Bye bye foundation chain 👋// Try my NEW way to start a crochet project ✨ foundation sc alternative 

As a knitter, why have I never thought of this before?? This is genius! Well done, Michelle, and thank you so, so much for sharing this 😃❤❤❤

let me just be one of the first to welcome you to planet earth from whatever higher dimension of needlework enlightenment whence you came 🫡 having come to crochet from knitting, this would've been a super helpful way to bridge the gap between the two, instead of making me get frustrated at the usual methods and benching it for three years LOL. thank you so much for sharing!!

I hate dealing with foundation chains. This is SOOOO cool. I was a knitter first. This is very comfortable for me. Thank you.

It is one of the ways that u start in knitting. I have never seen anyone do it for crochet before.

Ooooh…. My…. God! Wow! I’ve been both a knitter and crocheter for so many years and I never thought of this! It’s seems so obvious right! How come no one has thought to do this in all the years! Well done! You are a fiber arts genius!

As a knitter I have no idea why I never thought of something like this because the long tail cast-on is my favorite cast-on method

Genius idea! Combining the long tail cast on with crochet! I’m a knitter as well and I actually cast on with a crochet hook. Sometimes mixing things makes things so much easier! Also, I’m doing a lot of crochet bralette tops for the summer, and I think this is the perfect starting foundation for that, having stitches on top and bottom to work into when starting each cup.

It's easier than the chainless foundation stitch I've been using, and looks a lot faster. Plus it looks absolutely fantastic!

Yes, this is as cool as you think it is!!! Thank you so much for sharing your brilliance with the rest of us… I am so relieved to finally leave the crochet foundation stitch, and the chain stitches behind! I also sent this to five of my crocheting and knitting friends! And I’ll keep sharing the gospel of this new technique!

Oh, I absolutely love this. The fact the chains are the same size due to the crochet hook is fantastic!

It’s knitting’s long-tail cast-on 😂with a crochet stitch!!! Bless you and your hook!!!!! ❤❤❤

This method is genius! Any knitter will find this easy. Thank you so much for your east to follow tutorial!

I'm a beginner crocheter and WOW this was so much fun to learn! It felt like my fingers were doing a dance. Clear, simple instructions, easy to see exactly what you're doing, amazing video!! Thank you! ❤

Thank you for reminding me where I learned this stitching😍 My Mom tried to teach me knitting and crocheting, bless her heart , and as a normal young adult I didn't pay close attention to lessons. She passed in '88 and now I feel like a newbie trying to remember what I knew. So glad so many crafters are willing to share their wisdom❣

Like the long tail cast on😊❤😊

I remember this stitch from my Mom when I was a girl...1967!

I absolutely think this is as cool as you do. I love it. So much easier and FASTER! I’ve been crocheting for 60+ years and there isn’t much I haven’t tried that’s actually been new or innovative. This is wonderful, thank you so much. ❤

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This technique has been around for a long time now for crocheting, basically the same as a long tail cast on in knitting. Which is my favorite co for knitting.

It has taken me 2 hours of internet searching to re-find this video. I can tell you now, it’s unique! I was getting to the point where I thought I’d imagined it. Xxx

Um GENIUS!!!❤ I make little amulet bags to wear around the neck and was looking for a way to do the crochet for around the neck sturdier than a regular base chain but not as thick as a full single crochet foundation chain. This is perfect!

That was brilliant!!!! I wonder what it feels like to be the first to spot a solution that’s been staring us all in the face for generations.

As soon as she showed working the underside I thought, wow, slipper soles would be so much easier! This woman is sent from Heaven! ❤

Thank you for sharing. I will definitely be switching to this method. Always hated my foundation chain for its stiffness. Truly helpful. You're a genius if you developed this method. You are still brilliant if you just shared it. ❤

This is so COOL!!!! Elegant, simple to execute, and more importantly simple to repeat!

Yes! I started out knitting first before picking up crochet & the long-tail cast on is my go-to. This is a perfect solution to what I hate about foundation chains; thank you!

Bless you!🎉 I am a frustrated knitter trying to crochet & almost went back to 2 needles because of my chain stitches😂❤

FINALLY I GET TO USE A KNIT STITCH AND A CROCHET STITCH TOGETHER. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MASTER KNITTING. I CAN CAST ON AND MAKE A FEW STITCHES. THANK YOU FOR THE COLAB.....

