How to Cable Cast On Knitting Stitches

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Christine Pichini with Expert Village, and today I'm going to teach you how to cast-on in knitting. Start with a slip knot on the left-hand needle, and in the right-hand needle insert under the stitch as if to knit. Yarn around the back, pull the stitch through, and place it on the left-hand needle. Now, that's just a regular knit cast-on. Once you have that, what makes the cable cast-on different is that you insert the needle between the stitches, and then act as if you're doing a knit cast-on. Yarn around the back, pull the stitch through and replace it on the left-hand needle. So, instead of knitting into this top stitch, you're inserting the needle between the stitches, like so. Around the back, it looks like that. Between the stitches, around, and pull through. Sometimes, if you are someone that pulls the stitch tight, it can be very difficult, so I recommend leaving the stitch a little loose, and once the needle is in there you can pull it tight. Wrap, and replace. Insert, wrap around, just like a knit stitch, except that you're inserting it here between what look like ladder rungs. Wrap, and replace. You'll see it makes a stronger bottom ridge than the other cast-ons we've done."