All hail, Judy Becker. You have devised a technique that knitters will reference "until the end of knitting."

This makes so much sense now!

Dear Lady, thank you SO much for this demonstration. I was struggling along with diagrams in a book, trying to knit my first toe up socks - plus being a left handed person who was taught to knit right handed - when I suddenly thought of KZfaq ! I am very grateful to you for this easy to understand film.

This is the best teaching example of Judy's Magic Cast-on that I've found on the net. Thanks!

Thank you so much for inventing this method. It truly is magical. I know want to try making socks from the toe up. I learned to make them from the top down, but this cast on is so much easier than doing the kitchener stitch to close the toe at the end...

This is the best video for JMCO! I like that you explain it does not matter which direction the yarn is wrapped because it is the next row of knitting those wrapped stitches that remounts the stitches! This stitch is your namesake .... well done!!!

The best explanation.I was watching 4 videos before and was confused. This video was brilliant, thanks Maria

Thank you, Judy! I heard your cast-on method mentioned in a video by Elise Rose Crochet, so I went hunting on youtube. I initially found several videos by other content providers and watched them all, but was left feeling somewhat confused. Today I was delighted when your video happened to pop up in my feed, as if by "magic." After watching it, I have a much better grasp of what I'm doing and why it works. Nothing like getting it straight from the source! Your explanation was as clear as a bell, and I have a much better understanding now as to what to look for when it comes to knitting stitches off the needles for the first round. I'm new to knitting and oftentimes things seem much more confusing than they actually are, but your video was straight-forward and instructive and I feel confident that I can proceed with doing my first-ever Judy's Magic Cast-On. Thanks again!

2023 and I just learnt this. Thankyou xx

I have referred to this video every time I've made a pair of socks. Thank you for such great instructions!

You have explained it so well that we can do it without having to repeat the video over and over again. This is the best Judy cast on tutorial! Thank you for sharing.

Thank you again for your help and support. I think I know what to do but loose confidence and luckily you come to my rescue. Such a clever cast on and not just for socks but I made a cotton bag for carrying vegetables and used your cast on. Thanks again.

Judy you are a fantastic teacher! I was so frustrated watching others cast on but the lady in my last video said she uses your method. I was like who is this Judy? I have to see her method! Big thank you!!

+Judy Becker i am not a regular knitter but have decided that my next project has to be socks I just love this tutorial i believe you have made a World Wide Public Service video as it seems many people refer back to this method (i have watched a lot of sock vids) It is simple and easy. Thank you so much for the time you took and continue to take answering peoples queries YOU ROCK ! XXX

Excelent class, thanks !!!! I coudnt understand untill I found you.....From Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

Thanks, Judy! Starting on a bag with your help :) Will try to post progress videos

Terrific video! I've been using your technique for some time but had never seen your video. I like your point about not worrying which direction you wrap the yarn and about the fact that the cast-on includes the first knit row. After you pulled the needle out to show that, you could have just put those loops back on the needle rather than starting over. Anyway, the video is very clear , and I love it that there's no background noise (including music) or other distractions.

This is the smartest thing I have seen in a VERY long time!! Judy you are AMAZING!! Thanks for sharing!!

Fantastic video, no problem to follow this. Thank you so much. I will start my first Toe-up- Socks today.

Judy, you are so awesome. I've knit a couple of pairs of socks using your magic cast-on method. I love how easy and (as healingone stated) intuitive this is. Thank you so very much for sharing this method. You rock!!

Judy; thank you!!! Not only was this fun to watch, but it was clear, slow, and easy to understand. I am thrilled by this cast on and it's easyness compared to some of the other cast ons I have been learning as I try to start knitting toe up magic loop socks!!! And not only did I love this, but I now know I have been doing things right when I knit some of my stitches from the back; really appreciated your showing how the "leading edge" of a stitch can be in the back or front. It has been intuitive for me until now, but now I understand why I have been doing it!! Thanks , thanks!!

Sorry. I did see you were using 2 different needles. Obviously, I didn't phrase my question very well, but you answered it: JMCO will work well with magic loop. Good to have that confirmed. Thanks!

Wonderful video! Very detailed and easy to understand. You went through each part so that I could understand what was going. I have never been able to 'get" this before. First time that I have actually understood it! Thank you Thank you Thank you so so much Judy Becker! Five stars! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for this - I'm doing my first pair of toe-up socks and all the other methods I've found involve provisional cast ons and crochet and a bunch of other things I don't want to do. This is truly magic - you just put on the stitches, knit and there's no more to do!

Fantastic demonstration! I have never quite "gotten it" until I saw this video. Thank you, I will give this try this very soon.

I’m a relatively new knitter (21 months) just about to do my first “toe up” socks 🥰 thank you for illuminating

Fantastic cast-on method and clear explanation. YAY!

