Honestly, this is the absolute best and easiest version of the disappearing loop cast on. Excellent video, don’t get frustrated by watching anything else! Well done!

@mostlyknitting

2 ай бұрын

Aw! Thank you so much Laura. I am so glad you found the video helpful. :)

This essentially looks like doing a magic ring in crochet when working in the round! 😮 it makes so much sense! Thanks!

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

That's so cool for me to know. I dont do a lot of crochet so it is helpful for me to understand when the two intersect and something that may seem "new" to me in crochet is actually something i have done before in knitting. Thanks for taking the time to leave such a helpful comment. :)

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It makes starting the Musselburgh Hat so much easier!! 😊

@mostlyknitting

7 күн бұрын

You are so welcome Rosalie. Glad you found it helpful. :)

Sat down for "one last try" at center cast on and...this video finally did it. Only backed up once so I could have the step by step narration for all 8 stitches. Brilliant!

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

That makes me so happy to hear. Yay!

I’ve watched a LOT of videos on how to do the pinhole cast on, and this is by far the best one. Thank you for demonstrating what I think is the simplest way to do this cast-on…no crochet hook, no reorienting stitches, and heaven forbid no DPNs flopping around with only 8 stitches on them!

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. I am really glad you found this video helpful and think others will also. :)

Best cast on for this hat. I'm able to get it started for the first time. Thank you.

@mostlyknitting

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Sherry. :)

Like OP have said, I tried watching another creator's video and following written instructions, and your tutorial was just the ticket. It's so much about the holding of the stitches while you manipulate the yarn. Also, I know other knitters do the crochet magic ring to start and then transfer to their knitting needles to accomplish the same thing. I prefer to learn how to do it this way, but as a lifelong crocheter who learned knitting as an adult, I think that could be very helpful for others who have the same background. Love your videos!

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your lovely comments and also recognizing that there are other good methods that might work better for others. 😀

Thank you for making this much clearer. Watched other videos & couldn't keep up - I've been knitting for 40 odd years.

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for taking the time to comment. :)

Omg this cast on was not making sense until I watched yours. Thank you so much for sharing!

@mostlyknitting

3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! Glad it helped. :)

When you said “each stitch needs to go under the tail and the loop” combined with the video showing you doing that I FINALLY understood how to do the cast on. I have watched numerous videos this past year with no success. I now understand and can do the cast on. Thank you! As one teacher to another you understand visual and auditory learning.

@mostlyknitting

10 ай бұрын

I am so pleased this video worked for you. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a lovely comment. :)

@Loldrake

6 ай бұрын

Yes this made it click instantly, brilliant demonstration.

Thank you for such simple and clear instructions!!!

@mostlyknitting

12 күн бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you so much. I have tried following written instructions and tried another creator’s video but yours was so clear and easy to follow. Brilliant!

@mostlyknitting

6 ай бұрын

I am so glad it helped! Thanks for taking the time to comment. :)

OMG! This is the easiest and best video on this. Thank you!

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I’m so glad you found it helpful! :)

Thank you! This is the best video I have seen for casting on and getting started with magic loop.

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for leaving such a lovely comment. I am so glad you found the video so helpful. :)

VERY good tutorial! ❤ thank you

@mostlyknitting

Ай бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Wow, that was fantastic, you have been with me most if the morning going backwards and forwards and by George, I think I might have it. Thank you so much for your help.

@mostlyknitting

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome Marie. Glad to have been able to help. :)

Best explaination and method to start a hat

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Michelle. 😀

This is THE best tutorial I’ve seen for this cast on! Wish I had found it before starting my first Musselburgh hat. I can’t even count the number of tries before I got it to work on that first hat! I just found your channel and subscribed. Ironically, my first trip to Australia (Sydney) is only two weeks away! I’ll be knitting a hat on the ling flight!

@mostlyknitting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Becky. I suspect you will be making more so hopefully this tutorial will help later on for future hats. Thanks for subscribing. Hope you have a wonderful trip. :)

I have tried many disappearing loop cast on (pinhole) methods without satisfaction. Yours is easy and comes out perfectly. Thank you very much. I am going to transfer the stitches to dpns as I dislike magic loop. Grateful for this cast on.

