the yarn between stitches. Using this method I can easily knit four different tensions because I have four different finger widths on my hand; thumb, middle, index/ring, and pinky fingers. My fingers are thicker than average from years of gripping tools and materials, but this method may also work for little fingers. Thanks for sharing what you know.
I'm a new self-taught knitter. Thank you for your easy to follow videos. Your verbal directions are very clear and your motions are easy to follow.
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I had never seen the British method. It seems a lot simpler than the one handed method, and for the first time this cast on makes sense. I have always defaulted to a knitted cast on, but I might try this more often.
I found you again. I can always understand your instructions. Thank you!
So thrilled I found your channel! I learned to knit in England in the "70's" and want to get back to it but could't remember how I casted on. The British method you showed is the way I learned. Now I guess all my needles need to be figured in mm? I'm 65 so I hope I can relearn fairly quickly. Thanks for a great video!
+redfernjewelry You are so welcome and thank you for this sweet comment. Are you on my newsletter email list yet? At cherylbrunette.com? That's where people get more info.
I am new to knitting, and I have watched many many videos trying to learn. This was THE best so far! Thank you!
Sherrill is an excellent teacher! I am almost finished knitting a child sweater based on her series how to knit a sweater. Thank you so much for these videos.
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I love your explanations, Cheryl! You make knitting make sense, so I can understand what's going right with my work, or what's going wrong. You always leave me absolutely doubtless there is a solution for my problem and that I am able to get it right. By the way, I'm a total lefty, and you never leave me confused about what I should be doing with which hand or finger or needle, even though you are a righty and speak "righty" when you are demonstrating. What you do so well is explain the relationship between the hands and fingers and needles and fabric. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom and your humor with us!
Thank you for this lovely comment Linda. And thank you for watching. It's my pleasure. I'm a teacher by profession with years of classroom experience. I script these videos as if they were mini lesson plans. Sometimes I just demonstrate a technique, but I like to understand things for my own sake and then share that understanding. That has always worked for me while teaching.
THIS! This video was perfect, and exactly what I was looking for. I've been crocheting for years, and my tension there is perfect. It's been so different for me learning to knit. I think knit itself is easier. I mean, basic knitting and purling is anyhow, but the tension! I'm not used to tensioning an entire row at one time. If I get a couple of stitches into crochet and realize one stitch is off, I just fix that stitch and move on. With knitting, I've been realizing that my cast on was too tight or too lose after I'm a row or two in. I couldn't recognize it from just the cast on. You're so thorough. Love it.
Thank you.
You have the clearest, most concise and enjoyable knitting videos I've ever found. I love your degree of knowledge and skill -- I've knitted for a long time (from the age of 6), and I quit for a long time, because I felt stagnated and didn't know how to find out more. Voilà! Comes the internet, and wonderful teaching and sharing of skill -- your teaching and your skills are primo! Thank you!
I never hesitate to watch one of your videos, because even if it's a basic skill I've performed for years, I know I will learn something! Thanks again!
+Evie Hammond (truefeather77) Thank you for this generous and lovely comment Evie. Please come to cherylbrunette.com and sign up for my newsletter/knitting group. I'm trying to corral everyone who follows my work into one place instead of being scattered hither and yon. That way I can make announcements, hear your real concerns, etc. And you made my day. :)
I did! I have several burning knitting questions I'm perishing to post, and can't wait to get a chance to do so -- in the next day or two. Thank you for all you do! Much enjoyed and appreciated. Especially enjoy your calm and your humor.
I've been knitting for about 2 months now, so I've been learning as much as I can from primarily videos such as this one. While I've found a couple favorite channels, I will definitely be adding you to that list as well. I really like that you explain the "why", as well as the "how", and you do so in a way that's interesting and thorough, yet concise. I especially enjoyed your explanation about why my first row has always been a little tighter than the others--and how to fix it!
I'm not a very social person, so I don't connect with any other local knitters. I feel like I can learn from you some of the tips and little things that I would normally only get by knitting with others. Thanks for helping me become a better knitter!
+sukubo313 It is my pleasure to help you. Thank you for watching and commenting so kindly and congratulations on taking up knitting. I've been doing it for over 60 years and it still gives me pleasure. Please come to cherylbrunette.com and join my newsletter group where you'll get articles and notifications of new videos. You can also help me choose subjects for videos in that group..
