Mar 28 2007
Knitting: The Long Tail Cast-on
My favorite method of casting on when starting a knitting project is what I thought was called the Long Tail method - muuuch simpler for me than other methods I’d seen, though I still haven’t managed to properly estimate the amount of yarn to start with (I invariably have to cast on two or three (or four) times before getting it right). David Demchuk at Knit Like a Man has a great YouTube tutorial for this method of casting on, and it looks like I’ve been doing it a little wrong (which explains a lot about why, in particular, that first loop on my needle looks all screwy!). Thanks, David, this is great!
(via CRAFT magazine)
