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--></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'>This is the cast-on I use all the time. I think it’s similar to the knitted cast-on, which people keep showing me and I keep forgetting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I prefer it to the long-tail, because I don’t have to worry about getting the tail length right.<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'>Make a slip knot and put the loop on the needle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Make an overhand loop and put it on the needle. Leave a little space between the 2 loops on your needle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hold the needle with the 2 loops in your left hand (if you’re right-handed like me.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Put the right-hand needle between the left-hand needle and the piece of yarn between the 2 stitches, from front to back. The 2 needles make a cross shape.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Grab a bit of the working yarn with the point of the right needle and pull it back through to the front, then put the loop you just made onto the left needle. This bit takes a bit of practice, but is easy once you get it. When I do it, I turn the right needle a little so the point slides back along the side of the left needle and the yarn doesn’t fall off the point.<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'>I hope this makes sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>