If you've finished your knitting project, you'll need to learn how to cast off. Of all the knitting and crafting techniques, it's a really easy one. It will only take you five minutes to master ...

from a few all-purpose cast on methods to knit and purl stitches, increasing and decreasing, and binding off at the end. The following excerpt is from Chapter 1, “When You’re Ready to Cast On.” ...

If you alternate purl and knit for every other stitch (rather than every other row), you'll get a rib stitch. How to cast on ... Pull the middle loop up off your needle, pulling it over the ...

Step 4: Bind off the remaining stitches ... Create the Flower Center: Step 1: Cast on about 5 stitches on the needle. Step 2: ...

I’ve got two left hands when it comes to knitting but Margaret, 92, has the patience of a saint as she teaches me how to cast off and knit. It’s a quality which came in handy when knitting for ...