Thank you!! Best video on this cast on method with the, all important, why’s and how’s explained! You’re a wonderful teacher!!
And you are very kind Sarah. Thank you.
I just finished teaching my first class of Dec Arts to my high school class. Watching your video has given me lots of great ideas on how to solve some of my students problems, especially those that knit way too tightly. When the new semester starts in the Fall, my students will be required to watch your video. Thank you so very much! You are extremely helpful!!
Candice Morgan My pleasure Candice. I'm thrilled that you are going to teach your high school students to knit in the fall. This month marks my 50th anniversary of working with (teaching) youth in one setting or another. Knitting has so many cognitive and emotional benefits
I do so enjoy your tutorials. Even if I watch one of your videos that covers techniques I think I already know, I always end up learning something new. You are clear and thorough. You clearly found your calling in teaching! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. :)
Thank you for this kind comment Roberta. I've been a teacher for over 50 years including teaching high school and middle school English in public and Department of Defense schools. I like it.
such a great lesson covering 3 common issues...ive been knitting 1 year and this is all new info! i am so excited to practice each of these now🖒Thank you!
You are so welcome Christy! Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please consider joining us. That's where I give lots of good information and keep in closest touch with knitters.
How lucky are we to learn new ways to do things that are at once familiar, yet new, from a master of technique and taste. Thank you.
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Omg I have never been able to do a long tail. Now using the 2 strand “knitting it off” method I can finally follow directions when long tale is called for. Thank you for such a clear tutorial even though it wasn’t what you intended.
M W You are certainly welcome!! I'm glad it helped you.
After all these years of knitting I have just learnt how to cast on and not have a long tail left over. I’m so happy that the tutor uses the thumb cast on method like me. As she said, most use the slingshot method, which looks too complicated to me. Thanks
Thank you, thank you, thank you, I have been trying to master this for years! Finally I can understand the long tail cast on, Going to bookmark this page!
I've been doing the long tail cast on with two needles for more than 10 years. It's how my grand mother taught me to do it, so I was convinced it was the best way. But I have to say thanks for promting me to finally move forward! It takes a little longer to cast on, but the result is certainly worth it.
I know that it is the long-time conventional wisdom to cast on over two needles or over bigger needles but when I started playing with it to test it, it turned out not to be true. Thank you for commenting and you are so welcome. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please consider joining us. That's where I give lots of good information and keep in closest touch with knitters.
You have a lovely way of explaining things and I enjoyed watching your video. My aunt taught me to knit when I was 8 but the way she taught the cast on left a long string of yarn from one needle to the other. I just recently learned this method and it's so much better! But the way you learned was very interesting to watch. I may have to try it. Thanks again! Paula
Paula Smith You are so welcome Paula. I've seen that long string phenomenon. This really is one of the best, all-around cast ons. And thank you for taking the time to comment so kindly.
Knitting with Cheryl Brunette I'm a new knitter and I also have been experiencing that long string of yarn that connects the two needles, even when trying the long tail cast on! Any idea why that could be happening/ how I could fix it? Thanks! P.S. this is a great video and why I decided to try this method of cast on!
Thankyou very much. You've explained "cast on " so nicely. I like the way you have used two colours for clear understanding.
Thank you Cheryl. This was a very informational video. I was especially impressed with using two strands of yarn instead of one so you don't run out when casting on a large number of stitches. Very smart indeed. Thank you for sharing your knitting wisdom, it is much appreciated.
You are very welcome Clarine. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Thank you for this video. I have been trying to master the long tail cast on and it feels awkward compared to a thumb cast on method I was taught many years ago. Your thumb cast on method is easier, and I picked it up from this video and cast on stitches that were neat and not too tight 😊
Another super video. My Great Nan (English UK)taught me this many years ago but she called it the thumb method of cast on. I still use it everytime I cast on. Thank you for sharing. 💐
You are so welcome Patricia and thank you for commenting. This is the one I learned over 65 years ago (actually 67 but who's counting) and it has served me well. Are you on my email list at cherylbrunette.com ? Come visit and see if you'd like to join us.
@@CherylBrunetteTV I'm not sure if I am, I'll do tht today. You are amazing, if you don't mind me saying. Your videos on the bond and hand knitting are my go to when I have any issues with either. You always explain things so clearly. It really is super that you take the time to do all these videos. Thank you so much for all your hard work. 😊💐
You are both kind and very welcome.
