How to Cast on Stitches

Making a Slip Knot

Finished slip knot, off needle

Sarah White

To make a slip knot, hold the yarn so that the tail of the yarn ball is hanging in front of your hand.

Wrap the yarn loosely behind your first two fingers of your left hand. The yarn should loop all the way around your fingers clockwise.

Take the part of the yarn that's attached to the ball and slip it back under the loop behind your fingers (shown below without a hand involved).

Then slide this off your fingers, pull to tighten slightly, and slip it over the needle.

Index: How to Cast on Stitches

1. Getting Started Learning to Knit: The Cast On
2. Making a Slip Knot
3. Knitted Cast On - Opening the Loop
4. Knitted Cast On - Wrapping the Yarn
5. Knitted Cast On - Pulling the Loop Through
6. Knitted Cast On - Finishing the Stitch