Knitting Basic Instructions Casting on with slip loops
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Knitting basic instructions (3) Casting on with slip loops (fig. 346).—Begin
by casting on one loop in the ordinary way, next, lay the thread, as in German
knitting, over the left hand, twisting it once only round the forefinger, then
put the needle in, upwards from below, under the thread that lies on the outside
of the forefinger; draw out the finger from the loop, put the loop on the needle
to the right, take the thread on the forefinger again, and so on.

Casting on with double slip loops (fig. 347).—Begin
by casting on a stitch in the ordinary way, then lay the thread over the forefinger,
the reverse way, so that it crosses between, not outside the hand and the body
of the knitter.
Pass the needle upwards from below, under the inside thread,
and slip this thread as a loop on to the needle. Continue to cast on, inserting
the needle under the front and back threads alternately. This method is specially
suitable for open patterns, where you have to increase several times, in succession.
Knitting basic instructions (4) Casting on with picots (fig. 348).—Cast
on two stitches in the ordinary way and turn the work. Lay the thread over the
needle, put the needle into the first stitch, from right to left, and slip it
on to the right needle, knit off the second stitch plain, and draw the slipped
one over it.

Cast on as many stitches as you want in this manner and then pick up the picots
thus formed, with an auxiliary needle, and knit them off like ordinary stitches.
This method of casting on may be varied thus in the following manner: having
cast on the stitches as in fig. 348, throw the thread over the needle and knit
two stitches together.
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