Other Methods of Casting On

Long-Tail Casting On

This method is just like the method up above for casting on with one needle. The only difference is that you use one hand and one needle when casting on the yarn. It is also called the Double Cast On.  

The following websites have articles that show the Long-Tail Method:

                 http://knitting.about.com/od/learntoknit/ss/long_tail_4.htm

                 http://www.theknittingsite.com/cast-on.htm

The following video shows the Long-Tail Method:

                            Knitting: How to Cast On  - slip loop first and slip needle through stitch. She holds both the tail end  and yarn joined to the ball in her left hand and only uses one hand to cast on. I use two hands and this method is quite difficult for me because I am not left handed. 

Cable Casting On Method

The cable casting on method is using two needles and threading the yarn on the needles like a cable making the stitches.  It’s also called the knitted on stitch. It is sort of like knitting on stitches using two needles. These videos can show you how to do this method.  It’s quite easy once you figure it out!

Video 1

Video 2

This website will also explain how to do it with a description and pictures. 

Knitting On Stitches While Knitting

Another method of casting on stitches is called “Knitting On” while you are knitting.  I haven't yet found a video on how to show this, just a paragraph in an old book.  When the directions tell you to cast on while you are making a garment, you must first turn your work. The right hand needle becomes the left hand needle and vice versa. The needle to which the yarn is attached is in the left hand.  (You do this so that you have the wrong side showing and so it doesn’t turn out backwards/inside-out).

            Second, insert the needle in the right hand into the stitch nearest the tip of the left hand needle and when a new stitch is drawn out do not pull the old stitch off the left needle.  Instead, transfer the new stitch on the right hand needle onto the left needle.  Make the next stitch in the stitch just completed. Continue this process until the required number of stitches is cast on.

            Then turn your work and resume regular knitting with needles back in their normal left and right hands.