I’m an engineer and you are my knitting queen. What an amazing, simple presentation that clears up the the mire of unasked questions about long tail cast on. Bravo! Art and science are inseparable.

This is by far the best presentation I have ever seen about the mechanics of the long tail cast on. Thank you so much - the visual effect of using the two colors helps me to understand what's going on with the stitches. What an "aha" moment for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

You are a genius! I have been knitting for about 8 years now and honest to God, never I would have thought of "spacing" my stitches when using the long tail cast on method! Thank you so much for sharing this video and all your other so helpful videos! I have been a subscriber to your channel for some time now and it is one of the best "knitting" decision I have made so far! Thank you so much!😊

Love not hearing the drivel and rubbish just great knitting advice and instructions. Keep it going 👍❤️

This is a brilliant demonstration ! It is the only time I ‘ve ever seen two colors tied together to illustrate the actions of the tail and ball ends of the yarn. Great visual.

I love the way you use two colors to show what looks like the first row is actually part of the cast on and what it looks like when you knit the first row. I am embarrassed to say how long it took me to realize that.

I am going to do YOUR CAST ON WITH SPACE!! YOU MA'AM are the ONLY one who has explained this to me.. I have torn so many stitches out of my Knitting because the cast on was WAY TOO TIGHT!. I Will let you know..THANK YOU & I have subscribed...Also, I Like how you Teach,.. Easily and SHOW us what we NEED.. To the Point!

Absolutely the best knit PHD. Now I understand so much of little knit stuff I've done wrong. Luv ur instruction with great AV.

I learned so much from watching this video. I will watch it again with yarn in hand and practice what you are demonstrating .

I am a g.g. (Great grandma)….I love regular old fashioned knitting, loom knitting, and my favourite crocheting.. Now I’m ready for a change…I want to learn how this long-tail-cast-on in both knitting and purling…I can already tell your method is quite easy to follow….thank you Suzanne!!!! Keep up the great work!

Thank you for showing and explaining the technical aspect of knitting! It’s so much easier to make a good product when you understand how it’s put together.

Thanks, you killed the myth of two needles very scientifically!

I am just about to knit a gauge swatch for a project that calls for a long-tail cast-on, but I couldn't recall how it went… Thank goodness I have found and watched this video of yours!! Thank you so much for recording it and sharing it.

I’m learning the technical aspects of knitting from you. You’re really the specialist and believable knitter. Thanks for sharing your knowledge ❤️🌹🌹🌹

really explained simply the process of long tail cast on. Easy as pie, now that you've taught it.

That explains the toughness of the border of so many projects I've knitted. So well explained! Thanks, teacher.

dispelling the myths with actual visible proof ...great as always ...thank you ...just tried something I hadn't seen before ...casting for a triangle shawl ...the cast on is only the slip knot ...row 1 kfb ...row 2 kfb k to the end of row ...and so it goes ...a beautiful sharp point or corner for a diagonal scarf / shawl ...hint or comments always appreciated ...t.

This video was so helpful! I just started a knitting class and my first project assignment had a couple of terms we didn't review in class. Wonderful and easy to understand explanation 😀

I've crocheted for 30+ years and this is the first year I have been able to get close to learning to knit. I love your videos and thank you for all you teach me. Thank you

I just discovered your channel and am on my knees in gratitude for your phenomenal gift of wisdom sharing and guidance! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!

You are inspirational teacher of technique....keep sharing I am loving it! Your technique sticks to my brain! Thank you

This is such an excellent tutorial. Using the two colors helped me to finally understand how to count rows correctly. Thank you for NOT chitting and chatting but instead getting right to the point.

Thank you for sharing your expertise. I've been knitting a long time and only now I understand the difference between following a cast on with a purl or knit. Also, not to count the cast on. The two colors of yarn showed the construction of the cast on perfectly.

I keep going back to your channel as my review/information. Thanks again and again.... You're a great help for the old and new Knitters. How lucky are those NEW knitters to find your channel, so they can easily advance their knowledge in Knitting without struggle 🌹🌹🌹God bless

Thank you for teaching me how to make the right side a smooth stitch after casting on. I never knew that by pearling the first row it would create it. Great information that I wasn’t aware of. Now I won’t have messed up projects that I keep on tarring apart and starting over and over. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot of new techniques by watching your videos. 👍

This is such a great way of doing the long tail cast on (two balls of yarn). I have a sweater that calls for a LTCO with 234 stitches. I HATE running out of tail or having too much; this is perfect. I usually do a cable cast on or knitted cast on when there are more than 30 stitches to cast on, but I think this will be my new way of casting on. I also now understand the mechanics of the LTCO and why many of my projects call for a CO row and a couple of “set up” rows. Most importantly, I now know my CO is NOT my first row.

I enjoyed your video. I love direct teaching. Looking forward to more of your tutorials.

Terrific help! Your explanations and demonstrations are so clear. I’m inspired to try again. Thank you!

