OMGosh! I have watched a half a dozen tutorials on this technique and you are simply genius with 1. your camera angle and clarity of the filming 2. speed at which you move and 3 the words you use to guide the motions! I am so grateful for your kind and generous nature of sharing these wonderful skills. Be well and have a lovely day. bye
Thank you so much. It took me a little while but I finally got it. It made my day to learn something new. I liked your slow demonstration, your very clear explanations, your patient repetitions. This is how children learn (I am a grandma, an old child!!) No background music so I could concentrate. Thank you. Your video is the best.
Camera positioned nicely, STEADY, CLEAR FOCUS, GOOD LIGHT. Slow demonstration of where needle goes + vocal cues for each step. Just a direct demonstration of the move - no side chatter, no flapping hands, no demo of the wrong way (just detracts from the correct way and confuses the point). THANK YOU VERY MUCH :>
This is an amazingly well-done video! I can't believe I learned how to do this cast-on so easily and quickly. I love how slowly and clearly everything is explained, and how easy the video is to see at all times--and that it's even shown in continental style. Perfect! Thank you so much!
Wonderfully clear -- and slow enough to allow the learner to mimic your movements as you perform them instead of having to watch the same video repeatedly.
I agree! I just learned about German knitting, and I was told its best to learn from a German that knits. I looked through youtube, and found those with distracting music, and talking around in circles. This was very well done!
This is the best, clearest tutorial I have found for this CO method. After watching several others, I still had no idea what I was doing wrong until I watched yours. The camera angle is perfect, your hand movements are slow and steady, and your instructions are fantastically clear. Thank you so much for your excellent, steady demonstration of this method!
I agree with sabinaa128. This is the clearest of all knitting videos I've seen. I appreciate the slow speed, the clear focus, the work being carefully kept in the middle of the shot, the repetitions and your giving us an alternate way to finish the stitches. I also appreciate that there was no distracting music in the background. Well done. Thank you!
You are very welcome :-) I also meant to mention that you did wonderfully well with something most video makers skip over, namely you very clearly and slowly showed how to begin holding the yarn. Another excellent thing is that you used a fairly heavy yarn which showed the stitches clearly.
Thank you! You made it so easy to "see" how this method is done.... slow motion, didn't have to pause and go back once. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
THANK YOU!!!! I watched a few other tutorials for this and they just weren't clear enough. You moved nice and slowly and explained everything clearly with a clear camera angle. Really helpful. I got it super quick watching you!
Thank you so much. I have tried for YEARS to master this CO. This is the one CO that has eluded me for some reason. I think it’s bending the thumb. Arthritis. I am a visual as well as a tactile learner and a knitter of over 50 years. I have searched and your tutorial is the best I’ve seen. Excellent job. Thank you. ✌🏻
After watching 3 other videos and feeling ready to give up, I watched yours and understood it immediately! Thank you for your clear, concise demonstration and instructions.
Thank you so much for this! I could NOT get the hang of this until I watched you demonstrate. It was driving me up the wall and now I can do it. You're the best! *subscribes*
Thank you so much! I have viewed several videos, and this one worked best for me. I have arthritis in my left hand, so I had to find the most comfortable way to work this cast on. Very clearly presented and easy to understand! Appreciate the professional approach!
Thank you so much for all your awesome tutorials, whenever I am looking up how to do something I always check to see if you have a video for the topic I am looking for first. Your videos are always simple, right to the point and easy to follow without excess chatter. I'm always impressed how easily I learn something from your videos. Thank you, your videos are appreciated
Thank you... I have watched so many versions of this and could not get it with all the quick finger movements I appreciate you uploading your explanation and making this very CLEAR
Your video was very well done! The teaching technique and clear audio and video, along with your slow and patient maneuvers made this one of the best how-to videos I've benefited from. THANK YOU!!
Excellent tutorial! You began the stitch first thing without blahblahblahing.The photo close up is spot on. Best is the slow motion action of each move and twist to achieve this method. I watched lots before finding you and now a Sub👍
Excellent tutorial! I combed through several other tutorials before finding yours. I feel way more confident with learning to knit now. Thanks much for posting this.
Thank you so much. I watched a lot of videos of this method and was about to give up when I found yours. Now I understand how to do it!!!!! Nice clear shots and clear calm instructions.
Thank you so much! Yours was the third video I watched, and the first time I understood the thumb movement at the end. The addition of an alternate way to do it was really helpful.
Well, finally. After watching three separate videos recommended in different patterns, one that makes sense! The only thing missing is instruction about making the length of the long-tail? I first thought you didn't need one, and needed 92 sts, so it's obvious you do! Thank you for the video. Most helpful.
