Begin to Knit / All the Basic Stitches; Easy Novelty Stitches; Quick Things to Make

by American Thread Company

CASTING ON

Allow about ½ inch for each st for fine yarn and 1 inch for each st for heavy yarn. Make a slip knot on needle, Ill. No. 2. * Hold needle in right hand, hold both lengths of yarn in left hand (see arrows) having short end of yarn under and to outside of thumb and main length of yarn under and to outside of forefinger, Ill. No. 3. Insert needle through loop formed on thumb, pick up yarn on forefinger and draw through loop, Ill. No. 4, let loop drop from thumb and tighten st on right needle with thumb. Repeat from * leaving about ¼ inch between sts until required number of sts have been cast on, Ill. No. 5.