Thank you Suzanne. I am 70 years old and brand new to knitting and look forward to more videos from you.If you have suggestions where I should start, it would be helpful. Thank you again. :)

This is EXACTLY the problem I’ve been having with the 2 needle cast on. The result reminds me of the stitches you get when making broomstick lace in crochet. Your instruction just saved me! Thank you!

I am so glad that I watched this before I started my project! Thanks for sharing your technique

You just pointed out things I've been doing wrong and I didn't even know it. I sent this link to my friend who I'm going to help start knitting. With your help she'll get started correctly. Thank you so much!

This was so informative. I've always counted that row as my 1st row. Glad to know the correct way now.

OMGOSH I actually understand what you are showing me! ❤ thank you so much because all the knitting patterns, knitting books, and many other peoples tutorials did not make any sense to me. I am now a confirmed fan of yours and can finally get started in my knitting experience ❤

This video is amazing. And humbling😊 because I almost didn’t watch it thinking I knew the long tail cast on: but I learned so much. Thanks!!

Thank you !! I love the way that you use the 2 colours of yarn to demonstrate how to do the long tail cast on .. Now I know what I was doing wrong .. Thanks Teach 🍎

I loved this! your last example in this video - of debunking the theory of casting on over two needles to create a more stretchy/less tight cast on (which doesn't work as intended) - makes so much sense in your two color yarn demonstration. As stated/demonstrated earlier in this video, it is the management of the white thumb yarn (the tail yarn) that controls the stretch of the finished fabric at its cast on edge, not the size of the purple loops from the working yarn held over the finger during LTCO (made larger by casting on over two needles). I found the demonstrations in this video to be very helpful, thank you Suzanne!

Great explanations here. I've been a knitter for decades and I've found so much of knitting becomes personal preference rather than strict adherence to patterns. I will often adjust which row will be my RS based in the look of the cast-on. I am enjoying watching more videos to improve my skills. Thank you for yours.

At last!! A sensible answer to how to loosen up tight cast on edge. Thank you thank you ☺️

Very informative! I love that you get down to business right away.

Thank you so much! That was extremely helpful to understand counting my rows.

Once again you have shown me how to improve my knitting! What seems like a simple tip, is sooo important to making my garments look more expertly made! I never realized that the thumb yarn was guiding my tension!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Hi, Suzanne. I enjoy your tutorials so much. I'm not sure what others think, but it sure helps me to watch you "knit to the other end" at a normal/natural pace and not speed up the video when you are demonstrating because when I watch you knit, my eyes and brain are "recording" your movements and I learn how to knit and purl exactly as you would - your technique. I am learning "muscle/finger memory" for my fingers and hands by watching your finger motions and hand motions as you knit and purl at a natural pace. I realize you are trying to save time and hurry your knitting along to get to the other end of a row in order to get to the crux of what you are teaching in a video. I am learning continental knitting and purling through watching your movements with your needles and yarn. I never thought I could learn this. I am an old English thrower who is tickled pink at realizing I can actually do this by watching your technique and imitating your finger movements. It is amazing. Thank you for sharing all of your expertise with the rest of us. God bless. :)

Suzanne I have really enjoyed your technical videos! I like understand what is going on in my knitting and how to problem solve issues! Thank you so much!

Amazing!! You are such a wonderful teacher!

Glad I found this video before starting my second project. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge in a clear, concise manner.

Thank you so much for this video! I have been an expert at crochet but only recently, after several people trying to teach me have finally taught myself to knit after I inherited my recently deceased mother in law's knitting needles. I watched many videos teaching long tail cast on. Yours was the first that makes sense and the long tail cast on looks so much better than the method I was using previously!!

This helped me, as a beginner knitter, hopefully, from endless frustration. Thank you!

Thank you!! I just started to learn how to knit, just by watching videos. You are so clear and I love the way you teach. I am subscribed.

Thank you, Suzanne, I've been watching many of your videos and found answers to many questions. You are a treasure!

Thank you for your video, it was supremely helpful in solving my issue with tension being too tight using LTCO. I even learnt some extra bits and pieces I hadn't even considered. Helpful, knowledgeable and straight to the point as always! Thank you Suzanne!

Thank you, once again for your videos. You are my go-to knitter when I need to learn something. Thank you for explaining 'everything'. It truly helps me to become a better knitter.

I love how well you explained and showed the long tail cast on. I just wish I knew WHEN to use a long tail vs not. Thank you!

Suzanne, your videos are succinct and solid. Much appreciated. Just after watching this I watched another video on the same subject, and the knitting expert suggested managing the tension by using two needles to cast on. 🙄 That's why I keep coming back to your channel. ❤️

WOW! Very interesting and helpful. I use this cast on all the time and didn't really know anything about it. Thanks so much!!!

Thank you, I’m a beginner and this video just helped me so much with my cast on tension questions. Now on to practice it.

Thank you so much. I'm just starting out spent a few hours last night trying to remember what I was shown in the knitting shop. Your video was perfect( and not so scary)

I am glad you demonstrated the two needle cast on loops. I tried that once an thought my knitting looked sloppy afterward. I use the regular cast on. Thank you for the tip on how to cast stitches to the inch. I will be paying more attention to my cast on next time.

