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Once Upon a Time Blanket: Casting On

So you’re ready to start the blanket but you have no idea where to start?

Well that’s easy.  You will need to start at the beginning.

The step is called casting on.

This is how you will get the yarn onto the needles so that you are able to start knitting

About.com has a wonderful step by step tutorial on how to do the “knit cast on” which can be found here:

Basic Knit Cast on.

my personal favorite “the long tail cast on is demonstrated in the video below.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wUPQDYtoy0&fs=1&source=uds]

Any Questions? Let me know in the comments below.