🤯🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏😱🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 OMG I am in love with this! Thank you so much. I want to make hats and headbands, but I hate when one side is tight and not stretchy! You are amazing! Thank you!

I've never tried knitting, so I appreciate the integration! It looks great! Looks so stable and clean!

That's how I cast on when I knit. So easy and conforming. Thanx for this.

So as long as every project is about six inches long… works like a dream 👍🏼

Best crochet hack of this century. It is the most useful technique I've learned since third loop half double crochet. Many thanks. Well done.

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I definitely LOVE the LOOK of it Im just not use to holding the yarn like you have to so my middle finger near my nail bed is sore from grasping the little ' nub' piece that you have to hold when pulling the yarn through! But I know that with practice Ill be able to get much faster and quicker and have not so bumpy stitches and EVERYTHING will be easier for me to do!!!! I SHALL CONQUER THIS!!!! lol THanks so much for sharing!

I wanted to share my progress with you. It did take a few clumsy starts before it wasn’t too wonky, but after a while it did become easier and only had to frog it a couple of inches a few times only because my tension wasn’t even. I can tell right now that this is going to be my new go to for my first row of single crochet. Thanks again for sharing! ❤️ Gloria

New crocheter here! Thank you so much! I feel lithos will tighten up my work and make it look much cleaner

Neat! Doesn't work with double crochet and so on though. This got me thinking. I get the idea of using the long tail to build the foundation chain (instead of just looping it around as with the cast-on) and it actually worked! The action is very similar to the foundation crochet but you actually have a foundation chain. Works with double crochet too and so on.

Oh!! Oh it's a long-tail cast on for crochet!!

We are basking in the glow of genius, people.

that is the fastest way for a foundation chain. Tried it out today and I love it.

This is one of the most epic bits of information i've come across sense i started hooking .🤯🤩

My Nana thought me this years ago... probably because we are both knitters and crocheters ! It's the cool perks and benefits of knowing how to do both ;)

LTCO..... + SC?!! What you've done here has certainly changed things up for me quite a bit😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 And yes, to do it on the underside makes things look even more uniform. Thank you, I am so enjoying this. Going to try it with slip stitch and see how far I get, and then with every other stitch. This makes that boring beginning of foundation chain +1st row, or foundationless sc/dc, etc sooo much better❤. Sorry, I always get excited learning some new trick😊🫣

Long-tail cast on from knitting, brilliant. I work that up so quickly when knitting, and it's not as tight as a normal foundation chain in crochet.

Just brilliant ❤ Love using long tail cast on in my knitting projects. Who knew you could as well instalment crochet. So easy and quick, made me giddy trying this. Works so well, love how stretchy this method is. Thank you for sharing, much appriciated 😀💜🙏 Happy Crafting

So technically you can omit the slip knot replace the knot at the bottom by performing a twist as first loop -- then the slingshot loop. making two loops. the first loop is a provisional. Also when you go for the very first stitch in the video you perform a single yarn over to single crochet however if you perform a double yarnover you are either doing a halfdouble or double crochet. You can yarnover thrice for a treble.

This is amazing! Thank you! I've really hated the starting chain and this makes it so much better!

I love this! Especially for the sturdy structure at the bottom of a project!

Like my always said, " There's other ways to skin a cat." I been crocheting for many years, and I like this technique. 👍🏼🤗

I’m a knitter too, this is fantastic

Definitely took me a little bit to figure out but once I got the hang of it, it worked up quickly. Thanks for this great tutorial :)

I’m a knitter and I love this. Has a great stretch to it. Perfect for gloves. Thank you for sharing.❤

This is BRILLIANT! I knit as well and I never thought of this. Thank you!🌹

This is a total game changer!!!!

Bro. I was sceptical but damn, thats so cool

I find your explanations of the slip knot is much more easier then the others.

This is a great method. There is one other way to create a single crochet foundation. The trick is to make to chain stitches, single crochet in the second chain from the hook. Then pull at the bottom of that single crochet and make anther single crochet into that new loop. Continue like so to the desired length. To be honest, it is a little more fiddly with the method I described to achieve a straight foundation and it will not look as good. I like your new method better. Thanks for sharing!

Amazing! I love it for starting bases, for rectangle start of bag, even granny stitch rectangle afghan!