Thank you for your super clear instructions!

The two colors also show us that the cast on, unlike a row, does not allow yarn to flow from the stitch to the space between the stitches as we expect it to do when we cast on over two needles. Two different threads. Thanks for helping us understand exactly what is happening.

Saving this video for future reference. Love the technical explanation.

thank you Suzanne. I learn so much from your videos.

Thank you for your videos, I'm going to be practicing, I took knitting lesson from a woman when I was in the second grade, i remember the basic, going to start again, thanks again!

This older video just poppped up in my feed, so I decided to watch it. Always love the way you explain and show why and how things work. And for once I already actually knew all of it. Surprising but nice discovery. Thank you for making me aware ;-)

Thank You so much for sharing your expertise! This makes so much sense! I have, unfortunately, listened to others advice and cast on with a larger needle. I made the Lizard Ridge Afghan and it made for horribly bulky seams! I’m working on a second one and I will definitely take your expert advice!

Excellent lesson Thanks

Wow! Thank you for this tutorial Suzanne, I have struggled with this particular cast on for years and usually gave up. Watching your video though has demystified this technique for me! I tried it and it worked on the third try 😁😊👍 I subscribed to your channel straight away. Thank you again 💓

Very informative. I'm very slowly trying to learn knitting & this video helped me see what exactly was happening during CO. I've been a crocheter since I was 8yo and I'm now 54. So I find it a challenge to think in knit terms but I'm determined. 😎

Definitely a very interesting class, as always. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge on the technical aspect of knitting.

Best teaching video of the year! Wow Suzanne, thank you. I never do a cast on with 2 needles but I don't always leave a space....until now! :) I was one to count that "purple" c/o as a 1st row but not anymore.

Thanks for this wonderful demonstration.

Very helpful for us, beginers. Thank you!

Thank you! I learnt this technique very easily!

Thank you for this great explanation about LTCO. It is so helpful! :)

Thanks for this video - it helps to be reminded NOT to count the cast-on row! I thought you might be interested in my cuff-down sock technique - after several times of making the cuff too tight. For sock yarn, and socks to be knit on US 1s, and using a long-tail cast-on, I cast on and work the first round on US 4s; switch to US 3s for the next two rounds; switch to US 2s for the next two rounds, then finally switch to US 1s. I find this works well for those of us who have larger calves than supermodels. And, of course, depending on how long you like the leg of the sock.

great explanation of casting on thank you.

THAT was really helpful. Great video. Thank you.

Learned a lot from this, thank you!

Great teaching tips!

So helpful. Thank you!

This was a great video. I learned quite a bit.

Thanks for this video! It makes so much sense to just leave some personal space inbetween cast on stitches, but somehow that never occurred to me. I'm a loose knitter too, so that snugged up cast on looks especially odd on some of my projects.

Wow, that was amazing, thank you sooooo much for this video and all your other videos. As always, I know I can find answers in your videos. Please keep making videos, you are my knitting idol 💜

great teaching video, thank you!

Love this!!! Thank you 🙏🏻

Great and clear explanation. Thanks!

Great video. Thanks.

You give so many wonderful ideas, how am I going to remember them when I need them. The long tail cast on info I will remember.

Brilliant!

Thank you. I learned a couple of things that I didn't know. 😁

Best video explanation. Thank yoù

This video is great. Thank you. I was looking at your playlist of videos re long tail cast on and I don’t believe this one is there. Please add it tp the playlist. Everyone needs to see it. They may miss it if it is only on the Cast on list. Thank you again!

Thank you !

That is GREAT! thank you so much ...so clear and helpful.

You’re the best!

This is giving me ideas... A two colour knit-purl cast-on...

Thank you for this video! Learn something:) I have a question for you, if my gauge is too big ( more rows that I need) but like the fabric will I be ok to kit a smaller size sweater? Thank you for a response!

Super interesting!! I've heard that using 2 needles to CO is helpful for beginners who have a tendency to strangle the the yarn and make the first row of stitches so tight they can't get their needle in to make a stitch. I know this is true, because I've been there, and it did help me. lol! That was quite a few years back, but I do remember it still to this day. My question is, how would you notate this in a pattern? Especially a beginner pattern. They are never going to follow this discussion, so how do you write the pattern and explain to them how to count rows? I've been writing stuff for first year people, and something like this would leave them totally confused. Still, I don't want to set people up with bad habits. And suggestions, Suzanne? I've knitted plenty of things with a long tail CO, and I've never seen anyone mention skipping the "first row" when counting. Who would ever think you could do such a deep dive on a long tail CO? Great video!

Good demo. Thanks for doing the close-ups. I have a question please: For a simple garter-stitch cowl pattern it tells me to use this method. Why? is it more stretchy than any other cast-on method?

Great video! I have a question. After finishing increases for toe up socks, it's time to knit the foot. I've noticed I get pointy "corners" on each side where I've begun the foot. Is there a technique to avoid these "corners?"