How to Cast Off: Scarf Knitting

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm Michelle and I'm here today on behalf of Expert Village. We're gonna learn how to knit a scarf for beginners. And while we're doing that we'll also go over some basic tips that you need to know to get started in knitting. Once you've completed all the rows that you're pattern calls for. Or, if you're making up your own pattern and you feel like your scarf is exactly the length that will be perfect for you, now you're ready to cast off. Let's see how. Because this is a garter stitch pattern and we're knitting every row. We're going to cast off with knitting. Remember we always want to cast off in pattern. I'm gonna knit my first stitch just like I normally would. And, I'm gonna knit my second stitch, just like I normally would. Now, picking up the first stitch I'm gonna slide the second stitch so that it comes right underneath of it and my first stitch is off. Now, I'm gonna go to the third stitch and knit it just like I normally would. And then, grab that second stitch and slide it over and now I've got two stitches cast off. If you continue to do this what you're eventually gonna have is a row like this of knit stitches that are no longer attached to the knitting needle but they're all attached to each other so you wont have to worry about all your hard work unraveling. This needle we'll just set aside. With our last stitch remaining we'll get our scissors. Remember, leave enough when you cut it off so that you can weave the ends in. We'll detach that and simply pull this through the loop. And now you can see I have illustrated how to make the worlds smallest scarf."