How to Provisionally Cast On

Note:

     Provisional cast on is temporary; it is used when you have a specific idea for the bottom of a garment, or haven't decided what you want to do with it [the bottom of the garment] yet.

     To provisionally cast on, you will need:

1) a skein of yarn

2) waste yarn (a long strand of yarn)

3) knitting needles (two pair about the same size)

4) a crochet hook, preferably the same size as the knitting needles

     First, tie a slip knot around your crochet hook with your waste yarn.

     Then, place your crochet hook in front of one of your knitting needles.

     Next, wrap the yarn around the crochet hook as if to knit.

     Pull the yarn through the stitch on the crochet hook. You have now cast on one stitch!

     Continue casting on until you have one less stitch than required.

     Slip the stitch on the crochet hook onto your knitting needle, leaving a reasonably long tail.

     Insert your right-hand knitting needle into the first stitch (and not letting the stitch get loose). Knit with your skein of yarn and leave a long strand so that the stitch won't undo.

     Knit until desired length.

     Then, you can use your crochet hook or fingers, slowly pull loose your cast on stitches and pick up the resulting loops.

     Continue until the end of the round; you can now bind off however you would like using your skein of yarn!