{"id":778,"date":"2012-01-30T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T00:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/?p=778"},"modified":"2022-05-12T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T18:15:34","slug":"guernsey-cast-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/guernsey-cast-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Guernsey Cast On"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-rtlkummfsgq65d7c2c69257e931693127\">\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-rtlkummfsgq65d7c2c69257e931693127\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RTlKUMmFSgQ?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\/RTlKUMmFSgQ?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\\\/guernsey-cast-on\\\/#arve-youtube-rtlkummfsgq65d7c2c69257e931693127\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/RTlKUMmFSgQ?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 guernsey cast on. This method of starting a project is a decorative cast on traditionally used when making Guernsey sweaters. It consists of a series of knots connected by short strands of yarn that make small eyelets along the edge of your work.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Check out our other versions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/h61Ggum3ZAA.html\" title=\"How to Knit the Guernsey Cast On (Left Handed)\" rel=\"shadowbox;width=640;height=360 noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Left Handed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Create a slip knot and place it on your knitting needle.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/backward-loop-cast-on\/\" title=\"How to Knit The Backward Loop Cast On\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Single Cast On<\/a> method, add a new stitch to your knitting needle.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Take your other knitting needle, and slip the second stitch over the first stitch.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Using the single cast on method, place two more stitches on your knitting needle.<\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Take your other knitting needle, and slip the second stitch over the first stitch.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat steps 4 &ndash; 5 until you have cast on the number of stitches required by your pattern.<\/p>\n<p>After a few repeats your cast on should look like this:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-780\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Guernsey Cast On\" title=\"NSAD-Guernsey Cast On\" width=\"620\" class=\"size-full wp-image-780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On.jpg 640w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of the Guernsey Cast On<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-779\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On-with-Stockinette.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On-with-Stockinette.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Guernsey Cast On knit up on a stockinette swatch\" title=\"NSAD-Guernsey Cast On with Stockinette\" width=\"620\" class=\"size-full wp-image-779\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NSAD-Guernsey-Cast-On-with-Stockinette.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of the Guernsey Cast On knit up on a stockinette swatch<\/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>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the guernsey cast on. This method of starting a project is a decorative cast on traditionally used when making Guernsey sweaters. It consists of a series of knots connected by short strands of yarn that make small eyelets along the edge of your work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"stitch-attributes":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778"}],"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=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}