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This cast-on is the more elastic variation of the longtail cast-on. The old Norwegian cast-on is suitable for socks and other pieces that need a very stretchy edge.

Wet blocking your knits is an essential step if you like to have a more professional look of your finished piece. I talk about when is it necessary, tips for different fibres and how to block.

You can’t get around Judy’s magic cast-on when knitting socks from the toe-up.

This method is invisible and very elastic. This is particularly suitable for cuffs or socks knitted toe-up.

I use this cast-on when I want to knit first in one direction and later in the other direction.

Are you looking for the matching bind-off for tubular cast-on?

Knitting cables without a cable needle is no art. I’ll show you how to knit cables quick and easy without a cable needle.

The cable cast-on is useful if you want to cast on several stitches at the beginning or end of a row.

Tassels are perfect for yarn recycling and enhance any knitted shawl. I will show you how to do this in this short tutorial.

I show you how you can knit a nice pattern with half the effort for a true fisherman’s rib. I show you tips and tricks and how to knit increases and decreases in the stitch pattern.

In this cast-on, the i-cord edge runs uniformly from one to the other end, which is perfect for shawls.

The provisional tubular cast-on creates an edge that seems like there would be no cast-on edge. This cast-on is extremely stretchy and is frequently used for ribbed edges.