How to knit the Italian Cast On

Tabetha Hedrick July 28, 2021

In this video tutorial, Tabetha Hedrick teaches how to knit the Italian Cast On.

Anyone who loves brioche, or just simply needs a beautiful elastic cast-on that blends with K1p1 ribbing, needs to learn the Italian Cast On. The tutorial shows how to work the method with a single colour for a K1p1 setup, like what is used in Madeleine Windsor’s Sanderstead Set.

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Pattern Info: Sanderstead Set by Madeleine Windsor

Yarns:
2 skeins SweetGeorgia Yarns Tough Love Sock in Apple Pie (425 yds / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon).

2 skeins SweetGeorgia Yarns Silk Mist in Silver (325 yds / 297 m per 0.88 oz / 25 g skein; 60% Fine Kid Mohair, 40% Cultivated Silk).

Categories: Knitting Tutorials

Tags: Cast On, Knitting

Tabetha Hedrick

Tabetha Hedrick, Design Director for SweetGeorgia Yarns, lives by the belief that joy comes when fully participating in the present moment. And that joy is ever so easy to find when immersed in the world of fibre! When not knitting, writing, editing, or researching, she fills the time raising two girls, two dogs, and one husband in Tennessee.

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