I appsloutly appreciate your tutorial videos. I was tought crochet & knitting when I was 10/11 yrs old {just a few yrs ago, lol}. I been crocheting ever since; however, that day was first/last for knitting, for I could not grasp it. Nevertheless, I've recently broke my back; {I've always been so active I would have 3/4 projects going at once along with life} I've had to change alot in my life due to my back. As can imagine lots of limitations; for and overly active person this, trust me not good, daily goal is to not go stir crazy.
So few weeks ago I decided to go back in time 40 yrs or so and retry knitting. and boy I'm so thankful 1 found you TH-cam channel, 2 that I'm retring knitting; don't quit know what my 10yr old self was thinking, I get it & love knitting. Sure 40 yrs of life experienc helps.
I know this long, reason for commenting is to really acknowledge & let you know how nicely done and appreciated your videos are. Must also added "needed", trust me not every-one is ment to make teaching videos. One question, do you take project request? If so, how/where do I smit the request?
Once again Thank You, I have liked and subcribed.
Have a Very Blessed Life
Thank you for this kind comment and sharing of your life's journey. I'm sad you broke your back but I'm glad you've returned to knitting as an activity you can enjoy. I don't take specific project requests but I do have an email newsletter group that you can sign up for at cherylbrunette.com. Please consider joining us. That's where I give lots of good information and keep in closest touch with knitters and they are the inspiration for many of my programs.
Thanks so very much! You gave an excellent example of how to estimate the amount of yarn for casting on! This is much better than other videos I have seen! Your video was great!
Thank you Anne. You are very kind. Are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com
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I am coming back to knitting after a long time away. I thank you for your thorough explanation!
You are so welcome Marcia, and welcome back. Come join us at cherylbrunette.com if you like, for an infrequent newsletter that shares more things than I share on TH-cam.
Thank you Cheryl, I knew I could depend on you to give me the answers I needed. I have been following you for years with machine knitting but have recently gone back to hand knitting and just couldn't get my cat on length right. It was either way to long or I played yarn chicken and lost every time. Great tip using the start and end of the same ball. Love it and will use it often. Thank you for All of your videos, they are the most helpful.
Thanks for this lovely comment Debra and I'm glad this helped. This really is one of my favorite videos.
This video is excellent. I especially like the method of using the two skeins of yarn since finding the "right" end is one of my problems. All methods are so useful!
+MsRosebloom Thank you for watching and commenting MsR.
Thank you for this - a revelation that I can use two hands! 😂 I’ve watched quite a few long tail cast on videos and practised but it felt quite awkward. Your way will suit me much better. And yes, you are my kind of teacher!!
Dear Cheryl, as always a pleasure and a learning experience, every time I watch any of your videos, like one of the ladies say, the books don't go into all this details, that even if one have been knitting for sometime, nevertheless run into trebol, when casting on, I hated Long tail, until today. Thanks to you.! Love you! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You are wonderful! :D
Dear Areli . . . Thank you for your generous and kind comment. It is a pleasure to share what I know . . . and in some way, an obligation. It's as if my mother is prodding me from heaven to share what she taught me. She was born 103 years ago today. I miss her and am grateful to be able to share the skills she taught me when I was a child.
When I first started using the LTCO and was trying to get my tension right, not too tight, I tried casting on around both needles but found this made the first row of stitches way too big. I then went to holding a much smaller DPN with my project needle and casting on, fairly tightly, around the 2 needles, and this worked very well. After casting on all stitches I slipped the DPN out and put it aside. The sts left on the project needle were loose enough to knit comfortably and, because I could CO a little tightly the resulting CO sts were all a uniform size and spacing between sts was even. Good tip for new LTCO users until they learn to control the tension naturally.
Thanks Terry. Yes, I do see that new knitters are often very tight in both their cast-ons and their knitting. It takes a while to relax into it.
This was very helpful - my cast-on stitches are always too tight. I am going to start practicing with the suggestions you made. Thank you. You are very good at explaining for beginners like myself.
You are so welcome and thank you for watching and commenting so kindly. One thing to watch for tight stitches is that you move your stitches all the way past the points and onto the widest part of the needle. If you just work on those skinny (tapered, really) points, your stitches will be tight. My mother always said, "Relax. You don't have to pull tight. Let the size of the needle make the stitch." And the size of the needle is past the tapered parts. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
This seems much easier to control than the slingshot method. Thanks Cheryl.
