Knitting Help - Slow Motion Provisional Cast-On
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Provisional cast-ons are a way to create a cast-on that can be removed later, leaving you with live stitches. This video just demonstrates working the provisional cast-on. The next steps after the cast-on should be explained in your pattern. (Like what to knit next, when to remove the provisional cast-on, etc.) If you are unclear about what to do next, please contact the pattern designer for clarity.
The yarn I use for demonstration is Paintbox Yarns Wool Mix Chunky.
The other videos in my slo-mo series can be found here:
• Slow-Motion Techniques
The crochet hook I use is by Boye, the needle is a Knitter's Pride Ginger double-pointed needle from a set:
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Staci, you're a superhero!!!! Thanks for unraveling the complicated stuff to make knitting challenges more manageable and fun :)
I have avoided patterns with a provisional cast on. Since watching your video I'm doing my first sweater using a provisional cast on.
That is exactly me too! I see “provisional cast on” in the description and I move right along! Maybe now I will do some more “grown up” (lol!) projects (finally)!!!
I’m making a set of Frog and Toad plushies for my boyfriend’s niece and I had NO idea what to do when the pattern mentioned a provisional cast on! Thank you so so much for the slow mo tutorial and the wonderful info!
I'm making the Frog and Toad plushes as well! I'm definitely a beginner knitter/crocheter so I have a lot to learn. Did you finish them yet?
Funny i see your comment now. My friend just finished her frog and toad
What a great guide. Very clear and easy to follow. I would love a video comparing cast on styles and what each style is best suited for.
Me too!!
I love your slow motion videos! I kept reading the instructions and could not for the life of me figure out what it wanted me to do. I was almost ready to give up on my first toe up socks and go back to cuff down when I remembered your videos. Thank you!
Always go to Verypink knits whenever I need to do a provisional cast on. She is the best at explaining and especially the slo mo version is great to watch.
Thank you !
I’ve watched several provisional cast-on videos, but I keep coming back to this one. It’s the best!
I really appreciate that you do these slow-motion videos. I myself and my two kids are all visual learners. My son is making his first scarf for someone and my youngest is wanting to learn.
Thank you, thank you thank you so much for doing this. I'm a visual learner and this way of casting on is so much easier than picking up stitches.
I absolutely love your video's! I am what I consider an advanced beginner, and you are by far my favorite go-to instructor on UA-cam. Your demonstrations and way of explaining techniques always makes me feeling confident and excited to go to jump into my next project. Thank You!
love your use of "slo mo" it is great!!!
just an FYI if you tap on the three dots at the top right of any video you can slow the speed down yourself just make sure you turn the volume off
Yes, I put these videos out in slo-mo because the video quality decreases (and the sound is terrible) if you just slow the regular speed video down.
@@verypinkknits depends on what resolution you film your original video at. I've slowed your videos down and haven't really noticed the lack of resolution but I am using an iPad Air which has an awesome display
It's rare I'll comment on a video but the timing of this is amazing, thank you very much as I'm planning on doing a cowl as for my house mate.
that was brilliant thanks! I just couldn't follow another instructional video, and had just about given up altogether ... but you clicked forme, many thanksxxx
I love these slo-mo videos. As far as provisional cast on, I don't mind either way of doing it. Glad your still up and about.
Thank you! This is the last of the videos I shot at the studio before the virus shutdown...moving forward, my videos will be shot here at my house, then edited remotely by my producer. We're working on this new setup now.
@@verypinkknits *Thank you* for adapting so that you can continue to film from home. Your videos offer Zen-like Clarity -- amid Chaos. Stay healthy!
Love this but still don't know how to unravel to pick up the live stitches. I see if I can find it on your channel since you have several about provisional cast-on. Thank you!!!
You give me confidence to try knitting AGAIN!!! OMG! Wish my luck!
Thank you for these technique videos. Every time I have a question you have a much appreciated, clearly presented, answer!
Excellent..
Love the slo mo.
I am a beginner knitter and your slow motion visual tutorials have taught me so much.. You are the best at explaining the various stitchers. Would have given up if not for you!
