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Tutorial: how to knit Jeny’s Stretchy Slipknot Cast-On

October 10, 2018

In knitting like in life, sometimes you face a problem for which you need to find lots of flexibility. With my latest design (Lineage Sweater for Babies and Kids), I faced this problem: how can a top-down sweater with a neckline close to the neck can go over a baby’s head? The solution: a very stretchy cast on, such as Jeny’s Stretchy Slipknot Cast-On (by Jeny Stainman).

Note that I also made the neck opening proportionally larger for the smaller sizes, so the littlest shouldn’t scream to death when trying to put this on. Having a too thight neck opening on a baby sweater? Been there, done that, and she never wore that sweater again! I don’t want this to happen to your handmade sweaters so I did what I had to to make it work!

So I’m going to show you how to make this awesome stretchy cast-on. It’s super easy and the result is pretty, sturdy and definitely stretchy.

First, let’s see it in action. The step-by-step instructions will follow.

 

How to knit Jeny’s Stretchy Slipknot Cast On

Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast On

Preliminary step:
Make a slip-knot close to the end of the yarn and put it on your needle.


Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast OnStep 1:
Hold the yarn with your smaller fingers, and place your thumb under the yarn to create a loop around your thumb.


Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast OnStep 2:
Place your index finger in the loop and remove your thumb, so the yarn is wrapped around your finger.


Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast OnStep 3:
Insert the needle into the loop, from the tip of your finger towards your hand.

Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast OnStep 4:
Bring the needle down behind the yarn.

Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast OnStep 5:
Bring the needle up, picking up the yarn with the needle, and pass it through the loop around your finger.


it through the loop around your finger.it through the loop around your finger.Step 6:
Remove your finger, pull tight.


Try to make a consistent tension between stitches. If a stitch seems too different from the others, remove it from the needle and start again!

Repeat Steps 1-6 as many times as required to cast-on the desired number of stitches.

 

Try this cast-on technique with these patterns!

Lineage Sweater Knitting Pattern

Tiny Lineage Sweater Knitting Pattern

Grain of Sand Sweater Knitting Pattern

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