You are most welcome Marie.
Bonjour! I'm from Québec and I want to tell you that I have appreciated your video. My grand-mother used to knit but I lived to far from her house and I was also to young to apreciate her beautiful work...Thank you Madame.
louise oiseaux Tout le plaisir est pour moi. And thank you for watching and commenting. My father's family came to the US from Québec some generations ago.
Love how you teach. Thank you. I just watched MANY cast on videos. It's not that your method differs but the teaching differs. As an art teacher myself. What and how you teach is very professionally thought out. I like how you point out It's not that when learning something new you don't pay attention when learning its about not knowing what to pay attention to, so true. I also like the two color teaching method it is helpful.
My questions are please do you also do the knit / pearl cast on? Is this different than that?
Also is this cast on meant to be for a flat blanket?
I think I am understsnding that you (anyone) would choose to do a different cast on for flat as fabric than you would choose to do for say a hat or sweater sleeve? Is that correct? If so, can you tell me which you use for which please?
What you say is SO true--the lesson is so well thought out.
Thank you so much for this helpful tutorial. I have knitted since I was a child and still find new things I have never tried or heard of. I will use all that you taught me here :)
You are so welcome Sharon! And thank you for watching and commenting.
:)
Finally!! I found someone to give me information on how to estimate my tail needs to be for cast-on. Thank you.
+Carol B. You are so welcome Carol. Have you joined my knitting newsletter group over at
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I don't know a single knitter, and there are no knitting shops where I live, so all my teachers are on TH-cam. You are amazing!!!! I looked through all your tutorials to see if you had done anything on knitting a pocket on a sweater. I don't see anything. Have you done one?
Nancy Campbell No I haven't Nancy but this is the second request I've had for showing this. There are actually several ways to do it and I think these would be fun videos to make. My studio is almost functional and I'm looking forward to starting making videos again. Thank for your kind comment and for asking.
Knitting with Cheryl Brunette Congratulations on your successful crowd-funding! I actually went on to contribute (a first for me-- but seems fair!) and saw that you had made your goal. You give of yourself so generously -- you deserve it. I look forward to seeing you in your new setting :)
What a very friendly teacher you are,this was really helpful.
Brilliant. Think I've finally got the long tail cast on
This tutorial was welled explained. I have trouble estimating my cast on stitches. Thank you
Mayra Alava You are most welcome Mayra, and thank you for commenting.
Thank you. Very helpful as a new knitter. You go slow enough to see what you are doing.
You are so welcome Tim. Thank you for commenting. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.
Thanks Cheryl for another educational experience in Knitting! I have for years used the two-needle method because that is the way I was taught. However, I have noticed that gauge change with the first row compared to the remainder of the piece. I just didn't realize it was my cast-on method. I have never used the two-handed method, and I will attempt this for my next project. I actually knit with the yard in my left hand, which seems to be a different method from most bloggers who make youtube videos, so I wonder if that will make a difference in the ease of using this new-to-me method. Always looking for ways to improve my knitting style!
rfiliaga You are so welcome and thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you'll join my mailing list at cherylbrunette.com if you want to learn when I do something new and want to influence my work.
This is and always has been my preferred way of long-tail casting on. Learned to do it this way when I was eight. I also do long-tail casting on using both left and right tails for ribbing. First a thumn loop over the needle with left hand for stitches which are purl, then the thumb loop with the right hand for the stitches which will start out as knit. (I think that's right.)
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I'm new to knitting and I was so confused about how to measure the right amount for the tail. I've hit "like" and "subscribe"! :)
You are so so so welcome Michaelle! Thank you for watching and subscribing. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
Will do. :)
Thanks for a nice video, Cheryl. I learned this cast on and the simple "e-wrap" of half-hitches early on. I've never done it with two hands, so I find that interesting. I must say I don't use it much these days. One feature of it I do like is being able to have the cast-on include "knit" and "purl" loops depending on how you work the cast on. I've pretty much gone to knitted or cable cast-ons and variations thereof. Nice presentation of the principles - yes, please, no one ever need to cast-on over two needles!
You're welcome and thank you for another, always thoughtful comment. I still fall back on long tail as my go to but am pretty conscious of gauge as I do it.
Best explanation of figuring out the tail and how to figure the length, thank you
Thanks for this video. It is one of the difficulties I have persisted with in my knitting, and it have to cast on very carefully so that I don't over tighten the bottom edge.