@mostlyknitting

2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thank you for the lovely comment.

Wow! Always something new to learn! Thank you! I’d like to make one of your hats!!

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

I hope you do make the pattern. It really is a great, warm, classic hat. :)

🥰 thank you 🙏 love making the Musselburg hat Wow

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

Glad you found the video helpful and you are enjoying the Musselburgh hat. :)

I am so thrilled i came across your video I have made 4 Musselburgh hats, this is the first time i did not struggle with cast on amazing. I immediately casted on my 5th Musselburg. ❤❤🎉🎉👏👏👏

@mostlyknitting

10 ай бұрын

I am so happy you found this video helpful. Thanks for taking the time to comment. :)

Cool! Very nicely explained and demo’d!

@mostlyknitting

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Anne. :)

You're essentially making single crochet with a knitting needle, 'magic loop'. 👍

@mostlyknitting

Ай бұрын

Thanks Debra. Not being much a crocheter, i didnt really make the connection earlier when i did it but you are right!

So thankful I found your video today! I getting ready to get this on the needles, finally. Such a crazy, busy season for me with knitting, but now it's slowing. A couple new techniques for me with this one. This and magic loop. When you close up that hole do you close it up tight before you start knitting? Thank you so much for doing this and your other video giving the information about what you've learned.

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

I hope it is going well. I don’t cinch the hole closed fully until later on. :)

@tlneill

5 ай бұрын

@@mostlyknitting thank you, for responding so quickly! I've read through many of your answers on both videos and I'll be starting soon. The great part is my head circumference is just a bit smaller than yours, at 21.5". And I'm neither a tight or loose knitter really. I'm usually right on target with gauge with most weights, but the exception sometimes is fingering weight. Maybe it's just me and how I think it looks using the called for needle, but other hats I've done the fabric seems thin. It doesn't seem to create a dense fabric, if that makes sense. I've often wondered if that's just how it is with thin yarn in general, but if I see it starting the brim I go down a needle size. In the end it still seems thin on the brim anyway (patterns not double brim or folded.) Modicum is a good example. I'm on gauge so much that I stopped swatching unless my gut tells me I'd better, and it always works out. Even then I cheat and use the swatch trick. 😂I should just trust the recommended needle size if I'm using yarn that's accurate weight with well written patterns, and go for it. Thanks again for the quick response! I'm looking forward to my first one.

Thank You❣️so helpful and clearly shown. 👍🏻

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😀

At last I can do the cast on for the Musselburgh hat 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

That makes me so happy to hear. I am so glad you doing the video helpful. :)

Wow! Where have you been all my knitting life!! I was gifted the Musselburgh pattern and I am so so grateful to you and your tutorial. I haven't yet started the hat yet as I was gifted today and intend to start it on my trip to Ghana, in a couple of weeks. I'm doubly excited for both events now. Thank you much for this tutorial...it was super helpful!🙏

@mostlyknitting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Stephanie. I am so glad you found the video helpful. Enjoy Ghana and your knitting. :)

Thank you for this excellent video!!!!

@mostlyknitting

Ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

Love this technique for the hat! Thanknyou

@mostlyknitting

2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Wonderful tutorial. Thank you!

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for this tutorial. It's so clear and you have helped me to cast on my first Musselburgh hat

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

I am so glad this helped. :)

Thank you for this information, I started the Musselburgh hat as a holiday project a week ago on my journey to Le Touquet, France. Ended up using DPN's. Enjoying the tutorials

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

It is such a great holiday project. You can definitely start your hat on DPNs. I started my first few on dpns but found it a bit fiddly so switched to magic loop. Thanks so much for leaving a comment. I hope you had a lovely holiday. :)

This is like crochet with magic loop!!!

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

You know, I hadn’t really thought about it like that before as I don’t crochet a lot but i think you are right. 😀

This is an amazing demonstration and definitely the best I have seen. Thank you so much.

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you found it helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. :)

@maryannbergeron9531

Жыл бұрын

@@mostlyknitting I just subscribed to your channel. Looking forward to More videos.

