Knitting Tutorials

Today I'm feeling quite happy about things. My asthma seems to be calming down and getting easier and I am just loving blogging! It has been such a good distraction from my asthma and all the lovely messeages about my bobble hat and well wishes have really made me smile! So I guess you could say I'm feeling pretty grateful for finding blogging, all the talented people I have found through blogging and grateful for discovering knitting too. Becuase without knitting I would never have found the amazing world of blogging! This is why today I am going to link up this tutorial post with Maxabella

Tutorial 2 - Casting on

So now that we have mastered the slip not the next thing you need to know is how to cast on.

Step 1

Start with the slipknot on your left hand needle

Step 2

Insert the right hand needle into the stitch from the bottom. Keep the needles crossed - left over right

Step 3

Wrap the yarn round the back of the needles and through the middle

Step 4

bring the right hand needle underneath the loop and to the front

Step 5

Bring the right hand needle forward so it crosses the left hand needle

Step 6

Pull the right hand needle out to the right

Step 7

Put yarn from right hand needle onto left

Step 8

Remove right hand needle

Step 9

Pull Long end of yarn tight, this is your second stitch

Step 10

Repeat process until desired number of stitches