It is a common, common problem, especially because we don't cast on that much compared to how many knits and purls we do in a piece. The secret is to relax and lengthen the half hitches along the bottom.
I love watching your videos. I really I'm interested in learning how to knit.
I'm so glad Wanda. It's a very comforting skill to have. It has seen me through many an emergency room vigil for friends and family, and through lots of movies watched at home. It's portable and practical. I wish you success and contentment with knitting.
I very much appreciated your thorough video which answered a lot of questions for me as a beginner.
I'm so glad it helped you Deborah. Are you on my newsletter mailing list yet at cherylbrunette.com? If not, please join us.
I enjoyed the bloopers at the end! It's nice to get a giggle & see the playful side of people. :) Cheers!
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Knitting with Cheryl Brunette Heck yeah! This video came in your latest newsletter. Oldie but goodie!
That's me. Oldie but goodie, :)
Thank you for this lesson!
Very helpful to novice knitters.
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You are so welcome!
Thank you! Thank you! Great lesson on estimating amount for the long tail cast on and for counting rows
That was such a good lesson, thank you! I can see I’m going to learn a lot from you .
Thank you for this lovely comment Suzanne!
You are a very clever lady. I too realised that the double kneedle cast on is of no good...lol I also love all of your extra tips thankyou greatly appreciated ❤❤
Well you, too, must be a very clever lady. :D
What a great tutorial! Estimating length has been a bugaboo for me, as a fairly new knitter. I am also interested in trying out your continental method of the long tail. Thank you!
+Barbara Lawson You are so welcome Barbara. And thank you for your kind comment and for watching.
This is amazing! I love this method so much more than the slingshot! Thank you!!+
Thank you for all your videos, they have been incredibly helpful. One question I have is regarding casting on for sweater, how do you know how much of a tail to leave if you want to use that tail to seam with? I have only just started making sweaters, but your videos have been absolutely brilliant in helping make the process easier!
You are certainly welcome Danielle and thank you for watching and your kind comment. Figure out the length of your seam. For example, the side seam of a typical woman's size 40 sweater is about 15". Add another 6" or 7" to that. Once you've cast on, wrap that long tail into a little ball or coil and safety pin it to the piece of knitting. That will protect it from getting abraded and it will protect you from trying to knit with it.
Knitting with Cheryl Brunette Thank you! These little tricks and tips are what make the process easier and more enjoyable, but if you're new to knitting they are the bits that are missing. Books can only get you so far, which is why I love watching tutorials on TH-cam. An online community of knitters sharing their ideas and inspiring each other! It's great!
Dear Cheryl,
Thank you so much for this video! It really covered my concerns about how much yarn to leave for the tail!
Another question I would really love to learn is how to make and measure a gauge swatch with a pattern (e.g. cables etc.)in it...
I'm looking forward to your next videos and maybe some time about pattern-swatches...
See you
Yours Claudia
I will definitely be doing that video but for now the quick answer is that I measure pattern stitches not one at a time but by the whole stitch repeat. Let's say a cable is 12 sts wide including 2 purls along each side of it. I turn it over, measure from the edge knit to the edge knit (let's say it's 2.2") and I figure everything from that. I think there's a section in Sweater 101 that explains it. I do not worry about "sts per inch for things that are "panels."
The best instruction so far
Thanks Tina.
I am a beginner knitter and I could not figure why I was knitting so tight and now I know. I could not figure why my cast on row looked so loopy and now I know. I need to do the long tail cast on and don't knit at the top of the point. I was so hoping I would laugh at myself later and I am laughing at myself. Thank you so much for this.
+Jewel Rae You are so welcome Jewel! And thank you for watching and commenting. Are you on my email mailing list yet? At cherylbrunette.com? That's where people get more info.
maybe, just a thought, if you are casting on holding two needles, you could use a smaller needle instead of two of the same size. that way the CO stitches are just a little bigger and not twice the size. another thing i do, while casting on with one needle i soace the stitches using my thumb as a spacer between stitches.
soace.....SPACE!
That's a great idea to use one of your digits to help space the stitches. I just eyeball it but I'm pretty good at getting them even. I also change the spacing depending on the st pattern st of the knitting above the cast on.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you. I have never used the long tail method of casting on. Always followed the two needle casting on for years but wanted to learn this method but was confused how much tail to leave for casting on the stitches for a project which requires more than hundred stitches and made many mistakes and yarn wastage in the process. Seeing your video helped a lot, and something my mother had taught me years back came to mind seeing one of your casting on methods she had taught me.
