I watched a half dozen tutorials on the Italian Cast On method for my last project and didn’t get it. The pattern designer responded to my email for help TWO WEEKS LATER. I gave up and did a long tail cast on instead. Now, months later, I find this video for another project I’m working on AND I GET IT! Your video is clear and concise. Your voice is steady and clear. There is no distracting background. The camera is evenly focused. PERFECT TUTORIAL! Thank you so much! I just mastered a new skill.
Hi there! Sorry for also taking two weeks to respond! 🤣Thank you so much for this resounding comment. I made it my life's work to create distraction-free, to-the-point tutorials like this so that knitters can get the info they need and get back to knitting. You can find many more on KnitFreedom.com. Big hugs to you and happy knitting!
Liat, you're videos are by far the best for clear knitting instruction and you have the most calming voice. Allows me to stop, start, rip, and start again, but in the end I always get it...always! Thank you.
Thank you for the great video. Another thing I really liked about this method was that it made it easier to avoid twisting when I joined to knit in the round. I watched a lot of videos on different methods of casting on in 1-1 ribbing and most of them were really frustrating, so I very much yours.
You make it so much easier with starting straight away with Italien cast on and then close the round only after the second row of knitting. Wonderful and many thanks.
I am so grateful for your knitting videos - your knowledge, sense of humor and calmness combined with your obvious skill and patience are much appreciated. Thank you.
I know its very late coming but can I just say you have one of a very few UA-cam voices that I can actually listen to!! You totally have a new subscriber.
Thank you so much for explaining slowly, and repeating several times! This is a difficult stitch to learn, and I’ve already watched other videos, trying to get in the rhythm. They are usually a bit too fast and short, and I have to keep rewinding. Your idea of knitting back and forth before the actual ribbing also makes this a lot easier.
The best tutorial videos! Visually clear, candid (including little errors and corrections), easy to follow instruction. This Italian Cast-On method appears in a lot of other videos, but this video is the clearest to me. Many thanks.
I find your videos extremely helpful! I could not catch on to the Italian Bind-Off until I found your tutorial. And now that I want to learn the Italian Cast-On I came looking for one of your videos. You break things down in a way that is so easy for me to catch on to. And I find your voice very soothing and confidence-boosting while I am trying to learn. Thank you!
Thanks, Liat, for another clear, concise video. This will make my next project look really professional. I'm hoping to impress my teenaged son and ex-husband and I think this technique will do the trick. Thanks again!! Please know that I'm always spreading the word about you as a teacher and about KNITFreedom and your great videos (and your Rav group). I love your teaching style!!!
Love your video and clear explanation. I always select a needle size at least 2-3 sizes smaller and continue knitting my rib with the smaller needle. This cast on is looser than one would expect. I've tried using circulars but prefer to use straight needles for the cast on and the next two set up rows. If I don't, the stitches roll and sometimes I get a twist at the bottom edge. I can see and manage the stitches better. After the two set up rows, I slip the stitches to a circular needle and join. I find myself returning here to your video each time I knit a hat. Thanks!
Great video. Nice and slow so I don't have to keep going back and repeating the video to learn how to do it with a senior brain. Really appreciate the time you take and the number of repeats! I ripped out what I spent over an hour trying to learn this from someone else's video and did it your way, right! the first time. Thank you.
Thank you for the lovely feedback!! I have a whole video course full of cast-ons like this that you will love. knitfreedom.com/shop/cast-ons. Happy knitting!
Thank you soooo much. I'm just starting a top down sweater with a big turtleneck where I'm instructed to use the tubular cast on. I find your video and explanation much easier to follow than others - also nice and slow so I only had to pause the video a few times to catch up (I'm casting on 106 stitches rather than your 20!!)
Thank you so much Liat. I am so glad I found your tutorials and that you knit in continental. So easy to follow. In fact I was knitting a stocking stitch sleeve and when I got to the end of row realised I have a row of slipped stitches and knitted stitches. That will teach me to multi task
Liat, I agree with you. Work those extra two rows. I, being stubborn, tried to do this cast on without the two sturdifying (dont ask me. Its 1 am and ive been up since 6 am) rows, and it looks TERRIBLE without it. I wanted the stretchy cast on for a sweater for my nephew, and this is the best explained video to show me how to get a beautiful cast on edge for this.
