how to … CROCHET CAST ON …

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By alfaknits November 20,
2015

a pretty and easy way to make a provisional cast on … or not

This is my favorite provisional cast on. It is very easy and it is very neat looking and that is
the reason why it doesn’t need to be only provisional. It could be used as a regular cast on
that matches a knit bind off and it is a very neat way to cast on stitches at the end of a row.
(I will write about that in another post. Finally here it is).

To make a provisional cast on you will need a knitting needle, some smooth scrap yarn that
is not too hairy and doesn’t split and a crochet hook in the same size as the needle.

THE CROCHET CAST ON

THE START

With some waste yarn Hold the knitting needle in Pull a

loop through the
make a slip-knot on the your left hand, and the loop on
the crochet hook.
crochet hook. crochet hook in your right
… hand, bring the yarn under
… and behind the needle.

= 1 stitch cast on (on the needle) + 1 stitch on the crochet hook

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THE FOLLOWING STITCHES

Bring the yarn under and Bring the crochet hook in

behind the needle. front of the needle and pick up
… the yarn. Pull a loop through
… the loop on the crochet hook.

Repeat these 2 steps until you have cast on the desired

number of stitches.

Don’t break the yarn yet. Break the yarn and tie off.
Make a few more chain It is on this side you will
stitches with the crochet start unraveling the provisio-
hook off the knitting needle. nal cast-on to recapture the
… stitches.

Now you can start knitting. Introduce your working yarn and
start the row.

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UNZIPPING THE PROVISIONAL CAST-ON

Start at the chain end and Pull on the tail to unzip

untie the tail the chain.

Gently pull on each chain and place each recaptured

stitch stitch on the needle.

Repeat these 2 steps for every stitch.

If you were working in the Place that loop on the needle.

round, the last stitch doesn’t
look like a real stitch , it is
only a loop.

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Now you are all done, all stitches are on the needle. Ready to work whatever finishing you
had in mind.

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