I liked the two yarn casting on method, but have a question. What do you do with the second yarn when you start to knit the project?
Just let it hang there and work it in at the end of the project.
Thanks for this..I've been trying to follow 'slingshot' method videos but I just can't get the rythym and this version is so much better for me.
If it weren't for talented folks like you, I would be lost...we have no local knit shop within 50 miles of where we live. Thank you!
Louise Bryan You are so welcome Louise, and thank you for watching and commenting.
From today onwards I also will celebrate your birthday, and your mom's birthday, because through you, she's teaching us many important details that make the pleasure of knitting, more a pleasure than mortification. I celebrate the people that has help me to be a better person, or better myself in any of the many facets I have, as God creation. Thank you ! You're precious in my books. May God bless you with abundance of.....Love, Light and Peace.
Areli . . . thank you for your sweet words and your blessings. I always love blessings.
Thank you so much, you're the first person who's shown me how to do this estimate while casting on this way. I don't think I ever knew what it was called, it's just the way my nonna taught me to cast on. And all the videos I found did the one handed cast on, which I can't master. Great job explaining things.
Thank you, thank you! I have always been confused about if just the tail to the slipknot was what I measured, or if I measured both sides. YEAAAA! Got it! REALLY need captions. THANKS!
I'm so glad it clarified things for you Linda. I have to pay for good captions and the financial return from TH-cam/Google is small. I do have some videos captioned but not all.
Quite ingenious to use both ends from the skein, because as you say, we've all been left hanging by a short strand of yarn. Sometimes the measure twice rule just fails. Thanks Nancy!
Thanks Nancy. On those endless, 200+ st cast-ons, this can be a life-saver.
Great video! All the info was so helpful as I am casting on 178 st for my first sweater!
+youtimeful So glad it was helpful. Have you joined my knitting newsletter group over at cherylbrunette.com yet? Please do. You get all the news that's fit to print.
Love this video! I teach knitting as well and very much appreciate your description/solution of common CO questions!
As a ex. Brit, I had never seen or heard of the long-tailed cast-on until recently. I am a 73 year old and have been knitting since I was 5.
Isn't it great to learn new things!?
Very good. I especially liked the part about why casting over two needles doesn't work -- I've always thought that didn't sound like a good idea.
+Evie Hammond (truefeather77) It took me a while to figure out exactly why it didn't look good to do that.
This video is excellent! Thank you! Would you be willing to make a video demonstrating the two-handed long-tail cast on? I can't find a video anywhere explaining it. My mom wants to learn how to knit, but all I know is the slingshot method. It hurts her hands terribly to do it, so we just did the backward loop cast on for now.
This video IS demonstrating the long-tail cast on with two hands for the most part.
I bought your book, "Sweater 101" - I love it~ Thank you
Thanks Twana. I hope it will serve you well for a really long time. And I'm happy to see that you signed up for the video class! I hope you like it.
I very much enjoyed your video. I have always had trouble gauging how much of a tail to leave for the cast on. Your method is just so simple, elegant and shake my head why didn't I think of that. Thank you I will no longer have to redo my cast on several times before I get it right. Holly
I'm so glad this helped you Holly! And thank you for watching and being kind enough to comment.
Thank you for demystifying casting on and edge tension!
You are most welcome! I had never seen it addressed in a way I found sensible, so that's why I made the video.
@@CherylBrunetteTV I think it's one of those things experienced knitters just do without thinking, but new knitters don't pick up from the usual beginner's lessons while they're just trying to clumsily keep their stitches on the needles.
Hi. Love this tutorial. If you are using 2 skeins to cast on, what do you do when all stitches are cast on? Do you drop the tail skeins and continue with the the other. Sorry, a little confused
Oh this was really good.......I am a very new beginner and confused. This helped a LOT
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You explain things so very well. Thank you!
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Thank you so much! Awesome video,
A great teacher!! I like your tips.
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Thank you for such an informative lesson. I think it will help me improve my casting on. :)
You are so welcome neenee56. This was one of my favorite programs to make.
