Casting on - estimating tail length

The first step of long tail cast on is estimating the length of the tail, which you do by leaving about 5 inches and wrapping the yarn around the needle the same number of times as the amount you want to cast on.

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Cast On With Two Knitting Needles Tutorial 1 Method 2 of 18 Knitting Basics

Get the more patterns at http://sheruknitting.com/ Double Cast On. Long Tail Cast On. This cast-on method is called a double cross cast on. We cast on stitches on two knitting needles. Before you start you need to estimate the amount of yarn you will need to take for the yarn tail. The yarn tail should be treble length of your expected first row of stitches. When you are done with casting on you will get stitches on the needles with strands on the bottom, each strand goes across 2 stitches....

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