{"id":770,"date":"2020-10-30T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.craftysmallbusiness.com\/?p=770"},"modified":"2022-01-09T06:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T14:38:46","slug":"crochet-cast-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/crochet-cast-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet Cast On"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-l1lftbqkabk65d2b1ee7f9aa093657678\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 510 \/ 287\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.274510%\"><\/span><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-l1lftbqkabk65d2b1ee7f9aa093657678\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/L1LfTBqKABk?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/L1LfTBqKABk?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newstitchaday.com\\\/crochet-cast-on\\\/#arve-youtube-l1lftbqkabk65d2b1ee7f9aa093657678\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/L1LfTBqKABk?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 80%\"><em>music in video is from demo 2008 by (<a rel=\"cc:attributionURL noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Latch_Swing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latch\\xe9 Swing<\/a>) \/ <a rel=\"license noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the crochet cast on. This technique uses a crochet hook to place stitches on your knitting needle when starting a project. It can be used to create a provisional cast on or on it&rsquo;s own. The resulting edge will mirror most regular bind off edges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Easy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Create a slip knot on your crochet hook.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Hold your main knitting needle parallel to your crochet hook.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Take the working yarn and wrap it behind the knitting needle, around, and over the crochet hook.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Pull the working yarn through the stitch on your crochet hook.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat steps 3 &ndash; 4 until you have cast on the number of stitches required by your pattern.<\/p>\n<p>After a few repeats your pattern should look like this:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-771\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Crochet-Cast-On.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Crochet-Cast-On.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Crochet Cast On Edge\" title=\"NSAD-Crochet Cast On\" width=\"620\" class=\"size-full wp-image-771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Crochet-Cast-On.jpg 640w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Crochet-Cast-On-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Crochet-Cast-On-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Crochet-Cast-On.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of the Crochet Cast On Edge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/newstitchaday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/youtube-subscribe-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"New Stitch A Day on You Tube\" width=\"330\" height=\"102\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/youtube-subscribe-button.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/new-stitch-a-day\/id417065366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/itunes_audio-e1320875360465.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"New Stitch A Day Podcast on iTunes\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/itunes_audio-e1320875360465.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n[sidebar alias=&rdquo;after-post&rdquo; ]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crochet cast on is a method for attaching your yarn to your knitting needle at the beginning of a project. This technique uses a crochet hook to place stitches on your knitting needle. The resulting edge will mirror most regular bind off edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[57],"stitch-attributes":[516,580,579],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}