Knitted my first pair of socks, using magic loop, using this cast on, thanks for this video.

Hello there, I just wanted to Thank you for making it so easy to do Judy's Magic Cast on. I have learnt so much today thanks to you. Thank you again. Marie Hansen

I learned more from your very own description and I have all the other videos that I have watched except for whirlybird and Nettie Nettie and also my very best favorite VeryPink Knits,Stacey because she had her slow motion cast on which was very helpful yours was very slow as well thank you so much Judy. Now if I can just find a pattern that I can understand easily

This is the most wonderful way to start socks and hats. Thank-you so much, Judy for inventing and teaching this. I LOVE it.

Best tutorial I have ever watched. Thank you.

Thank you, Judy!!

Magic Indeed! I am so excited to have found this cast-on. I have always used waste yarn for my provisional cast-on, but as I've gotten older, have had trouble picking up the stitches from the waste yarn when using small needles and fine yarn due to difficulty seeing the tiny stitches, but now they're already on the needle and ready to go! Awesome!

How magical!! Thank you for sharing!

Excellent explanation!!! Thanks for your details!

Just began my first pair of toe up socks and this video was a huge help! Thanks!!!

Thanks a ton for such a quick reply. I can now stop thinking about it. REallyy enjoy using it.

Awesome❗clearly explained and illustrated. Thanks for sharing🌹

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve never knitted toe-up socks before and my pattern didn’t explain how to cast on, so I’ve watched several videos but yours was the only one which made sense and was easy to follow, so thank you :)

Thank you so much for your great tutorial on Judy's Magic Cast on. I am a beginner for stitching and this was so clear and easy to understand. I like that you take it slow and also that you repeat some of the instructions. Now I will start off my second pair of toe-up footies :) Have a nice day!

You can go many places! JMCO started as an invisible cast-on for toe-up socks. But it's a provisional cast-on and can be substituted anywhere that you need one. My book, "Beyond Toes: Knitting Adventures with Judy's Magic Cast-On," showcases 6 different ways that JMCO can be used, and has 23 patterns to try those techniques.

Great tutorial! Answered so many questions I had! Thank you!

Thank you for the clear demonstration.

The best video on this technique! Very clear and easy to follow. Really like this demonstrations using the two different needles and the variegated colored yarn, again this added to the clarity of this instructional video. I keep this in my library and refer to it often. Thank you thank you for this “magic cast on” Judy!!!

Fantastic demonstration!! Thank you so very much!!!

JMCO was invented as a cast-on for toe-up socks. But many patterns start with a provisional cast-on or a closed circle. Ravelry is an excellent place to look at patterns that use different techniques.

I have been watching many videos on this technique. By George, I think I've got it!

This is awesome!! Great teacher!! Thank you SO much!! You make it so easy!!!!

Thank you. Love this video. It has been a big help with knitting my socks.

Your explanation was the easiest to understand! Thank you!

Excelente!! Nunca mais faço costuras na sola de pantufas!! Obrigada.

Thank You, Judy. LUV LUV LUV this clean cast on!!!! This is my first attempt at toe up socks....seems you CAN teach an OLD DOG new tricks.!!!!!

Very nice instructional video! Thank you for taking the time and providing this! I am about to try my first pair of socks, and I will use your cast on.

Very helpful. I almost had it nailed from the Cast On Bind Off book instructions, but was missing one step (how to hold the tail for first knitted stitch). This sealed the deal! Thank you!

Brilliant and so well explained, thanks

Thank you for showing us in detail, talking us through the thoughts behind the why and how’s. And love your yarn 😍

Holy Socks Batman! I did it! Thank you so much for your video I usually use a Turkish cast on for toe up socks; finally got the hang of your truly magic cast on. :D

Love it , Love it, Love it. I like to knit toe up socks and I also like to knit 2 at a time. I can see this technique facilitating that!

There is honestly no tech guru in this world who matches up to the skill and genius of knitters coming up with simpler, better, cleaner ways to do things. Steve Jobs and Elon Musk combined can't match the level of ingenuity!! Knitters have been out here for centuries mutzing around with waste yarn, short rows, kitchener stitches, provisional this and that, and Judy Becker just sees another way. Truly ingenious and extremely well explained! (This is the first thing I've ever attempted with the magic loop method and I still got it on the first try.)

Thank you Roxanne for showing me the way! I've watched other videos but they go too fast for me, a complete novice. Your explanation and demonstration was perfect 🥰 x

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful.

Fantastic tutorial, thank you so much. I actually did it, wow. Thank you so much for sharing

Thank you so much for this video👏👏🌸

I have to say, this is the best video for judy's magic cast on I've seen. I probably feel that way, as I've been trying to get the hang of this from other vid's, and this is the one that did it for me! So many thanx!