Thank you
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! I watched at least ten other videos, and I still couldn’t get the provisional cast on. Your video solved it, and now I’m merrily casting on like a pro. You are truly wonderful.
This video was the beginning of me finally having success with the cuff for the February Hat. The first two times I tried by making a chain and picking up the spine loops (something I did before with a sweater and it worked) I could not get those stitches on the other needles. This created large enough loops in the active knitting to pick up & the scrap yarn easy to remove. Thank you so much.
I’m also using this for a February hat! Maybe I’m being a bit dense here, but what’s the next step? Just start knitting with the actual color? And then?? 😅😅😅
@@bethanyanntaylor1 You will knit the cuff then knit the stitches on the needle and the stitches of the provisional cast on together so the cuff is a double layer. The rest of the hat will be a single-layer fabric.
Thank You. Your videos are clear and to the point.
Thanks for the lesson. As a lefty it felt a little awkward but I got it! 😀
I'm a knitter and I never knew there were others like me that hate crochet😂 thanks for the video, I love doing it this way!
So easy, slow enough to watch and do. Extremely appreciated. Many thanks!!
You are an amazing instructor! Thank you, thank you. I can always count on you when I need further clarification and you present things so well.
Thank you so much! Learning a new skill is always intimidating but this made it very easy.
Thank you!
I love your slo-mo tutorials.😍
I learn so much from your channel thank you for sharing 💞
I have to learn this today!
Thank you, your videos are always so comprehensive and clear.
So nice
Very helpful
Thank you
This was the easiest way of doing this. Thank you
does it matter which end of the provisional cast that you begin working your pattern?
Thanks for such a clean and clear demo! LOVE LOVE LOVE the sloooowww mode...so helpful!
Yes, it usually does matter. You pattern should clarify that (if it doesn't, contact the pattern designer!). In my patterns, we generally start knitting at the slip knot side of the scrap yarn.
Very well done on instructions and technique! Thank you!!!!
That is brilliant! And so easy.
Once again....thank you!
I cannot thank you enough!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are a genius teacher.
Thank you.
This is exactly the tutorial I needed. Always love your videos. Thank you!!
Love it! Thanks for this video!
Thank you so much!
SO EASY THIS WAY..THANKS
This is amazing!! Thank you so much!
Excellent I just learned something new.
This is so clearly explained - thank you!! My problem is that I can't keep the scrap yarn on the crochet hook as I'm pulling it through the cast-on loop. Absolutely maddening. I'm beginning to think that knowing what trick-of-the-hand is involved is also the key the universe.
Thankyou I've been reading tutorials for hours and it just wasn't going in.
Sooooo helpful!!!!
I believe there was a scarf or shawl pattern a while back that had mirror images for the pattern using a provisional cast on, now I have to find it. 🤔
clear as always! tuvm
Thank you for this video. This is easier than picking up stitches from a chain, but I'm unclear on whether this can be done using my main knitting yarn or should I use the scrap and then join my main yarn and begin knitting the stitches I've crocheted onto the knitting needle?
Your help use appreciated!
You'll want to follow the instructions in your pattern, but generally this CO is done with scrap yarn.
Very helpful! Thank you!
Thank you for putting out these slo-mo videos. They really help. Can you tell us the best type of scrap yarn to use? I used a yarn that was very grippy and had a hard time removing it. Also, how close to the project yarn do they have to be in weight?
A smooth scrap yarn is best. I usually use worsted for the provoco, regardless of the weight of yarn I'm knitting with.
Okay, I have a question, if anyone knows the answer. When I knit cuff down socks I always just go ahead and start knitting and use the beginning of the sock as my gauge swatch so I can see what the actual gauge will be like in the pattern and in the round. Sometimes I get lucky and my gauge is spot on and I can just keep working on the sock, sometimes not. I'd rather not work the ribbed cuff until I know for certain my gauge is right, so could I start with the provisional cast on, begin the leg pattern straight away, and if that gauge is good I can go back and pick up the provisional stitches and knit the ribbed cuff after finishing the sock? I've never done the provisional cast on so I'm not entirely certain if this would be possible.