Thank you so much! I'm glad we could get you started on a new hat with a new skill under your belt. Check out KnitFreedom.com for more new knitting skills :)
It is a great video, you have a very nice photo, never lost the focus, your voice give me peace haha, and make me feel anything is possible¡¡, I will try¡ Thanks a lot¡
I've done this cast-on several times for hats. It's essential to keep the loops aligned right from the beginning and it's easier to do that with straight needles because on a cable the stitches can turn out of alignment.
Thank you for a great clear tutorial teaching how to do new knitting techniques and for making mistakes first so we can also learn what NOT to do as well!😊 I subscribed.
thanks for your soooo clear videos.. i would like to ask you for another one, of how to finish the ending invisibly also.. thanks again, for everything you share..
I've tried and failed the Italian cast on so many times before this video. This one finally helped and I'm well on my way with my project! Thank you :)
Just wanted/needed to let you know you're my awesome sauce! You're soothing to listen to, very clear in your instruction and so sweetly encouraging. THANK YOU
This is a great video - I never liked how loose the regular tubular cast on seemed, and the setup rows are so helpful. I got rid of the extra yarn loop at the start by using a safety pin to hold the start of the yarn instead of putting it on the knitting needle. If I get a chance, I will do a video of it. Hope this might help anyone.
Some fun trying this for the first time with my crazy "Knit Collage" bulky yarn....but it looks like just the ticket for my k1, p1 beanie. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!
Thank you so much. What a great tutorial - couldn't believe it worked perfectly for me on my first attempt. Think next time l'll start on straight needles , which l find easier to manage, and knit the last 'set up row' onto circulars.
I really like garter-stitch brims for my hats, too - like the Aspen Ice hat. The cast-on will pretty much be invisible if you do a long-tail cast-on and then start with a knit round - that will put a purl round right at the bottom of the hat and it will blend right into the garter-stitch brim. I don't think there's a way to do this cast-on for only knit stitches, but I think my suggestion will still accomplish what you need. Happy Knitting!
Beautifully filmed, and beautifully demonstrated! You don't twitch the work around, as so many do, and you don't keep backing up, or stopping and starting. You demonstrate continuous, straightforward movement, so we can learn the correct procedure visually. And you don't subject us to a torrent of rambling -- calm, clear, succinct instruction of what you're showing. Lovely! I wasn't as delighted with the choice of yarn -- a little too roving and fuzzy for us to see the interaction clearly. Especially with this technique, it's crucial to see how each stitch is a loop being held in place by the other strand. For that purpose, I would also suggest that you move your right hand back a little to show us the stitch on the needle after it's casted on.Just for future videos.
I love how this looks but I have found it to be unstable. For my first project I accidentally twisted the slipped stitches. It's only noticeable on the wrong side and it actually provides stability. But when I started another project using the same method I slipped the stitches correctly and the ribbing does not recover; in other words, when you stretch it it doesn't spring back. I used the same yarn for both projects (Cascade 220).
This was awesome. Thanks for the clear cut instruction on this. My only question is; do you recommend pulling out the cast on yarn running through tube at the end prior to joining or not at all? Thanks!
Hi I'm knitting a hat but I don't want to do ribbing on the bottom, so I'm doing a garter stitch pattern for the first few rows but I fell in LOVE with the way that the invisible cast on looks... is there any way to do an invisible cast on with all knit stitches?? your videos are incredible by the way!! I watched your perfect thumb video and now I'm making mittens and gloves like mad!!
Is it ok if I did not divide stitches and continue my knitting regularly for a hat I mean thanks for this video believe me this was great but I'm just a beginner I hope you can help me
This is very clear except I don't understand why at 6:45 you purled the last stitch instead of slipping it since the previous stitch was a knit. Was it because it was the last stitch and you couldn't make it a knit stitch because the previous one was a knit, maybe? 💁Thanks in advance for your help and your great tutorials!
