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Course

Beginner Workshop

14 lessons

1. Introducing .. Your Knitting Machine
2. Yarns for machine knitting
3. Helpful, Essential Tips
4. Cast On Methods
5. Bind off Methods
6. Swatching is Not Optional!
7. How much Yarn do I Need?
8. Just for Fun
9. Project 1: Get Knitting
10. Hems and Ribbing
11. Oops
12. Intro to Patterning
13. Shaping
14. Finishing

Lesson 4: Cast On Methods

Open Cast On

←What Cast on to Use?Closed Cast On→

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Begin your knitting, leaving open stitches to be picked up later. Often worked with the Scrap and Ravel Cast On method

←What Cast on to Use?Closed Cast On→

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