I have to say WOW, you're so good and you show each move slowly and precisely. Fabulous - I too have watched several other You Tube videos for this type of Cast On and couldn't get it, no matter how I tried. But I now think I can do it, so will get some yarns to try this cast on. I wish to do the Downton cowl and it calls for this German Twisted Cast On method. Thank you so much.. Sandy
Love how you didn't use a slip knot, and how you showed to unwrap with your thumb at the end. I'm casting on to two needles so it's really helpful not to have to thread through that X! Thanks!!
Wow! This is the best video of how to do this cast on!! I love the way pulling the yarn through the X works. So much easier than other ways I've seen and the second way in your video too is better than shown by others. You're my "go to" instructor :)
You are awesome!!!!! First tut on this i found and last place i need to look it seems like! Wonderful up close well lit camera work, slow steady instructions. THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you for the great tutorial. The instructions were clear and the showing of hands and movements were easy to understand. Now if you will excuse me I have a hat to knit. Yippeeeeee!
That was a fantastic, easy to follow tutorial. Thank you so much for your patience and slowness so those like me who didn't know how to do it now can! X
Hello... Your videos are great!!! I finally understand how to do this cast on. I followed along and have my stitches ready to begin my next project. Thank you sooo much!!! Sandy
***** this is the best explanation of the TG cast on (I'd heard of it before) and your easy, slow method lets us follow along . . . I will try this when I knit the hat w/2X2 brim ... thank you again
This is probably the best video explanation of the German Twisted Cast On. I've been trying to figure this out for years and every other video is either too far away or they have a very poor explanation of what the Hell you need to be doing. Excellent tutorial!
I love your explanations! You made this so easy to understand, and I've been using it a lot, but am now wondering if you could teach us how to do a variation for purl stitches. Thank you for all your videos!
Oh the irony! I learned this exactly a week ago today, except I learned a different, more wiggly version based on the long-tail cast on. Your way looks a heck of a lot simpler!
Thank you for a clear, concise, slow-motion demonstration of this cast on. I've gotten very frustrated just now trying to follow other video demos and you had me casting on like a pro in just a few tries. Excellent!
OMGosh! I have watched a half a dozen tutorials on this technique and you are simply genius with 1. your camera angle and clarity of the filming 2. speed at which you move and 3 the words you use to guide the motions! I am so grateful for your kind and generous nature of sharing these wonderful skills. Be well and have a lovely day. bye
Thank you so much. It took me a little while but I finally got it. It made my day to learn something new. I liked your slow demonstration, your very clear explanations, your patient repetitions. This is how children learn (I am a grandma, an old child!!) No background music so I could concentrate. Thank you. Your video is the best.
Camera positioned nicely, STEADY, CLEAR FOCUS, GOOD LIGHT. Slow demonstration of where needle goes + vocal cues for each step. Just a direct demonstration of the move - no side chatter, no flapping hands, no demo of the wrong way (just detracts from the correct way and confuses the point). THANK YOU VERY MUCH :>
+Dorothy Tom Thanks for watching!
Dorothy Tom excellent video.
This is an amazingly well-done video! I can't believe I learned how to do this cast-on so easily and quickly. I love how slowly and clearly everything is explained, and how easy the video is to see at all times--and that it's even shown in continental style. Perfect! Thank you so much!
Wonderfully clear -- and slow enough to allow the learner to mimic your movements as you perform them instead of having to watch the same video repeatedly.
I agree! I just learned about German knitting, and I was told its best to learn from a German that knits. I looked through youtube, and found those with distracting music, and talking around in circles. This was very well done!
This is the best, clearest tutorial I have found for this CO method. After watching several others, I still had no idea what I was doing wrong until I watched yours. The camera angle is perfect, your hand movements are slow and steady, and your instructions are fantastically clear. Thank you so much for your excellent, steady demonstration of this method!
I agree with sabinaa128. This is the clearest of all knitting videos I've seen. I appreciate the slow speed, the clear focus, the work being carefully kept in the middle of the shot, the repetitions and your giving us an alternate way to finish the stitches. I also appreciate that there was no distracting music in the background. Well done. Thank you!
You are very welcome :-) I also meant to mention that you did wonderfully well with something most video makers skip over, namely you very clearly and slowly showed how to begin holding the yarn. Another excellent thing is that you used a fairly heavy yarn which showed the stitches clearly.
THANK YOU! I've watched several videos and you're is the one I was finally able to follow! Thank you for a close, clear video with slow motion!
Thank you! You made it so easy to "see" how this method is done.... slow motion, didn't have to pause and go back once. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
wonderfully clear, slow, comprehensive n excellent way of making someone understand. Bundles of thanks. .....
THANK YOU!!!! I watched a few other tutorials for this and they just weren't clear enough. You moved nice and slowly and explained everything clearly with a clear camera angle. Really helpful. I got it super quick watching you!
This is the best video I've watched of this technique. Thank you.
THANK YOU. This was the third video I tried and the only one that made me 'get it'. Thank you for the clear, slow, close-up demonstration.