Could you do a video on the pros and cons of the techniques used for addressing the stitch that gets lost when you unzip the chain? In the pattern I’m working on, you pick up stitches from the PCO to knit them together with the bottom edge of the fabric to create a waistband, which you then work to knit the rest of the garment. The issue is that after unzipping the chain, the top edge will have one less stitch than the bottom edge, leaving one stitch that doesn’t knitted together with another. Thanks in advance!
I can't remember which side to start to "unzip" the provincial cast on the easy way. any suggestion?
You unzip from the non-slip knot end...but your pattern should make the details clear so that you're set up properly for the next row. If you're working from one of my patterns and you have a question, please email me directly at staci@verypink.com for help. If you're working from another designer's pattern, please contact that designer directly.
Hi Staci: Love your videos. I have very bad arthritis in my hands so I change the way I knit often, I love the way you hold your yarn, I am trying to do as you, but how do you keep tension and the yarn on your finger my yarn slips. I would love to know. Slow Motion of course. Thanks you
You can search my channel for "flicking" to see my different videos on the way that I knit.
@@verypinkknits Thank you Staci, you are the best.
I'm missing how you start using the real yarn... when does that part happen? I'm supposed to cast on 132 stitches provisionally and then join in the round... I understand this video but don't get how it applies to the pattern I'm trying to do. Where is the part about joining the real yarn?
Usually the next row is using the real yarn...but it could be different for different patterns. I suggest contacting the pattern designer if it's unclear.
Fantastic video. My scarf pattern asks for a provisional or tubular cast on... I have tried several with little success. I feel like trying your method tomorrow. However, how do I continue with tubular start up rows (3 rows)?
hi, what if you don't have a crochet needles? do you have this video with normal knitting needles?
Could I do this with circular needles?
I used your method for a provisional cast on, but when I tried to pull out the “chain” to use the stitches it didn’t just pull out. I had to unwrap each stitch individually. I started on the right end, the end without the knot. I’ve watched this again to see if I did the provisional wrong, but I did it just the way you describe in your video. I crochet a lot, so I am comfortable with a crochet hook. Any suggestions?
So do you leave the stitches on the needle? If so perhaps a cable from a circular needle is best?
No, you knit the next row as usual, so the row with the scrap yarn becomes the first row of your work. But follow your pattern for the exact instructions for what you're knitting.
If you are not using a double pointed needle for the provisional cast on, your zip edge with the 3 additional chains are not on the right side for unzipping. Or am I missing something?
Putting a stitch marker at the end may be easier to undo that from a knot.
You don't have to undo the knot - that yarn is scrap yarn that gets thrown away.
Glad to see you're still alive and kicking
do you have any project for someone starting out with circular needles? And unfortunately I bought a size too small they are 16in I should have bought much larger but oh well
You can knit anything with circular needles - flat pieces or tubes.
@@verypinkknits I'm just finishing my dish cloth following your method but I can't figure out how I would start that on circular needles.
Here is my video on using circular needles: ua-cam.com/video/kIZWglOcyjI/v-deo.html
Hats are easiest to make. It was one of my first projects when I was still learning. Thrum mittens was my first project in a round as well but you will need double pointed needles when you get fewer stitches on both hats and mittens.
@@lauratinapay oh ugh, did not want to have to use dpns ☹️ well when I'm allowed to go out in the world and pick out what I want in the store I guess I will be getting some double pointed needles right now I would have to order quite a few supplies just to make the delivery minimum
I have never done a provisional cast on. You say that it is scrape yarn you are using, when do you start using the yarn for working the pattern? And I would like to see how you unravel/remove it.
In this video, I only demonstrate how to work the cast-on, but I do have tutorials that show when to bring in your working yarn and when and how to release the stitches. Generally, we start our working yarn right after we cast on the stitches. But these things can be specific to different patterns...you might want to contact the designer of your pattern for clarity.
@@verypinkknits thank you. where can I find the tutorial on removing the scrape yarn?
I have several, here is one at the point of the video where I unzip the provisional CO. ua-cam.com/video/4FGHTMrr2LQ/v-deo.html
Really hard if you’re left handed and don’t know how to crochet!
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Thankyou!