{"id":8205,"date":"2020-04-26T01:12:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T08:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2021-07-13T04:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:55:48","slug":"how-to-knit-the-austrian-long-tail-cast-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/how-to-knit-the-austrian-long-tail-cast-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian Long Tail Cast On"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Technique Description<\/h2>\n<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the Austrian Long Tail Cast On. A variation of the long tail cast on that creates a slightly different look and feel to the edge.<\/p>\n<h2>Video Tutorial<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Knit the Austrian Long Tail Cast On | Knitting Stitch Pattern | English Style\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nZK_5zTWG5I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Technique Instructions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Easy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Step 1<\/b>take tail of yarn and measure out about 5st by wrapping the yarn around my needle, this will count for about 5 sts. use this to meausre the length of yarn you willl need for you cast on<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 2<\/b>Take loop and insert thumb and forefinger between the loop and grab the two strands of yarn in the bottom part of your palm, stretch thumb and forefinger out to create a bridge<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 3<\/b>Place needle on top of the bridge and twist it around, shift fingers back to make a sling shot of sorts.<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 4<\/b>Pick up outside edge of yarn on thumb with knitting needle, come under and through the middle of the loop<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 5<\/b>Come around the outside strand of yarn and pick up the center<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 6<\/b>Come back through the loop on your thumb<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 7<\/b>Release both strands of yarn from thumb and forefinger<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 8<\/b>Tighten down the stitch onto the needle<\/li>\n<li><b>Step 9<\/b>Reset fingers to start over again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Examples<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nsad-austrian-cast-on.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8207\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nsad-austrian-cast-on.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Austrian Long Tail Cast On\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nsad-austrian-cast-on.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nsad-austrian-cast-on-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nsad-austrian-cast-on-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nsad-austrian-cast-on-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nsad-austrian-cast-on.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a variation of the traditional Long Tail cast on. A standard cast on style done here in a slightly different way, some may find this easier to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[29,199],"stitch-attributes":[516,523,201],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8205"}],"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=8205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8205"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=8205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}