Great question! It's purled so that you are set up to do the knit stitch on the next row to continue the K1, P1 pattern. Thanks for watching our tutorials, and if you ever need more give us a visit at www.KnitFreedom.com :)
@@Knitfreedom Thank you, yes, I did check out your website, its awesome and I will be frequenting it!! Its tough for us crocheters to understand the versatility of knitting and changing the normal progression of a pattern to fit the way you want it to...not sure if you understand what I mean by that though..basically in crochet you don't typically change the stitches to fit your needs..lol LOVE YOUR TUTS!
I watched a half dozen tutorials on the Italian Cast On method for my last project and didn’t get it. The pattern designer responded to my email for help TWO WEEKS LATER. I gave up and did a long tail cast on instead. Now, months later, I find this video for another project I’m working on AND I GET IT! Your video is clear and concise. Your voice is steady and clear. There is no distracting background. The camera is evenly focused. PERFECT TUTORIAL! Thank you so much! I just mastered a new skill.
Hi there! Sorry for also taking two weeks to respond! 🤣Thank you so much for this resounding comment. I made it my life's work to create distraction-free, to-the-point tutorials like this so that knitters can get the info they need and get back to knitting. You can find many more on KnitFreedom.com. Big hugs to you and happy knitting!
THANK YOU!! There are new knitters starting everyday that need good teachers and videos. You are at the top!!
Certainly the best knitting teacher on the web!
You are too kind Patricia! We're so glad these videos are so helpful :) If you're ever looking for more instruction, visit us as www.KnitFreedom.com
Liat, you're videos are by far the best for clear knitting instruction and you have the most calming voice. Allows me to stop, start, rip, and start again, but in the end I always get it...always! Thank you.
Thank you so very much!!!!
Thank you for the great video. Another thing I really liked about this method was that it made it easier to avoid twisting when I joined to knit in the round. I watched a lot of videos on different methods of casting on in 1-1 ribbing and most of them were really frustrating, so I very much yours.
i come back to this tutorial all the time, whenever i start a new project. thanks so much !
That makes me so happy! Thank you for sharing.
You taught me magic loop, socks and a hundred other things. Now this! I had been waiting. Thank you. Very clear.
You make it so much easier with starting straight away with Italien cast on and then close the round only after the second row of knitting. Wonderful and many thanks.
This looks really nice, and amazingly stretchy, without being floppy. And thanks for showing the right handed/throwing style, too!
You bet! Thank you for such nice compliments!
I love this edging so much! Thanks for sharing
Thank you thank you ! finally I understood - this is the best demonstration I've found on youtube :)
I am so grateful for your knitting videos - your knowledge, sense of humor and calmness combined with your obvious skill and patience are much appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you omg..so easy after watching 3 other long videos.
Very clear! Thank you. I also love that you show us or tell us about your little mistakes and how you recover. That is so helpful.
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Quante volte ho riguardato questo preziosissimo tutorial! Grazie Roxanne 😊
Thank you so much!! 🙏🏼
The best knitting tutorials! I have learned so much from Knit freedom, thank you!
I know its very late coming but can I just say you have one of a very few UA-cam voices that I can actually listen to!! You totally have a new subscriber.
Thank you so much for explaining slowly, and repeating several times! This is a difficult stitch to learn, and I’ve already watched other videos, trying to get in the rhythm. They are usually a bit too fast and short, and I have to keep rewinding. Your idea of knitting back and forth before the actual ribbing also makes this a lot easier.
I also would like you to know you have a great voice.. so clear and precise. Your instructions are very clear to hear and understand.
The best tutorial videos! Visually clear, candid (including little errors and corrections), easy to follow instruction. This Italian Cast-On method appears in a lot of other videos, but this video is the clearest to me. Many thanks.
Thank you for this wonderful cast on. And thank you for getting the camera close so that the stitches are actually defined
Great Tutorial! I really like these setup rows! They give the cast-on a finished look.
