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is 1 stitch.

    Reach over the top of the waste yarn and behind the working yarn, pulling it forward (like doing a yarnover). This is your second stitch.

    Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have the desired number of stitches cast on. If you need to cast on an even number of stitches, start with step 4 (yarnover step). Note that the waste yarn only loops through the bottom of the stitches. All the stitches are made with the working yarn, ready to be knit.
Picking up the Live Stitches
    Later, when you’re ready to knit in the opposite direction or add a border, pull the waste yarn out and place the live stitches on a needle.

    Getting It Right

    To use a circular needle instead of waste yarn, skip steps 1 and 2 and instead make a slip knot with the working yarn and slide it onto the cable of a circular needle, using your right index finger to hold the knot in place. Hold the yarn over your left index finger and the cable of the needle between your thumb and middle finger. Proceed with step 3, substituting “cable” for “waste yarn.” When you are ready to knit in the opposite direction, your needle is already in place.
Provisional Crochet 1 Cast On
    a.k.a. Provisional Chained
    This is essentially the same cast on as the Chained Cast On ( page 39 ). The difference here is that you use waste yarn for the cast-on edge and remove it later, when you are ready to work on those stitches again. If you are proficient with a crochet hook, this can be a very fast cast on.
    Extras Crochet hook in a size equivalent to the knitting needle size required for the project; waste yarn

    CHARACTERISTICS
    â€¢ Provisional edge
    GOOD FOR
    â€¢ Crocheters
    â€¢ Adding a border or I-cord
    â€¢ Working in the opposite direction later
    â€¢ Hems
Working the Cast On
    Make a slip knot with the waste yarn and place it on the crochet hook. (This does not count as a stitch.)

    Holding the knitting needle in your left hand and the crochet hook in your right hand, bring the yarn behind the needle.

    Reach with the crochet hook over the top of the needle, grab a loop of yarn, and pull it through the loop on the crochet hook. This is 1 stitch.

    Move the yarn behind the needle again.
    Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have cast on the required number of stitches.

    Cut the yarn and pull through the last stitch. Tie a knot in the end of this yarn so you know which end to unravel from.
Beginning to Knit

    Knit with your working yarn into the stitches you’ve cast on with the waste yarn.
    Picking Up Live Stitches

    When you are ready to knit from the cast-on edge, undo the knotted tail end of the crochet chain and gently pull the chain out, slipping the live stitches onto a needle. I do this slowly, a few stitches at a time, transferring the open stitches onto my knitting needle.
Provisional Crochet 2 Cast On
    This is another way of doing a Provisional Crochet Cast On . You begin by crocheting a chain, usually with more stitches than you need to cast on. You then knit into the bumps on the back of the crochet chain. It can be tricky to locate the bumps in the back of the chain, but if your chain is long enough it won’t matter if you miss a few.
    Extras Smooth waste yarn; crochet hook one or two sizes larger than the knitting needle size required for the project

    CHARACTERISTICS
    â€¢ Provisional edge
    â€¢ Easy to remove waste yarn
    â€¢ Can be tricky to find bumps on back of chain
    GOOD FOR
    â€¢ Crocheters
    â€¢ Adding a border or I-cord
    â€¢ Working in the opposite direction later
    â€¢ Hems
Working the Cast On

    Using smooth waste yarn, crochet a chain that is several stitches longer than the number of stitches you need to cast on. Cut the yarn and pull it through the last loop. Make a knot on the end of this yarn so that you know which end to start with when pulling the chain out later. Put the crochet hook aside.

    Turn the chain over. Insert the tip of your knitting needle into the bump on the back of the