Very helpful.

@mostlyknitting

Ай бұрын

Glad it helped. :)

Excellent! Thank you!

@mostlyknitting

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! :)

Thanks very much for this clear and simple tutorial!

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! I’m so glad it was helpful. :)

That was SO helpful!! Thanks very much😊

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment. :)

A million thank yous.

@mostlyknitting

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Pam. I am glad you found the video helpful. :)

Very helpful, thank you.

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. I am glad you found it helpful. :)

Thank you so much for this tutoriel. So clear ! 👍Now I can start my musselburgh hat ! Julie from Lyon (France)

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you found it helpful. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. :)

This video was an awesome guide. I got it perfect on the first try... Many thanks!

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Well done! I am so glad you found it helpful. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. :)

Best and easiest method. Thank you so much. ❤

@mostlyknitting

10 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

Thank you for the video. I reviewed several different methods and I found yours the easiest.

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you found it helpful. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment. x

Thank you I don,t know how I missed your tutorial ,I looked up one tutorial similar but just couldn,t nab it

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

I hope you find this helpful. :)

Thank you!

@mostlyknitting

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you! Thank you!

@mostlyknitting

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome! :)

Thank you

@mostlyknitting

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful. :)

Thank you for this. I am a long time crocheter but am wanting to learn to knit this year. I purchased this hat pattern after seeing it floating around for awhile, but I’m very nervous to start for some reason. Your tutorial has helped me tremendously in overcoming my anxiety with starting this project.

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jenn Thanks so much for leaving such a nice comment. I think once you get past the cast on and get a few more stitches on the needles, you will be off and knitting. I have done a tutorial for the increases M1L and M1R if that helps as well. Thanks again and hope you have lots of success on the hat. Feel free to message again if you get stuck. Best to leave a new message as if you reply to this one, i dont always see it. :)

Thank you so much...I have had all ingredients waiting in a bag and not made this hat out of abject fear...now, between this and your video of your 12 hats, I can get on with it...

@mostlyknitting

8 ай бұрын

I am so glad these videos have helped you feel confident to get started. :)

Excellent tutorial! Hi will this cast on work if I knit with dpns?? Thanks!

@mostlyknitting

13 күн бұрын

Hi there. It definitely does. It is a bit fiddly but I have done it with dpns a number of times and it works. :)

So on the second part of the stitch that is cast on, you wrap the yarn around the needle, in the usual way. I’ve also seen tutorials that show the second wrap of the needle done in the reverse, or clockwise way. What would be the difference or advantage of one over the other, do you know?

@mostlyknitting

3 ай бұрын

Hi Kris. I have done it both ways and it seems to make no difference. I first learned it wrapping in reverse as you mention and I did it that way for a while. But it seems to give the same result so i thought it would just be easier to show it wrapping in the usual way. :)

Tash thank you for the tutorial on the pinhole cast on. Is it stretchy enough for a ribbed 👒?

@mostlyknitting

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rosemary, Because the cast on is for the crown of the hat, it wont affect the stretchiness of the ribbing of the brim when you get to that part. You will have to be sure to do a stretchy bind off, though. For the Musselburgh hat, it wont matter at all as it is essentially one long tube that gets doubled for the hat. As long as your gauge is ok, the hat wont be too tight. Hope that helps. :)

Getting ready to start the hat. Never done magic loop. When you start it do you continue doing magic loop?

@mostlyknitting

5 ай бұрын

I stay on magic loop until I get to the final stitch count. By that stage, I find there is enough fabric. :)

Hello, where can i purchase the Musselburgh hat pattern?

@mostlyknitting

11 ай бұрын

Hi there. I purchased the pattern from ravelry.com. :)

You should know thats crochet magic ring

@mostlyknitting

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing another name for this cast on. Given that I don't really crochet much, I was unaware it had another name. Not surprising, though. I appreciate you mentioning it and it may help others. Thank you. :)

Haha it's easy, NOT

@mostlyknitting

6 ай бұрын

Hi Melissa, it can be a little tricky at first. I hope the video was helpful to make it a little easier for you.