Thank you for this clear and concise video that gets right to the point.
Thank you for a nice, clear, calm introduction to Italian tubular cast on!
I find your videos extremely helpful! I could not catch on to the Italian Bind-Off until I found your tutorial. And now that I want to learn the Italian Cast-On I came looking for one of your videos. You break things down in a way that is so easy for me to catch on to. And I find your voice very soothing and confidence-boosting while I am trying to learn. Thank you!
Thanks, Liat, for another clear, concise video. This will make my next project look really professional. I'm hoping to impress my teenaged son and ex-husband and I think this technique will do the trick. Thanks again!! Please know that I'm always spreading the word about you as a teacher and about KNITFreedom and your great videos (and your Rav group). I love your teaching style!!!
I was so happy to see that you recorded this video, Liat Gat. Your videos are the easiest for me to follow and I really appreciate them. Thank you!
Love your video and clear explanation. I always select a needle size at least 2-3 sizes smaller and continue knitting my rib with the smaller needle. This cast on is looser than one would expect. I've tried using circulars but prefer to use straight needles for the cast on and the next two set up rows. If I don't, the stitches roll and sometimes I get a twist at the bottom edge. I can see and manage the stitches better. After the two set up rows, I slip the stitches to a circular needle and join. I find myself returning here to your video each time I knit a hat. Thanks!
Thanks for this! I learned this cast-on from this video many years ago, and I found it again today.
Lovely demonstration, adding it straight to my reading list. Thank you!
Great video. Nice and slow so I don't have to keep going back and repeating the video to learn how to do it with a senior brain. Really appreciate the time you take and the number of repeats! I ripped out what I spent over an hour trying to learn this from someone else's video and did it your way, right! the first time. Thank you.
Thank you. This is a wonderful technique, sympathetically taught.
Thank you!! Please don't keep me a secret - please tell your knitting friends about KnitFreedom
At last I found a tutorial which was really helpfull! Thank you 💜
You make is so Easy Liat!!! I've been knitting for a lot of years and this is great!!!
Thank you Rebecca!! I really appreciate this. Don't keep me a secret - please tell your knitting friends about KnitFreedom!
Liat you are a BORN teacher! This is spot-on! Thankyou!
First time trying this, thank you for such clear instructions. This gives a really nice cast on edge
Thank you for the lovely feedback!! I have a whole video course full of cast-ons like this that you will love. knitfreedom.com/shop/cast-ons. Happy knitting!
Thank you soooo much. I'm just starting a top down sweater with a big turtleneck where I'm instructed to use the tubular cast on. I find your video and explanation much easier to follow than others - also nice and slow so I only had to pause the video a few times to catch up (I'm casting on 106 stitches rather than your 20!!)
Thank you so much Liat. I am so glad I found your tutorials and that you knit in continental. So easy to follow. In fact I was knitting a stocking stitch sleeve and when I got to the end of row realised I have a row of slipped stitches and knitted stitches. That will teach me to multi task
You rock! Thanks for this very clear and easy to follow video! You are one of my favorite teachers for knitting on UA-cam!
Liat, I agree with you. Work those extra two rows. I, being stubborn, tried to do this cast on without the two sturdifying (dont ask me. Its 1 am and ive been up since 6 am) rows, and it looks TERRIBLE without it. I wanted the stretchy cast on for a sweater for my nephew, and this is the best explained video to show me how to get a beautiful cast on edge for this.
Nicely explained. I followed your instructions and knitted a nice edge.
So glad to hear that Maryam! If you ever need any other knitting help, visit us at KnitFreedom.com :)
You are SO sweet. I'm so glad that this cast-on was just what you needed! :) You'll have to let me know how your hat turns out.
