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>>Continental Knitting

Lesson 1: Basic Definitions

Lesson 2: Cast On

Lesson 3: Slanting of a stitch

Lesson 4: Knitting First Row

Lesson 5: Purling First Row

Lesson 6: Forming selvage or edge stitch 

Lesson 7: Working in rounds

Lesson 8: Analysing knit and purl stitches

Lesson 9: Types of yarn

Lesson 10: Types of needles

Lesson 11: Knitting gauge & happy knitting

Lesson 12: Basic Shapes

Lesson 13: Correcting Mistakes

Lesson 14: Cables

Lesson 15: Connecting Two Yarns

Lesson 16: Bind Off

Lesson 17: Seaming 

Lesson 18: Picking Up Stitches

CONTINENTAL KNITTING Lesson 2

Cast On Variant 1 (Also known as Two-Tail Cast On)


  • Prepare yarn, leaving loose end.
  • Wrap the yarn end coming from the ball over thumb and index fingers of the left hand and hold it with the pinky, ring and middle fingers as well, so that both ends of yarn are secured inside the left palm
  • Spread up thumb and index fingers so that you have enough of yarn to start working with
  • Take 2 needles with both tips on the same level in your right hand and insert them under the yarn in the middle between thumb and index fingers of the left hand.
  • Pull the yarn with the end of the needles toward you and secure yarn with the index finger of the right hand to prevent it from slipping of the needles.
  • Move tips of the needles toward the left thumb and scoop both needles into a loop that has been forming around left thumb
  • Pull the yarn wrapped around the left index finger into this loop
  • Take the thumb out of the loop and pull the yarn towards you with the freed thumb to form your first 2 sts
  • Repeat previous 3 steps forming your next stitch as many times as it is requires
  • Take out one of needles
  • Here is what needed to know about Cast On Variant 1:

  • It is a versatile technique and it can be used as a universal cast-on for any pattern
  • It is recommended for the beginners because stitches are formed close to each other and it is easy to process first row
  • Cast on stitches are always formed as knit stitches. However, here is what you need to know about the first row:
          If you are going to work back and forth, then your first row stitches set as purl stitches.
          Purl your first row for lacy or stockinet pattern to have a clean edge
          If you are going to work in rounds, then your first row stitches set as knit stitches.
          Start knitting lacy or stockinet pattern from the first row
          For any rib pattern it does not matter how stitches are set
    Knitting Lesson 2 - Cast on Variant 2
  • >>Allover Topics

  • Yarn Over stitch (YO)
  • Magic Loop
  • Slip stitches onto waste yarn or cable needle

  • Twisted knit stitch (Granny Stitch)
  • Make 1 Stitch (M1)
  • 2-Tail Cast ON
  • Connecting 2-colored yarns
  • Bind off stitches in the middle of the work
  • Decrease stitches and changing the slant
  • Making cables without cable needle
  • Slip first stitch
  • Fixing mistake with crochet hook
  • Bind off with crochet hook
  • Two-Needle Bind off

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