Decorative Cast-Ons
Lace Cast-On
The Lace Cast-On is a decorative short-tail cast-on that looks good with garter stitch, seed stitch, and ribbing.
Wrapping the yarn around your left-hand needle before doing a knitted cast-on stitch creates an extra loop of yarn on the edge of your project.
Picot Cast-On
The Picot Cast-On uses a combination of the knitted cast-on and binding off to create a picot edge.
You can use this cast-on to start top-down socks or any project where you’d like a scalloped edge. This cast-on is special in that it has a matching bind-off: the Picot Point Bind-Off #1.
Hemmed Edge Cast-On – Purl or Picot
Hemmed Edge Cast-On – Purl or Picot
The Hemmed Edge Cast-On creates a smooth, folded edge. The purl variation adds a row of purl bumps at the fold, and the picot hemmed edge has tiny picot bumps at the fold.
Hemmed edge cast-ons are created by folding a length of stockinette-stitch fabric in half and tacking the cast-on edge down on the wrong side of the work.
I-Cord Cast-On
The I-Cord Cast-On creates an I-cord along the edge of your knitting.
Passing stitches back and forth between the needle-tips as you work a knitted cast-on causes the edge to form an I-cord.
Use sharp lace needles for this cast-on to make manipulating the stitches easier.
