Talk about a bolt of lightning!!! I, too, always use a Turkish Cast-On, but just doing Y/O then knit thru the back loop?? GENIUS!!! No going back, now, this is my ONLY way of starting toe-ups from now on! Life it too short for M1L and M1R!!! BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Thank you, Cristi!!

I have been watching toe up videos for the past two days and you are the only one that has made this super clear and in an excellent amount of time as well. Thank you

Great! Couldn’t be easier, esp the yarn-over knit-through the back loop increases! With kfb or M1R and L, I was always forgetting whether I was on the plain or increase round. Now there are just two rules,: If the second stitch is is a yarn-over, knit it through the back loop. If the second stitch in is not a yarn-over, make a yarn-over! No more straining to see tiny stitches or counting to figure out where I am! Plus, it looks great! Thanks so much.

This was so helpful and the YO increases, game changer!!!!! I breezed through my first pair of toe up socks and even used the YO increases for the gusset increase and it worked perfectly. This video made everything so simple, plus I love listening to your voice

Good heavens, where have you been all my life!?! And how come I've only stumbled upon this wonderful little ingenious technique just now? Loving it!

Omg, I was so overwhelmed to learn different cast ons. You explained it soooooo amazingly. I had no problems at all learning it from you. Thank you so much for sharing!!!! Thanks!!😊

Only just found this and it’s a game changer!! Now there are two perfect little sock toes on my needles, and the whole process was totally fuss free. Thank you so much for making the time to share ♥️

Amazingly simple. Both the cast on and the yarn over. Makes me wonder why I and millions of others thought we had to do that Make 1 Left/Right bit! Thank you!

Very good tutorial. Turkish CO for socks is the easiest, quickest, less bothersome one I'm found and used to date. I've tried all of the "popular" ones. None are better or quicker. The yo increases work so well too. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. You are one fast knitter BTW.

I've been trying many different cast ons and this is my favorite. I love the simplicity. The yarn overs don't have any holes and is very easy to tell where you are if you've put your socks down. Thanks!!!

This just appeared in my reccommended, as I'm starting my first pair of socks, and I must say,. This is the best tutorial I've found so far! Thank you for clear and concise instructions 😁

Wow! I am so happy to learn about this method. I find the Judy's Magic Cast On to just be too fiddly for me, but I think I can do this. Also, thank you for the tip about starting a sock at the beginning of a color; and also for your increase method, YO, then knitting in the back loop.

What a great video! You really do a great job of demonstrating this cast on. I've always been a little muddy on this cast on. Also, I finally learned a little something about continental knitting by watching you go to town on these socks! Great video.

Oh my goodness! Who'd a thunk it, I'm making a toe for toe up socks. GREAT tutorial, very easy to see and to understand. Thank you so much for this, I've been trying to make toe up socks for a very long time and for the very first time it seems that it's working!! :)

This is fantastic. I know it's a very old video now (it's March 2022) but I love it. It came up in my feed and i'm so glad it did. I love the Turkish cast on and i've never seen the yo increases so i'm going to do that now. You're the only knitter i've come across who knits like me, ie yarn feed finger right next to the left needle in continental ( Norwegian) style. I find it the best way to knit ergonomically and for speed and a good tension.

Of all the sock tutorials there are, this method was FANTASTIC. The increases are so simple.

Beautifully clear - and I'm fascinated by how you hold your yarn. This will be how I start my first pair of socks in the winter evenings!

Now that is the easiest "cast on" I've ever imagined :)) thank you for the perfect tutorial!

I have been trying to do the toe up cast on using a lot of KZfaq videos and haven't gotten the hang of any of them including Judy' Magic Cast On. This one I finally got to work for me. Thank you for such concise, simple steps at a perfect pace. Very smooth!

I'm sharing this tutorial all over the place! It takes so much frustration out of toe up cast on. Thank you SO much.

just found you here on youtube and now i'm trying the Turkish cast on, easy clear instructions. thank you

This is definitely the most straightforward cast on and increases I found. Thank you so much for sharing!

