how to … my favorite tubular cast on …

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By alfaknits December 11,

2017

Have you – like me – tried several methods to work a tubular cast on ? And did your yarn get
tangled and maybe your fingers too ? Well, mine did. Holding needle and yarn in a delicate
position in one hand trying to scroll down – or back if it is a vide0a – to see the next image
from the tutorial with the other hand. A ‘tour de force’ and every time the cast on is a real
mess …

Or – working with waste yarn – did you cut the waste yarn but also your main yarn ? I did …

Here
is
one
that
is –
at
least
for
me –
easy
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neat:
my

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favorite tubular cast on for a 1/1 ribbing. It is a very easy-peasy, non fiddly way using waste
yarn, a combination of the crochet cast on – my favorite – and the way I learned to work a
tubular cast on a long time ago …

I stumbled on this method by surprise. I wanted to knit me a hat and I had just written a
blog post (here) …
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You will need some waste yarn in a contrasting color and a crochet hook in the same size as
the needle. Go up a needle size for the provisional crochet cast on. It is easier to work with a
larger needle and the cast on will be stretchier.

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That’s it for the provisional cast on. Next the working yarn will be introduced. The first rows
are worked back and forth – even if you will be joining to knit in the round later to make a
hat or a sock – because it is easier to manipulate the stitches.

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That’s really it, you are all set to start your knitting. If you are making a hat, you
can join in the round now. Work the last stitch of the row together with the first
stitch of the next row (= 1 stitch decreased) and now you have the right number
of stitches.

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