Thanks so much for this video! It's incredibly helpful! I'm having difficulty understanding a slipper pattern that says "You are now working flat, back and forth. TURN work instead of continuing in the round. The wrong side (WS) is the inside of the slipper facing out, and the right side (RS) is the outside of the slipper facing in. Row 1 (WS): First needle: Very loosely (as this edge needs to stretch) P1, K to end of first needle. On the second needle: K to last st, P1. TURN Row 2 (RS): First needle: Loosely K1, K2tog, K to last 3 sts on the first needle, SSK, K1. On the second needle: K1, K2tog, K to last 3 sts, SSK, K1. TURN 4 sts decreased." I understand how to just work one needle but not how to work them individually without the yarn connecting them (which to my understanding it working in the round). Any tips? Do I need to just work one needle at a time? I'm totally lost and my searches for help are coming up with nothing. Thanks again for your awesome video!

Thank you for the video, it was great help.

Thank you! It was great help and that difficult! Even for me😊

Thank you! I've been using this method for about a month and I still get a little mixed up sometimes.I always come back to this video.😃

thx judy , for this helpful video :)

Excellent!!!

This is one of the few times I have learned anything from a video, I usually do better with written information. Thank you so much for clear and unfussy instructions. Your voice is more pleasant to listen to than most on videos. Thanks for that also. I'll practice the cast on for a while, then tackle the knitting part.

Judy - such a wonderful relaxed tutorial thank you. You have demystified this for me. I have driven myself crazy trying to learn it from a book. ♥️♥️♥️🥰

There will always be a 1/2-stitch jog between the two portions of your ribbing if you knit ribbing going both directions from a provisional cast-on. I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve. If there is a central part that is ribbed with non-ribbed fabric to either side, plan the cast-on so that it falls at one edge of the ribbing. That way you will only be ribbing in one direction and you will avoid the 1/2-stitch jog. If your ribbing will be at the edge, it's possible to use JMCO as a tubular cast-on. Lorilee Beltman has a great video on this technique here: Tubular Cast on Using Judy's Magic Cast on, from Lorilee. She uses it to start 1x1 ribbing. For 2x2 ribbing, knit an extra round before joining and starting the ribbing. Hope this helps!

Yes it's magic. Thank you! :)

Thanks so much. What a clear demonstration. It is so helpful for we knitters.

Thanks so much! And thanks for the video in the first place. :)

thank you so-so-so much!

just wow!

Thank you 💕👍🏻

this video is so helpful! thank you, Judy 'u'

love this video...wo helpful

Thaaaaank you soooo much!!!

One row I was knitting with the tail yarn piece. hehehe. Seems I remember you telling about this but was long enough ago that I didn't remember in that instance. So I knitted with that to get to the other end.

Nice trick 👌👌👌👌👌 now you have a new subscriber

Thank you

Judy's magic cast on is RIGHT - that's my motto since your tail would be on your right whenever you start a new row

Thanks!

Hope I can get this

Awesome video!! Thank you so much!

The yarn color is soooo beautiful :O And btw this Judy's Magic Cast On is great, you're really amazing! But it looks a little bit complicated for me, I am a beginner so I think I should stick with the normal way of casting on first. Thanks for sharing tho!

Magnificent😃

thanks

Thank you so much. You have made it so simple even I can do it.

The paper book is available for sale only in the US and Canada. In the UK, it's available as an ebook via Apple's iBookstore. The ISBN for the print book is 978-0-9844619-0-5. The ISBN for the ebook is 978-0-9844619-1-2.

Great video Judy. Is there a video on how to knit the stitches from the other direction? I want to have 2 x 2 ribbing going up (where you are knitting) and then going down from the provisional stitches. Do you have any tips for the join to look clean?

Lorna's Laces Bullfrogs & Butterflies in a colorway called "The Cat's Aha" that was developed for Cat Bordhi. I'm not sure if it's still available or not. I've had that skein for a couple of years.

Sort of, except since I am using two circular needles, it's not technically magic loop. It would be magic loop if I were using one circular needle, and that does work very well with JMCO. But don't get the two techniques confused as they are very different.

I am having a hard time AFTER the cast on. Once I move to the pattern, it seems I am just making a flat piece with a needle at each end instead of a tube. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Thanks! Loved the video very clear instructions!

I am using Judy's Magic Cast on for a small knitted bear done as double knitting on 2 straight needles. So far I have been starting in the usual way on 2 circulars, and after a few rows, transferring the stitches one by one to a straight needle to continue the double knitting a tube in one main color. Any suggestions for how to do the cast on directly to the straight needle without the need to transfer?