Excellent video. I like that you use actual sock yarn and needles. Too many sock toe tutorials use big yarn and needles, which are easier to see but don't realistically depict actual sock knitting. Yes, the needles and yarn are tiny, but that's how you get wearable socks! I have been doing YO increases for a while now, they're the best ones for increasing every round, which you need to do, initially, if you want a rounded toe. One refinement: I like to remount the yarn over at the end of the needle so that I can knit it twisted through the front loop. Very subtle difference though, you'd have to look really closely to see it, and who looks that closely at sock toes, except geeks like me? ; )

Brilliant! Thank you so much for this - have done the Turkish cast on a few times before I saw your video but still need to refresh my memory each time. Will save this so I can refer to it again when I need to.

Wow!! The beauty of logic and simplicity! In my quest for a good sock tutorial I have been watching all this videos: German short rows, wrap-and-turns, M1L & M1R...the horror! And the cast-on's: provisional, seamless... oh my, so complicated and frustrating. This is just genious!!! Love it!

One of my life-knitting goals is to say, “ oh,,,yes,,thanks...I knitted these socks!” I’ve tried and tried..hopefully this is THE pattern that takes👍🏻

Love your video. I use the Turkish cast on all the time. I am fascinated by your yarn over increases. I've tried many types of increases and want to try this one next. I have done the twisted loop increase but have forgotten which way to twist on each side. Thanks for this.

Wonderful ideas. I’m a new sock knitter, and I decided to use your Turkish cast on and the yarn over increases for the second sock of my second-ever pair. I’m using this pair as a knitting lab. Thank you!

Why have I only just found you!!!???! I just know I'm going to be binge watching now. You're an amazing teacher xx

I used this cast on for another project, and didn’t think of it for up socks. Thank you. Excellent video.

I'm amazed at the perfection of this toe-up cast-on. Thank you for the clear demonstration.

Love this increase. Will never struggle with M1L or M1R again.

Thank you for this very clear video I found your demonstration very easy to follow and I have made three socks with your Turkish cast on , I enjoyed using your method.Thanks once again.

I love this cast on, I've start my third paid of socks and am trying the way you increase. so far it is so much easier to remember. Instructions were very clear, thanks so much for posting

I hope you will get this. I tried two other tutorials, but yours is the one best for me. The yarn over sand knitting in the back is great. I kept forgetting what row I was on but I can keep it straight now.👍🏻🥰

Thank you. You’ve helped me conquer my fear of knitting my first pair of socks. Everything about this was simple. I slowed down the video to .25 speed to watch the k1 yo tbl stitch/row and when you did that slower on the last row it really helped. I can’t believe I’m making a sock!!!! thanks for the free pattern and video. Hugs!!!

Excellent tutorial! have been knitting socks for years but never tried this, it looks quicker and easier than Judys Magic Cast On. Thank You. I've learnt something new🌺

I have just made a new friend !! Thank you very much for showing me the easiest way to knit socks toe up Thank you Thank You !!!!! Can’t wait to watch more of your podcasts 🥰

My 1st time attempting socks and ive looked at multiple vids and this one by far is the best n clear and very easy for someone only knitting for not even a year and ive already gotton 24sts increased! Thank you for this...now i need to figure out the heel 😂

I’ve never tried the yarn over increase. I’m a newbie! Thank you for your clear video. I’ll subscribe 😀

I GOT IT! YAAAY! Thank you so much for simplifying this. I LOVE making socks and actually use several different methods: Tunisian crochet AND knit in the same sock, or straight out Tunisian crochet or plain knit and purl, or various crochet stitches. Can you tell I like variety? I discovered the Turkish method and found it so incredibly easy to make socks that I made 50 pairs autumn-to-winter about 2 years ago. I started with Cuff down but have wanted to learn Toe up. Don’t know why I kept running into problems.

This is by far the easiest way to increase for the toe stitches. I flit between Turkish cast on and judys magic cast on. I’m getting there with the magic cast on and i do find my work is tighter but I shall definitely use this increase method. Thank you for the video

Amazing!! I am a do knitter and have never tried magic loop so am encouraged to try this!

Love this! Very easy to see and copy. Yarn over increases so common sense I can't believe I haven't seen it before or thought of it myself. Basically I think it's the same thing as M1L? Thank you so much for taking the time to do this Cristi.