I was gunna say, this is looking alot like the long tail cast on in knitting...ill have to try it!

Got it! With a bit of practice. RU-vidd a left handed cast on. Found my bearings. ❤

THIS is truly revolutionary. There is a "Foundation Chain," technique that provides something very similar to yours, but OH! It is SO fiddly and time consuming, even though it looks and works excellently. But I truly think YOURS IS BETTER! So fast and easy. I can't wait to try it on my next project, a full length Maxi Cable jacket. Thank you so much for sharing this with the rest of us!!!

I will be giving this a try. Thanks for this video

Great idea! Ok so I’ve used this hack on a table runner & I love it. Every project that has a foundation chain that needs to stretch, this is the one to use, hats, shawls, etc.

This is fantastic! Thank you!

The long tail cast on is my favourite knitting cast on method. This is genius to add it to the crochet repertoire.

Long tail knitting cast on. Genius.

Wow! I like foundation stitches for starting a project, but it took me the longest time to “see” which loops to work into. This is so much simpler! And as a knitter, the cast on is almost automatic. So cool.

EXCELLENT IDEA!!! This makes Starting a great deal EASIER!! 💯👍👍

I needed this!!! I hate that as consistently as I work my foundation chains are frustrating to get just right!

I have arthritis in my hands and this looks great. Thanks from a 72 year old lifetime knitter and crocheter.

Sweet!!! You are a genius 🎉🎉🎉🎉

A cross between knit and crochet. Genius!

Yes very familar with the longtail cast in knitting ,this is brilliant

Genius! This is sooo much easier than a fsc and looks better too. Thank you!!!

Long tail cast on for crochet? That’s perfect.

Oh my god, this is brilliant, you are a genius, it makes my work look so much better, thq 😃

WHOA!! that is awesome!! wish I could use a knitting needle for it. Awesome!!! I DO SOOO hate to do the CHAIN then start crocheting on it. blah. THANK YOU for this tutorial.

Amazingly awesome 😊thank you ❤

Thanks a million! Your way of setting the foundation for a crochet knitting piece is awesome 😎😎!

I have done cast on like this for about 60+ years for knitting and crochet

You make that look so hard the way you swing the hook around

The symmetry! It's... so... beautiful... 🥲 I'm gonna try this with your chunky mesh overshirt! PS. Thank you for this incredibly useful tip!

This is pure genius! Thank you so much for sharing. I always struggle with the foundation chains, that will be a thing of the past. I knit too, so I grasped the concept instantly. Not only is it sturdy, but your tail will be woven in at the same time! Love it!

You are genius!

This is a VERY cool idea. Thank you for your time to show us. 🙏

Thank you for this great idea/tutorial. I have some wt3 silk yarn that I just couldn't make a nice foundation chain with no matter how I tried, but your method worked a miracle!

This is amazing!!! I’ve been putting off using sc vs starting chain, but for smaller projects I’m going to try this. Hopefully after some practice I’ll feel more sure of myself to try projects that require longer starting rows. I was planning on making a washcloths & towels set for my son anyway. 😹😹😹 Thank you so much for this video!!!💜🫂💜

Amazing and beautiful. Thank you for the great tutorial. Definitely takes a little time to get the hang of it. I have been a knitting and crocheting for almost 50 years and this is the best looking and sturdy foundation. Will definitely make projects better. I don't like the long tail cast on, but after I use it for my crocheting I'm sure I will use it more with my knitting also. Thank you.🥰

This is great! Thank you for sharing ❤

Absolutely fantastic!

Totally cool and very easy to learn with your clear video. THANK YOU!!

I have done something thing very similar to that.I didn't twist the front thread. It is so much better than the standard chain stitch.

So sturdy and strong !!🙏🙏🙏🙏

I love this. I always have trouble with foundation sc's.

This technique took me many tries it tookhold. But once my brain, eyes n hands united. It was magical. Thanks for the upgrade to my crocheting techniques. 😊🎉

This is absolutely genius! 🎉🎉 Major big brain energy!!!

A long-tail cast on and a single crochet…Brilliant!

This is actually so useful and impressive! Everyone needs to see this!

I was confused at first, but once I was able to get it, I realized it was like when I was learning to cast on my knitting needles. It all just kind of clicked. I love this.