You made this so easy to follow. Thank you so much x
So glad we could help Anita! If you're ever looking for more clear knitting tutorials, visit us at KnitFreedom.com :)
Very easy and comprehensive video explaining clearly what to do. I am starting a top down pullover and want to start the polo neck with this cast on
Very nice explanation, I was a bit lazy to learn a new cast-on, but suddenly I wanted to start my hat with it and now I know how to do this. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I'm glad we could get you started on a new hat with a new skill under your belt. Check out KnitFreedom.com for more new knitting skills :)
It is a great video, you have a very nice photo, never lost the focus, your voice give me peace haha, and make me feel anything is possible¡¡, I will try¡ Thanks a lot¡
+Frida Concepcion Gonzalez Villegas
it is possible i just did it!
Beautiful demonstration!!
Thank you!!
You are my favorite to watch. Thanks for sharing 🌹
I've done this cast-on several times for hats. It's essential to keep the loops aligned right from the beginning and it's easier to do that with straight needles because on a cable the stitches can turn out of alignment.
Thank you for a great clear tutorial teaching how to do new knitting techniques and for making mistakes first so we can also learn what NOT to do as well!😊 I subscribed.
Awesomeness!!!! Thanks!!! I've been knitting for more than 40 years and never saw that set up! REALLY really nice!
Blessings,
Neesie
thanks for your soooo clear videos.. i would like to ask you for another one, of how to finish the ending invisibly also.. thanks again, for everything you share..
Reemara Abdul q
If you do this stitch and knit in the round with a circle needle it will probably be seamless.
I've tried and failed the Italian cast on so many times before this video. This one finally helped and I'm well on my way with my project! Thank you :)
Hi Kathleen,
I'm so glad it helped!
Dear Liat, your videos are always so amazing! You’re my favorite teacher :) viv
Aw, Viv, thank you so much! That means so much to me. Thanks for sticking with me all these years!!
Thank you!!! Scared of this until today xx
Thank you, this cast on fitted my knitting project so well! Thanx xoxo
my knitting savior!
Just wanted/needed to let you know you're my awesome sauce! You're soothing to listen to, very clear in your instruction and so sweetly encouraging. THANK YOU
You are amazing. Thank you so much for this video!!!!
Very nice stretchy edge for mittens and top-down sock or any ribbing edge that needs to be stretchy. It Worth the try and you will adopt it.
This is a great video - I never liked how loose the regular tubular cast on seemed, and the setup rows are so helpful. I got rid of the extra yarn loop at the start by using a safety pin to hold the start of the yarn instead of putting it on the knitting needle. If I get a chance, I will do a video of it. Hope this might help anyone.
You're precious !!! L love your tutorials !!!
Some fun trying this for the first time with my crazy "Knit Collage" bulky yarn....but it looks like just the ticket for my k1, p1 beanie. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!
Thank you so much. What a great tutorial - couldn't believe it worked perfectly for me on my first attempt. Think next time l'll start on straight needles , which l find easier to manage, and knit the last 'set up row' onto circulars.
Best videos n knitting I’ve seen. ……..subcribed!
Yay! Thank you!
Thanks. This the first time it’s made sense. I’ve watched videos before that I didn’t understand.
Yay!
nice presentation and I will be able to follow this for sure. I really like tubular cast on appearance the best
This is really clear. Thank you.
It was impossible to understand it tell i saw your video... Thank you so much.
You make it easy to understand
Easy to follow tutorial. Thank you
Thank you so much! I'm so stoked you love my videos - your comment makes me happy. :)
It is definitely not easy to multi-task while you knit! :) I'm glad I could help you fix that troublesome row.
love the easy explanation. Thanks!
Life saver, as always. Can't wait to get started on my Graham! :D
Very good tutorial
How would you set this up for a 2x2 ribbing
I really like garter-stitch brims for my hats, too - like the Aspen Ice hat. The cast-on will pretty much be invisible if you do a long-tail cast-on and then start with a knit round - that will put a purl round right at the bottom of the hat and it will blend right into the garter-stitch brim. I don't think there's a way to do this cast-on for only knit stitches, but I think my suggestion will still accomplish what you need. Happy Knitting!
Great pacing thanks. I may get the hang of this yet.
Very nice! Thank you!
Of course Tamara! :) If you ever need any more knitting tips, feel free to join us at KnitFreedom.com
Beautifully filmed, and beautifully demonstrated! You don't twitch the work around, as so many do, and you don't keep backing up, or stopping and starting.