Thank you! Thank you! You made that look soooo much more simple. I have not watched a video yet where anyone did a toe increase using the yarn over method. I am new to sock making and whatever can make it easier i'm all for it.

Christi-Lael, Thank you for showing me an easy way to do toe up Turkish cast on. The toes look smooth. Instructions are clear.

OMG! You. Are. A. Knitting. Rock. Star! Excellent video. Paced well. No babbling. VERY nice voice to listen to And, I now have three rows on my needles. AND. And...I am doing TAAT (because I have horrible SSS). It wasn't difficult at all to do! Less fiddly than the cast on for Magic Loop. No tears! No ripping out and starting over umpteenth times! And I've always wondered what the best increase was for socks...all my friends have their favorites. I like M1L/R, but I, like others that have posted, get lost in which way to go, I lose count of stitches. Awesome sauce. Well done! And I've save the video because, well, I forget between pairs. Thank you. Thank you.

Wow! That is super simple and looks great. I always struggled with the make 1’s. this is so much easier.

WOW! I am now sooooo ready! Great tutorial! Video and explanations are very clear. Thanks a lot!

Thanks so much for this video! It’s been years since I’ve knitted toe up socks & my increase sts. ( M1 or kfb) were really sloppy. I can’t wait to try your method.

Love it, just cast on and it's looking super cute, Thank you for the clear tutorial on the Turkish CO

OMG I love you!!! Thank you so much for this video. I've been trying all the other techniques I can find and just can't get the hang of it. This is going to be so easy and looks great. You've saved my quest for toe up socks!

Ohmygouda.....talk about a bolt of lightning....I always use a Turkish cast-on, but this was AMAZING. (and I can't get over how you tension your yarn. I am a right hand thrower and that just blew me away. Geez, maybe I can teach this old dog a new trick or two. Thanks SO much....and I love your style......:)

Very clear instructions. Thanks for the tip on avoiding the hole at the YO.

Thank you. I have been looking at youtube trying to get my head around this. finally following your method it all makes sense. Thank you for making it so simple.

Thank you! So clear, useful chatter skip hint appreciated. I knit purl, portuguese style and I was able to follow your tutorial in knit and then easily do it again using purls.

Omg, this looks so easy! The magic loop cast on is confusing to me. Your video makes perfect sense to me. Thank you!

Wow how amazing! I use toe up socks when I want to use an entire skein but dread the cast on. Thank you so much for this method.

very clever. I like the yarn over increase idea. Now I won't lose track of my rows. Thank you.

I have spent hours trying to understand circular knitting needles. And this is the only way that not only can i understand but also achieve😁 thank you so much

This is a good tutorial-explains well-I now use this cast on for my toe up socks. Thank you for sharing!

I think you have explained very well,I used your method of yo increases and found it Very convenient. I didn’t have to remember which row to increase on ,thank you so much.

I can't wait to try! TKS it looks so much easier than M1L,R,etc. I wish you'd make one more video using larger needles and worsted yarn to see more clearly (for us senior citizens with some eye probs haha).

Thank you! This is one of the best tutorials for this cast on I've seen!

I gave up with the circular needles but this has inspired me to try again. I so want to start with the toe and not the cuff for guessing on yarn amount and I think this is it! Thankyou

thank you so much! This is by far the best cast on and the easiest!!!!! You revolutionized my knitting!

Oh my! I loved your video, what a great way to increase stitches! So simple! I’ve only made 2 pairs from the top down. This will be my first toe up, am so excited to start! Thank you very much. Very well explained. Hugs from Florida

I've hated sock knitting for years...until I was introduced to the afterthought heel...it moved to dislike knitting socks...and BAM Turkish cast on?!?!?!? changed my whole sock knitting experience and add the ktbl trick sweet baby jesus THANK YOU, my hubby now has all the socks he wants.

Best video on toe up socks - trust me, I have watched a lot of videos! Thank you.