Cheryl I have been knitting a little bag with a drawstring channel. One of the channels has this instruction "Using your spare needle, pick up each stitch along the CO edge" I cannot find any tutorials on how to do this. Can you help, I really enjoyed the long tail cast on tutorial.
OK . . . I'm going to make a couple of guesses here. I'm assuming the directions did not tell you to do a provisional cast-on, otherwise you would have live sts to pick up and they would be obvious. Depending on the type of cast-on you use, there are different ways to pick up sts from it, however, there is a kind of generic answer. Look at your cast-on. Find a place in each st that looks like it would be "easy" to pick up and pick up that same way in each st across the cast on. I'm guessing you're going to knit these sts together with the live ones at the top to form a "hem" or channel. Too bad the pattern didn't tell you to do a provisional cast on because then your "hem" edge would be less bulky, but it will be fine in any event. Good luck.
She's clear and easy to understand.
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I love how easily you are to follow and understand I have a problem when I long tail cast on and go to switch to my other needle at the end I end up with a loop I can't get rid of can you help me
Gosh. I've never seen this problem. Maybe I can play with it a bit and see if I can make it happen. Otherwise, just be sure to tug tightly on that first stitch.
thank u so much. At 58 yrs old i can still learn something new. 😆
+Connie Dalton You are so welcome Connie. And thank you for watching and commenting. Please come to cherylbrunette.come and join my newsletter gaggle of knitters. I'm trying to get everyone under one roof.
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Thanks. Quite clear, especially with contrasting yarn. Those two colors showed up very well. Question: how stretchy is that cast on? First time I've seen it. I don't like to use slingshot cast on because I think it isn't stretchy enough. I've been using Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot cast on a lot instead.
It's not especially stretchy, nor is it tight if you are attentive to separating the loops. It's really the "Goldilocks" cast on . . . just right. Of course your yarn choice and personal way of working things will determine how much it will stretch, but structurally, there are other cast ons that are "springier and I will show at least one, maybe two. At this rate I could spend half the year on edges but it's fun to explore them.
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Thank YOU! . . . for watching and commenting so kindly.
I enjoyed your lesson for the long tail cast on, what I am not sure about is joining the two ends together when I am making a sock with 48 stitches on 3 needles with 16 stitches per needle. Can you help me? Thank you Joan
+Joan Major Hi Joan. I don't have any videos on this and am not likely to make one any time soon but there are many others on the internet I'm sure. Look up "joining double pointed needles," "knitting in the round," those sorts of things. One trick I always use is to work one row on the needles straight before joining the knitting to go in the round. That way I can see the knitting better and am unlikely to twist the cast on edge.
Very good lesson. Would like to know how to cast on when you know you have to pick-up that edge to add on to cast on row
Aleen Tyrrell I do a provisional cast-on then and this is the one I most often use: th-cam.com/video/VNiyV4P7UZ0/w-d-xo.html
.This was exactly what I was looking for. What can I do for a pattern that starts with several rows of purl?
Make the more "purl looking" side the right/public side of your fabric.
oh.. . wow
its really useful video . . . . . thank u very very much
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i love your video on decreasing armhole with finishing & i did it with some scrap yarn. the result is too good. I simply loved it
Love the tutorial! Just one question, I am a Crocheter "trying" to learn to knit. When we chain the slip knot never counts as a stitch as you must pul the loop through to makeva chain. So since knitting is very different and each stitch knit into makesva new stitch, my question now is, does the loop made on the needle by the slip knot later count as a stitch as you will eventually come back around to knitting into it? If a pattern for, lets say a toddler hat one is casting on circular needles, calls for casting on 84 stitches, do I count the slip knot loop as a stitch already cast on? Sorry if this is a crazy or just dumb question. Just thought I'd ask.
+spikemom2003 Not a dumb question at all and the answer is yes. Count the slip knot as your first stitch. There are circumstances in certain cast ons where you will undo that later, but not for you for now. Thanks for watching and asking . . . and did you come to sign up at cherylbrunette.com yet? It's where the elite meet. (sort of. :))
Thank you. Very clear. Would this be a good cast on for men's thrummed
mittens?
Possibly . . . yes . . . if it's loose enough, though I think I'd use a tubular cast-on instead. The advantage is the stretchiness and a man's hand can be quite large in relation to his wrist.
@@CherylBrunetteTV Thanks so much. I will look up the tubular cast-on cast on. I was considering the German twisted cast-on as well. Best wishes. Mike