This cast-on was the only one I was taught by my mum so it became the one I used for almost all my projects (as I only learned the longtail cast-on much later), even scarves (unless I add tassles)... I also use this for 2x2 ribbing when I want the ribbing to look a little more substantial. 👍👍👍 Thank you Johnny~!

The tutorial is awesome, but the moves after...I'm speechless lol. Thanks!

I used this cast on after watching this video. I'm pretty new to knitting and it worked perfect. Thank you so much.

Thank you. You have made one Aussie a very happy knitter. This is such a hassle free technique to get that cast on edge that sits perfectly with the ribbed bask on a jumper...sorry sweater. Other techniques I looked at to achieve this involved using needles of different sizes and 2 different yarns...too fiddly! Once again, thank you!!

Finally I learn the right wat thank

For those of you who had trouble following the instructions, Sockmatician also has a video showing this cast on, he also shows how to make it a two-by-two rib knit if that’s what you need.

Oh gosh, this is really great, thank you so much for this video! You explain it really clearly. What an excellent cast on!

I thought this was a great Demo. I am a crocheter, so this was extremely helpful. Also, the explanation to identify the stitches on the needle were great. I have not seen it explained be for. Thank you.

Wonderful! I have been looking for a satisfactory cast-on for years! SO very well explained! Shall sit with my needles and wool in fronot of the screen next time. Thank you!

Great explanation. Much clearer than anything else I found.

this is a good cast on for double knitting too.

This looks like it would be a great cast on for cuff down socks that start with a 1x1 rib. I am going to try it. I think you do a great job on all your videos. Thank you!

Can you please do instructions for this cast on and knitting in the round? I’d like to make a hat with this cast on.

terrific and so clear! Thanks!

Good demonstration

Great instructions, thank you!

this is the most clear explanation and demonstration 👍finnaly after many many videos and trying I understand the italian cast on! great 😍

very helpful - thx bunches

That was a great tutorial AND soooo funny at the end! :) Thank you!

Ha, ha, so cool and funny at the end. :D

This is a great demonstration, but it would have been helpful if you described when you were making a knit vs a purl during your slow motion demonstration.

I am Italian and I have never seen anything like this technique. Both my grandmamas and my Great-grandmother were consumed knitters but they didn't cast on like this. It's quite interesting, thank you. :)

Excellent explanations by italian knitters. I understand easily. Looking forward for more such explanations

Thank you

Wrapping good tip! Thanks

Thanks! :)

Is there a comparable bind-off for this cast-on?

Best explanation of the Italian cast on. My problem is that these stitches are essentially twisted and not very stable as a long tail leaves them. So my knitting is wonky. Any advice?

The guide is missing that you mention at the start. It gives a 404 page. Can you tell me where to get that? Are there any more tutorials for knitting this Italian cast on? Thanks!!

This was the first cast on I was taught 50 years ago.

I'm fairly new to knitting and I might be confused. I first came across this video and then found your earlier video on the same subject back in 2012. The 2012 video started out in a completely different direction. Should I assume this one you made in 2015 is the one you prefer us all to watch? Also, I wanted to see how to bind off and thought I found one of your videos about it but was confused because on the 2015 cast-on video you always said the 1st stitch was a purl stitch but on your bind off video, you said the 1st stitch is a knit stitch. Could you point me in the direction of a bind off video that will work with this cast-on video? Thanks so much! Your videos are very easy to see all that's happening.

I am a rather experienced knitter and crocheter but wanted to learn more cast on techniques. This one is difficult not to get too tight which I have not had an issue with other techniques. It also likes to twist when completing the first row - janky as shit! Maybe it works better with non-natural fibers. Not the vlogger's fault. However, tip to vlogger - show steps slow with stops the first time, then show steps in smooth flowing motion and slow-medium speed without stops.

Can the method you demonstrate as the first step of replacing the slipknot with a simple twist be used in other cast on methods? Thank you so much for your videos. Yours are the only ones that have been helpful for my knitting so far.

thank you for the demo. Well done and good quality video.

How do you join in the round using this technique?

Oh, is this the same as tubular?

I saw it to the end... LOL :D

You say this can be used with Fisherman's rib, but Fisherman's usually starts with a row of knit stitches or a row of purl stitches. How does this work with Italian casting on?

Is this basically a reverse-facing provisional cast on where you use the same strand instead of two? It feels like you repeat the last part twice and then do the first part.

I thought this was great until I watched other videos. There are others that provide more detail and describe how to turn and knit the next rows.

If I am converting a 1*1 rib pattern to this cast on how many more stitches do I need to add ?

Hi, Johnny’s I subscribed and got sick. It would have been wonderful. MHC

Looks like you have two purl stitches to begin the row after closing with the hitch.

Thanks so much for your reply (below). Just to clarify (and as a suggestion for furure tutorials), it’s not so much that you’re going too fast in this one as that you’re stopping, going back, starting again, pausing to comment, etc. What I’d really like is, somewhere in the video, a few seconds of like five slowly executed repetitions of the stitch without pausing or reversing. Too, don’t assume you’re a bad continental instructor - the way you’re casting on here (holding yarn in left hand and essentially “picking” with the right) is actually perfect for continental knitters. :)

I love (seriously) that you’re spending the time to do these tutorials, but I do just have one request - at a certain point in the (any) video, could you please do a few stitches very slowly and smoothly and without pausing at all? I totally get the explaining at the beginning, but especially with tricky ones like this, it’s really easy to lose track/rhythm unless I can see the whole thing from start to finish with no break. Also, unlike most Americans, I knit (self-taught) Continental, and I rely heavily on video instructions because no knitters I know personally can teach me anything that doesn’t end up with everybody crying. Thank you and mad props.

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the only thing that you do not clarify is if the working yarn in on the index finger or the thumb? Please advise

Help!

Right at the end seems to be contradictory because he says begin with a purl, then points to the third Stitch to explain orientation and the voiceover says knit but his indication is Purl. Of course you can figure it out yourself because if you're doing it wrong it will clearly show. You got a 50-50 chance.

Which is the long strand? You never say

Hello

Needs more repetitions that are done slowly. Doing it fast right away made me give up.

It would be nice if you did more than 2 stitches before going so fast.

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Too much going back and forth at the beginning. Makes it hard to keep track.

Hahaha

Sorry, Man, but first you do it too slow, then you do it too fast. Could you redo the video at a smooth, medium speed? Thanks!

too slow in beginning, too fast at the end.

I couldn’t get on with the subtitles, the lines are repeated which makes it very confusing, also a lot of needle waggling about, Sorry, I could not follow both.

This is not Italian cast on

Too many reverse movements in this demo and it's too fast.

You lost me!

Too complicated!

You went so slowly you lost my attention, plus getting sidetracked talking instead of just showing us.

Talking too much???

Too gabby for my tastes......

Way to confusing ...you do the the stitch and then undo ??!!!??? Way to much unnecessary talking ...just SLOWLY demonstrate. I've watched several of your videos and your the first video on you tube where I had to mute it.

Confusing