Oh goodness! I've restarted this toe FOUR TIMES this evening (morning.... sorry, I'm a cop that works nights, so this is my "afternoon") before finding your video. 😁 I think I'm going to restart this pair one more time because your knit-yarnover is bloody brilliant! I've been trying to start these toes with Judy's plus the kfb increases, and it's just too...... fiddly. Your video is wonderful, do you have one for heels as well? Also, which pattern are you working on for the socks in this video? Thanks much, this was such a lightbulb moment! 💡

Thank you so much for this video that is so well presented. I’ve been doing the Judy magic cast on but it is rediculous to have to go back to KZfaq for my Dozen or so pair to still cast on. I think I will be cruising with my needles from now on!! So simple and the YO is great! I can’t believe how neat my sock looks with no holes.

The best explanation yet for a toe up cast on! Thanks so much.

Thank you for making it easy. I would like to know what type of yarn you like to use and what needle size you like to use. Do you knit two together also? Thank you again.

I want to thank you so much! This is super easy! I kept trying the Judy’s magic cast on and I kept getting big stitches with holes on the first row! It was frustrating. Then I found this video and it’s perfect! Thank you again!

starting the toe for my second sock in this pair, this increase was so much better. Again thanks for uploading this video.

I've knit a lot of socks but I usually do cuff down. This is a great tutorial for toe up. Thank you for sharing this easy method!

Oh, wow. I wish I had seen this before last week when I cast on my first pair of socks in more than 10 years. I did a figure 8 cast on and kfb increases. And I find it all so fiddly with tiny stitches on tiny needles. But your way looks SO much easier! Thanks!!

Great tutorial. Never knit a sock yet but I'll be sure to try this when I do!

Very quick cast on , I am new to this and love it , in the process of knitting two socks, thanks!!

Excellent tutorial. Thank you. You make it look so much easier. Now I feel prepared to do my next toe up socks. Instructions were very clear. Thanks again!

HUH! That looks so easy! And I would have never thought of the YO for the increases. Yaaaa!

Thank you for this video! I am a leftie as well and I struggled with the beginning toe up increase stitches because there are actually not many tutorials I have found for it for left-handers and I kept having gaps I did not like. I was hoping you would continue to the increase stitches after the turkish cast on (which is the method I have been using as well). I have not seen that increase and will be trying it next! It looks much simpler than the M1L/M1R I was trying. This will be my first sock (after I ripped out my last attempt).

Well, first of all, I am Turkish. I have seen many tutorials that explain how to start Turkish Cast on. You showed it the best and simplest way.

This tutorial is awesome! I am finally trying toe up socks today and they look great on my first try!!!! Thank you for the great video!

I just want to thank you very much for this video. Magic Loop is one of my favorite methods to knit with and this is clear and simple. I had no problems getting it right the first time. :)

This can't be true! I've been watching many different tutorials on how to knit toe up socks and how to make M1/M1L (in different ways...). How easy the Turkish cast-on and increasing with YO. Your tips are just what I'm going to try. You made my day :). Thank You!

Thank you so much for simplifying this caston and increase. Very detailed and doable!

Awesome! You're a great teacher!!! I was looking to learn this and I'm glad that I found your tutorial, thank you!!

Great tutorial. Very helpful. Can't wait to use this. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this.

absolutely beautiful knitting and beautiful result

The best and easiest way. I'm ready to cast on! Her explanations are the best!

You explained the cast on and the increases very clearly. Thanks a lot.

thank you so much for the video. i'm about to do 2 at a time toe up socks and wanted to use this method. i do all my socks toe up but not with this cast on. makes perfect sense.

Thank you, Little Baby Booties Pattern said to start with this cast on method, I had never heard of or it seen before. Thank you for sharing so Happy I love this

Great technique! 👌🏻 So simpel and still very beautiful! Just started my socks like this 😃 the video could have been just a little bit slower for easier following but I just rewinded a few times and then it was fine. Thank you!

Awesome. Looks easy to do..will try this the next pair I make. Been using magic loop for years.

This is a great video ! I will definitely use this when I knit my first pair of toe-up socks.

You were the only one that I have found that made it easy enough so that a beginner can follow, thank you!!!!!

Perfect! I was able to follow you. First time I have been able to start the toe of a sock! Thanks

This seems so simple to do, will certainly make my next pair of socks using this method