Thank you so much. I have tried for YEARS to master this CO. This is the one CO that has eluded me for some reason. I think it’s bending the thumb. Arthritis. I am a visual as well as a tactile learner and a knitter of over 50 years. I have searched and your tutorial is the best I’ve seen. Excellent job. Thank you. ✌🏻
After watching 3 other videos and feeling ready to give up, I watched yours and understood it immediately! Thank you for your clear,
concise demonstration and instructions.
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much for this! I could NOT get the hang of this until I watched you demonstrate. It was driving me up the wall and now I can do it. You're the best! *subscribes*
I've watched several videos about this cast on and this is the only one I can follow! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I have viewed several videos, and this one worked best for me. I have arthritis in my left hand, so I had to find the most comfortable way to work this cast on. Very clearly presented and easy to understand! Appreciate the professional approach!
excellent video - i really appreciate the slowness - i was able to grasp this new technique so easily because of your very clear video - thank you!!
Thank you so much for all your awesome tutorials, whenever I am looking up how to do something I always check to see if you have a video for the topic I am looking for first. Your videos are always simple, right to the point and easy to follow without excess chatter. I'm always impressed how easily I learn something from your videos. Thank you, your videos are appreciated
Thank you... I have watched so many versions of this and could not get it with all the quick finger movements
I appreciate you uploading your explanation and making this very CLEAR
Your video was very well done! The teaching technique and clear audio and video, along with your slow and patient maneuvers made this one of the best how-to videos I've benefited from. THANK YOU!!
Excellent tutorial! You began the stitch first thing without blahblahblahing.The photo close up is spot on. Best is the slow motion action of each move and twist to achieve this method. I watched lots before finding you and now a Sub👍
Your video is the best demonstration of the twisted German cast-on here on youtube! Thank you :)
This is one of the better knitting tutorials I've found. Well done!
Excellent tutorial! I combed through several other tutorials before finding yours. I feel way more confident with learning to knit now. Thanks much for posting this.
I love the super slow motion. I have watched several videos trying to figure it out and you made it perfectly clear.
thank you! I watched three other videos before finding yours--yours was by far the clearest and I finally succeeded in mastering this cast on.
Glad it helped!
I watched several videos and this is the only one that I was able to grasp the cast on. Thank you. Excellent instructions.
Thank you so much. I watched a lot of videos of this method and was about to give up when I found yours. Now I understand how to do it!!!!! Nice clear shots and clear calm instructions.
Glad the video is helpful, thanks for watching!
Thank you for a slow and clear instruction video....best one I have seen...I finally am able to do this now ...GREAT!!!
Slow and oh so clear....and the trick with the thumb makes it SO much easier. Thank you very much! It's a nice cast on....very worth learning.
Great video! Good angles, nice choice of colors (good contrast, very visible), loved that you slowed it down - I'm happily casting on!
Very good demonstration. Slow and clear. No fluff at the beginning.
I have been trying to figure this out all afternoon- your video was by far the simplest, best presented and I've finally gotten it! Thanks!
dragnflei So glad you got it! Isn't it an awesome cast on?!
Yeah but I was so not getting that thumb twist. You were the only one who showed it with a different option!
Thank you for such great slow instructions as I’ve watched several different videos and just could not grasp what to do but yours did the trick!! Xx
The very best video for German cast-on. I have tried many.
Very good video .Easy to understand ,clear and slow to understand . Thanks a lot.
Always such a pleasure to watch you demonstrate. The exact right pace to learn from and nicely repeated. Thank you!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad it was helpful!
As a beginner knitter/lifelong crocheter, many, many thanks for making this video!! :)
OMG I was so frustrated after watching many other German cast on videos and thanks to your slow and careful demo I FINALLY GOT IT! Thank you so much!
Best demonstration on this cast on...took me awhile to find one that was easy to follow. Thank You!
Thank you so much for your tutorial. Your ‘turn the left hand’ is so very helpful 👍
Thank you! The X - that’s where the final swing moves in to!! I could not figure out that last step. Thank you so much. 🥰
I finally got it! I did need a left handed tutorial to get the starting position but you taught in such a way I could actually learn. Thanks!
Thank you so much! Yours was the third video I watched, and the first time I understood the thumb movement at the end. The addition of an alternate way to do it was really helpful.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. Your demonstration was extremely clear and it was great as you showed each step really slowly so we can do it at the same time.
Yes, you are the best! I have been struggling to figure out how I am doing this cast-on wrong, and, thanks to your video, I know now! Thank youuuuu!!
Well, finally. After watching three separate videos recommended in different patterns, one that makes sense! The only thing missing is instruction about making the length of the long-tail? I first thought you didn't need one, and needed 92 sts, so it's obvious you do! Thank you for the video. Most helpful.
