This cast on provides a similar look to an I-Cord Cast On but stitches are cast onto the needle using a crochet hook.
Step 1: Make a slip knot and place it on the left-hand needle. This is only used to anchor the yarn – it is not counted as a stitch and will be removed later. |
Step 2: Place crochet hook behind the needle, hook facing the front, to the right of the slip knot. |
Step 3a: Take the yarn behind the crochet hook… |
Step 3b: …bring yarn up and over the needle then… |
Step 3c: …around the needle to the back and… |
Step 3d: …over in front of the crochet hook so the crochet hook can catch the yarn. |
Step 4: Catching yarn, pull crochet hook through to front (between the slip knot and new loop formed on needle). |
Step 5: Bring crochet hook to back of needle by swinging the tip of the hook to the right and under the needle. Do not catch the yarn during this maneuver. |
Step 6a: Take the yarn behind the crochet hook, bring it up and over the front of the needle then… |
Step 6b: …around the needle to the back and over the front of the crochet hook allowing the crochet hook to catch the yarn. |
Step 7: Catching yarn, pull crochet hook through to front and through loop on crochet hook. |
Rep steps 5 – 7 until correct number of stitches has been cast on. Slip loop from crochet hook onto tip of needle. This temporarily gives 1 more stitch than desired but once the slip knot is removed as the first row is worked, the stitch count will be correct.
Shifting Stitches 