<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I remember it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Put the ball of yarn where you usually would for knitting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m right-handed, so I put the ball on my right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Make a slip knot with a long tail and put the loop on the needle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Put the tail out to the left.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From here on, treat the left thumb as if it’s a knitting needle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Loop the tail over the thumb so it crosses under itself (as if you’re doing the beginner’s overhand loop cast-on).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Knit the loop off your thumb, just as you would if you were knitting a stitch off a needle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I bring the knitting yarn around behind the needle clockwise for the cast-on, but I’m not sure it matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Snug it up nice and even, but not too tight, gently tugging on the tail and the knitting yarn..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Repeat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If this doesn’t make sense, or people want in-person teaching, Tracy M can teach her class whenever she can do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy Carcione<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>