You demonstrate continuous, straightforward movement, so we can learn the correct procedure visually. And you don't subject us to a torrent of rambling -- calm, clear, succinct instruction of what you're showing. Lovely!
I wasn't as delighted with the choice of yarn -- a little too roving and fuzzy for us to see the interaction clearly. Especially with this technique, it's crucial to see how each stitch is a loop being held in place by the other strand. For that purpose, I would also suggest that you move your right hand back a little to show us the stitch on the needle after it's casted on.Just for future videos.
You've got to be kidding?!
Can this be used in any combination of ribbing like 2x2? This is a really easy to follow tutorial. Thank you!
Yes! That is the beauty of this cast-on! Let me know how it goes :D
Definitely give it a shot. :) You are very welcome.
I love how this looks but I have found it to be unstable. For my first project I accidentally twisted the slipped stitches. It's only noticeable on the wrong side and it actually provides stability. But when I started another project using the same method I slipped the stitches correctly and the ribbing does not recover; in other words, when you stretch it it doesn't spring back. I used the same yarn for both projects (Cascade 220).
YOU ARE AWESOME
fantastico!!!Thanks!!!!
Awesome 🎄
Thank you so much ❤😊 it's so simple and beautiful the best process i find. A révélation for me. Excuse my english i'm french. 👍☀️🥰
Merci beaucoup! Il me plait apprendre que je vous ai aidé. Pardonnez-moi mon francès, ça fait longtemps que j'ai pas pratiqué! :D
@@Knitfreedom It's perfect ! Merci encore.
Thank youuuu!!!!!! 🤦🏼♀️😅🎉🙏🏼💛
This was awesome. Thanks for the clear cut instruction on this. My only question is; do you recommend pulling out the cast on yarn running through tube at the end prior to joining or not at all? Thanks!
Thanks for sharing ❤️🌹
Hi I'm knitting a hat but I don't want to do ribbing on the bottom, so I'm doing a garter stitch pattern for the first few rows but I fell in LOVE with the way that the invisible cast on looks... is there any way to do an invisible cast on with all knit stitches?? your videos are incredible by the way!! I watched your perfect thumb video and now I'm making mittens and gloves like mad!!
Thank you ;) Is it too late to ask which yarn/colorway that you're using in the vid? Probably, but Ima take my shot anyway...
So you knit into the half hitch you use to secure the yarn at the end of the cast on row?
Thank you!
THANK YOU
Should the tail be on my thumb or my fore finger so I can be sure to use the “ measured” amount of yarn when casting on
Is it ok if I did not divide stitches and continue my knitting regularly for a hat I mean thanks for this video believe me this was great but I'm just a beginner I hope you can help me
yes as little no as your circulars are short enough. Dividing is to make a magic loop if your circulars are too long.
What do I do when my pattern calls for an odd number cast on?
Is there a way to do this cast on for a 3x1 rib? Thanks so much for the video!
This is very clear except I don't understand why at 6:45 you purled the last stitch instead of slipping it since the previous stitch was a knit. Was it because it was the last stitch and you couldn't make it a knit stitch because the previous one was a knit, maybe? 💁Thanks in advance for your help and your great tutorials!
Great question! It's purled so that you are set up to do the knit stitch on the next row to continue the K1, P1 pattern. Thanks for watching our tutorials, and if you ever need more give us a visit at www.KnitFreedom.com :)
@@Knitfreedom Thank you, yes, I did check out your website, its awesome and I will be frequenting it!! Its tough for us crocheters to understand the versatility of knitting and changing the normal progression of a pattern to fit the way you want it to...not sure if you understand what I mean by that though..basically in crochet you don't typically change the stitches to fit your needs..lol LOVE YOUR TUTS!
Liat, I'm assuming we do this 2-row set up "and then" follow pattern instructions?
Thank you for this video. The only thing that throws me is if we did a video together I wouldn’t be able to tell our voices apart
Hi Jennifer,
That's too funny!