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Lace
Cast Ons for Lace
Loop Cast OnA loop cast (also called an backwards E cast on) is an easy way to cast on stitches at the beginning or middle of your knitting project!
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Cabled Cast On
This cast on creates a solid edge. It is quite similar to the Knitted Cast On. The difference is in where you insert your needle and draw the loop through. In the Knitted Cast On, you are drawing it from the previous stitch. Here, we draw it from between the two previous stitches.
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This cast on creates a solid edge. It is quite similar to the Knitted Cast On. The difference is in where you insert your needle and draw the loop through. In the Knitted Cast On, you are drawing it from the previous stitch. Here, we draw it from between the two previous stitches.
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Circular Cast On
This cast on may appear tricky, but it has a really unique and clever aspect to it. The yarn tail is used as something of a drawstring, gathering the cast on stitches into a circle so you don’t have to worry about joining them to work in the round.
This cast on may appear tricky, but it has a really unique and clever aspect to it. The yarn tail is used as something of a drawstring, gathering the cast on stitches into a circle so you don’t have to worry about joining them to work in the round.
Crocheted Provisional Cast On
This method allows you to remove the original cast on row in order to pick up and use the live stitches at a later time.
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This method allows you to remove the original cast on row in order to pick up and use the live stitches at a later time.
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Traditional Provisional
This cast on, much like the crocheted provisional cast on, leaves some waste yarn in the first row that can be removed to reveal live working stitches.
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This cast on, much like the crocheted provisional cast on, leaves some waste yarn in the first row that can be removed to reveal live working stitches.
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