![]() ![]() Your’re ready to cast on with it! Place a slipknot on the needle and pull yarn tails to tighten Grab the short yarn tail and give a thumbs up Swing the thumb behind the yarn Hook the yarn onto your thumb. Leave a generous yarn tail & pinch yarn with both hands Hold the yarn and bring the hands together to make a loop Hold the loop that you have made in one hand Grab the yarn that’s unattached to the ball & bring it behind the loop Pull the strand of yarn through the loop This little loop is called a slipknot. Watch the video for a full step-by-step tutorial or follow along in 12 steps below. But how do you get the yarn onto your needles? Enter the cast on!Ĭasting on is a way to turn loose yarn into neat little stitches that sit perfectly on your needle. On this label, a 9mm needle is recommended. Most yarn labels will include a recommended needle size. Going up or down a millimetre won’t be a big deal, but any more and your knitting might be too tight or too loose. SIZE MATTERS: What needle size do you need? It depends on the yarn you use! When you buy a ball of yarn, the yarn label will usually include a “recommended needle size” listed in millimetres.įollow the yarn label when you’re first starting out. ![]() If you have the choice, go for bamboo or wood. ![]() Wood and bamboo have a natural surface drag that “grips” the yarn and make it less slippery than steel or aluminium needles. NEEDLES: I recommend wood or bamboo needles for beginners. Mistakes are part of the journey, and they’ll hurt less if you’re using inexpensive yarn as opposed to pricey artisan yarn. As a beginner, you’ll make mistakes – and that’s totally normal! TIP: If you’re buying yarn and needles, choose cheap acrylic yarn so that mistakes won’t feel like such a big deal. Super bulky acrylic yarn by Lion Brand Hometown USA 10mm bamboo needles Not sure what “yarn weight” is? Check out this brief guide to yarn weights. You don’t need to use the same yarn as me, but try to get yarn that’s at least a medium weight (aka. In these tutorials I’m using Lion Brand’s Hometown (in color Fort Lauderdale Coral) and 9mm needles. YARN: I always recommend a chunky yarn and correspondingly thick needles for beginners because they’re much easier to grip. That’s it! But where to buy them? And what kind of needles and yarn? Thick or thin? Wood or plastic? The options are endless! ![]()
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