Three loops for one cast stitch?

#1

Hello all!

I’m just beginning to knit and find the videos on here really helpful yet when following the continental cast on instructions I’m getting 3 loops on my needle instead of the one that appears in the video. What’s going on? If this is normal, how do I proceed from here when attempting to knit stitch? Do I go through one or all of the loops for every cast stitch?

So confused.

#2

You shouldn’t get 3 stitches per cast on, so something is going wrong for you.

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/FEATsum05TT.html

Here are some still pictures of cast-ons, so maybe that will help; or try one of the other methods just to get you started. Not the backward-loop, though, that one doesn’t give you a good start.

#3

There’s going to be one loop from the slip knot, you count that as your first cast on stitch. Then they should go on one at a time. If you’re doing the longtail cast on, make sure you slip the thumb yarn off the needle.

#4

Hm. Okay. So when I do the slip-knot/backward loop version I can’t seem to incorporate the bottom slip-knot into my row; it just falls away.

#5

Those stills helped a lot! Thanks.