I have to say WOW, you're so good and you show each move slowly and precisely.
Fabulous - I too have watched several other You Tube videos for this type of Cast On
and couldn't get it, no matter how I tried. But I now think I can do it, so will get some
yarns to try this cast on. I wish to do the Downton cowl and it calls for this German Twisted Cast On method.
Thank you so much..
Sandy
Love how you didn't use a slip knot, and how you showed to unwrap with your thumb at the end. I'm casting on to two needles so it's really helpful not to have to thread through that X! Thanks!!
Wow! This is the best video of how to do this cast on!! I love the way pulling the yarn through the X works. So much easier than other ways I've seen and the second way in your video too is better than shown by others. You're my "go to" instructor :)
This is a great tutorial - clear, to the point and in focus.
Thanks for watching, glad this was helpful!
thanx! from all the videos that i watched, yours is the most simple and easy to perform!
You are awesome!!!!! First tut on this i found and last place i need to look it seems like! Wonderful up close well lit camera work, slow steady instructions. THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you for the great tutorial. The instructions were clear and the showing of hands and movements were easy to understand. Now if you will excuse me I have a hat to knit. Yippeeeeee!
After being confused by two other videos, yours was very clear because you went very slow. I’m left handed which makes it more difficult. Thank you!
thank you for your slow , easy to follow tutorials. from a sunny day on the south east coast of England.
That was a fantastic, easy to follow tutorial. Thank you so much for your patience and slowness so those like me who didn't know how to do it now can! X
OMG thank you - I could not get the through the x move. The other one feels so natural. Awesome tip!!!
Best demonstration I've seen. Easy to follow. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this clear, slow, well described video. Nicely done!
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for this. You did it so slowly, I was able to follow and learn! I so appreciate that!
Thank you so much. I was not getting this from the written instructions in my pattern book. This is exactly what I needed.
Thank you for such a clear and informative video! I appreciate when you pointed out the x-shape, I was kinda struggling at that step before
Hello...
Your videos are great!!! I finally understand how to do this cast on. I followed along and have my stitches ready to begin my next project. Thank you sooo much!!!
Sandy
Thank you ! A great tutorial. Could listen to you all day
Excellent, clear demonstration. Thank you. Could you please talk a bit about the best uses for this type of caston?
I got it, again you are amazing ! Truly blown away how easy this cast on method is to do.. Yippee !
Thank you..
Excellent tutorial. I loved the slow motion!
Excellent demo. Got it on the first time. I love this method!
Awesome, thanks for watching!
***** this is the best explanation of the TG cast on (I'd heard of it before) and your easy, slow method lets us follow along . . . I will try this when I knit the hat w/2X2 brim ... thank you again
You are a genius! If I need to learn a new stitch or get a different perspective on knitting, you are always my go-to youtube video. Thanks!
Best tutorial on this cast on, hands down! Thank you so much :D
This is probably the best video explanation of the German Twisted Cast On. I've been trying to figure this out for years and every other video is either too far away or they have a very poor explanation of what the Hell you need to be doing. Excellent tutorial!
Thanks for doing this very slowly! I finally figured out what I was doing wrong.
you taught me. i had tried so many other videos. thanks
As always your videos and teaching method are excellent, thank you!
Extremely helpful and easy to follow. Thanks for posting!
I love your explanations! You made this so easy to understand, and I've been using it a lot, but am now wondering if you could teach us how to do a variation for purl stitches. Thank you for all your videos!
EXCELLENT! You make a great teacher!! Very clear!
You are really good at explaining this. I wish I'd found you when I was trying to figure out even a basic cast on :D
Thank you so much! Going to knit my hat now :) You're a great teacher
+Stephanie Micikyan Thanks for watching!
Best video for this technique. I like to twist my thumb around. THANKS SO MUCH!
Very nice. Good photography so we can see everything.
Thank You! this was Very Helpful & well made.
Wonderful video. Thank you! So clear and easy to follow.
Oh the irony! I learned this exactly a week ago today, except I learned a different, more wiggly version based on the long-tail cast on. Your way looks a heck of a lot simpler!
Wonderful video. Very clear. It’s now so easy!
By George, I think I've got it! Thanks for the super slow repeats, it really helped!!!
Yay, so glad you got it!
Thank you! So clear and just the right speed!
Thank you for a clear, concise, slow-motion demonstration of this cast on. I've gotten very frustrated just now trying to follow other video demos and you had me casting on like a pro in just a few tries. Excellent!
Glad this was helpful, thanks for watching!
That was a great demonstration, very clear, thank you very much.
This was so helpful and easy to follow and see. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video of this technique and its variation - thanks so much!
+Sonya J Thanks for watching!
The only tutorial I could understand! Thanks!
I looked at about 10 videos and I finally got it with this one!!!
Thanks for watching!
Really easy demonstration of a stretch cast on!