Tubular Cast On for 1X1 and 2X2 Rib in the Round 

I just cast on 100 sts for a top-down raglan sweater. Whenever I cast on a lot of sts, I do about 4 rows before joining in the round. That makes it much easier to join without getting your sts twisted. Then you just have to sew up the tiny 4-row gap when you're done. Thank you for this great tutorial. I've done the tubular CO many times, and yet I need a reminder every time!

The clearest tutorial for tubular cast on in the round on the web. All the other methods are needlessly complicated.

Thank you! Just saying that the first two rounds are like double knitting, made it Sooo much easier for me too comprehend what is going on.

This is THE BEST tutorial I’ve watched. Thank you for going slowly!

HANDS DOWN the best tutorial on Longtail Tubular Cast On for 1x1 and 2X2 Ribbing. Thank you ♥

I've seen so many tutorials for this cat on and have never been able to do it. Because you take the time to go slow and don't assume we even know how to do a magic cast on, I was able to actually follow. Now I know I'm not the only one who finds it awkward to startbut that a little patience will pay off in the end. Thank you! Now I can throw away the waste yarn start I've been using. Yay!

Fave method! No tedious crochet or waste yarn. All in one method that gives a perfect result. Love it.

This is the best video for a twisted 1x1 rib long tail tubular cast on in the round. In this video, the cast on for a purl stitch is done differently from normal instructions. She goes under both strands first, then over the tail and under the working yarn. Most of the others go under the working, over the tail, then under both. Doing it that way, however, results in your purl stitches being twisted if you immediately go in the round instead of knitting flat for 2 rows. So the version in this video is better. Immediately going to the round also has your initial knit stitches twisted. If your knit regularly, they will untwist. But if you ktbl, they remain twisted so you can have a really seamless twisted 1x1 rib.

Thank you for this great tutorial. When switching from 1x1 to 2x2 rib, rather than slipping the purl stitch right off and holding it, if you put the needle into both the purl and the knit stitch following, as if to knit two together, and slide onto the right needle, it switches the stitches. Then you can quickly slip the two back onto the left needle without having to hold one in your fingers. It does mean that the stitches are facing the wrong way, so the knit and then the purl will have to be worked from the back. But it is quicker.

Loved this video. I needed all the extra help you gave and for me, this was the perfect length with the perfect amount of information. You have really done new tubular cast on knitters a service - and nowhere anywhere have I seen the extra twist being placed into the first knit "slip knot type" stitch, which makes it really match the other stitches. Thank you!

Very helpful tutorial! The hat pattern I am trying to follow had very confusing instructions. This tutorial was easy to follow and will help me make a great start to my project. The look and stretchiness of the finished edge is much better than a simple long tail cast on that I would have used otherwise. Thanks!

This is method is completely new to me, must try it! I felt that I would look like as if I'm fencing someone though . . . we lefties always look weird, wish me luck!

Wow. What knitting engineer dreams this stuff up. Brilliant. Thanks for the great tutorial.

I really have to thank you for this great tutorial. i finally got the tubular cast on in 2x2 ribbing. i had trouble at first, letting the stitches ``slide`` around on me but once i secured them properly with my right hand fingers that solved the problem. i also had trouble NOT twisting my stitches which I never have until this cast on. It`s pretty tricky so I recommend not to slide them down quickly to start your first round as I normally do, but rather go slooooowly. everything else was easy peasy. thank you!

You are a great teacher.

What a great tutorial! It's easy to follow, and your explanations are very clear. Thank you!!

@Peggy Rosenthal @12:40 starts the variation for 2x2 ribbing. It's ingenious, clear and instructive as well. Another great youtube teacher...

Beautiful neddles!!!!

One of the best instructions.

Thank you so much for such a great video. I've just finished my very first tubular cast on for a hat and I am very pleased. Your tutorial is very well explained and demonstrated. Thank you :)

At last! Got it. Thank you soooo much x

Excellent video thanks! I always hated doing long tail cast on for rib as it just wasn't a nice look, nor stretched enough in my opinion. I always got confused with the provisional cast on version of a tubular cast on. Using waste yarn, then doubling the stitches then having to add an extra one (I think), it was like krypton factor knitting! I felt like I needed an engineering degree! Thanks so much! I'm off to start practicing this for my Selbu hat!

Your needles are so beautiful! Good video too!

Thank you so much for your time making this video, it is excellent. I didn't know you could do it without using a provisional cast on. I also didn't know you could convert it! Many thanks and love your way!!

Thank you so much!! It looks much easier than using waste yarn!!

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this tutorial! You made the tubular cast on easy peasy lemon squeezy :D

Olá! Amei a técnica! É te agradeço por ensinar com calma e lentamente! Já me inscrevi. Thank you very much!

Excellent, clear tutorial! Thank you so much.

This was easy to follow! Thank you!!💟

I should've use this video first. Another video I watched was in the flat and they had you CO half the stitches so I got them mixed up 🤦 good thing I didn't get very far before I realized it! Lol

Excellent. Great video

Thank you for a great video! I've been watching videos trying to learn this, but they never switched the stitches so I didn't like the result. This looks beautiful.

Thank you it's more ease with you

Excellent video. I liked that it was slow enough for me to follow along while casting on. I am knitting socks cuff-down and would like to know : should I use a larger sized needle for casting on so that my work isn't too tight.? I use a fingering weight wool with us size 2 (2.75 mm) needles. Thanks.

This cast on IS for 2x2 rib, the method shown starts off with 1x1 and stitches get swapped around on the 4th row... it works well. Follow along exactly as shown :)

so helpful!!!! thank you!

Thank you for this. Explained everything very.

Great instructions. Thanks.

Please tell which needle brand you are knitting with as they are a beautiful colour! 😃

Very clear and easily understood instructions, many thanks. Can this method be used for k3p2 ribbing?

Do I use the same size needles as I would be using for rest of my rib? Or do I use smaller size like for other tubular cast on methods?

Cool. Great tutorial. Thanks :)

What needles are you using? Are those Lantern Moon rosewood? They're gorgeous! (And great tutorial, btw. At first I liked some other methods I had seen more, but I think this actually works better for my needs. Thanks!)

Thanks for this great tutorial! It is especially helpful when you show how to convert to the 2 x 2 rib. My question is this: I did this cast on with straight needles and plan to knit on DPN, so I need to divide my stitches first. Should I convert to the 2 x 2 rib first, or divide my stitches first and then join in the round by converting to the 2 x 2? Does my question even make sense? Thank you for any advice!

Thanks for this cool method! Could you share what needles you are using and where you bought them? They look like ebony! Peace, Grace 🐏

Help!! How do you join the rounds? The video says that you start the double knitting with the "slip" stitch or the first cast on. In order do this I had to alternate my needles and my work does not end up joining after completing first round of double knitting...what am I missing?? I cannot figure it out from the video. I have to cast on 120 stitches for a hat and this is a tedious process. Does anyone know of an easier cast on that is stretchy?

how do you keep the cast on stitches from twisting on the needle. I have 92 stitches to work with and I'm stymied.

Thank you so much.

Great video! However, after the cast on and two set up double knitting rows, when I went to start my 1X1 rib, all my knit stitches were oriented wrong (back leg more forward than front leg). Any idea why that happened? Thanks!

Whenever I try this using magic loop the last stitch of the first half of the first row (last stitch before the join) just sort of undoes itself and disapppears when I slip the stitch in front of it. It turns into a double twist of the yarn instead of a stitch. What the heck, this has happened SIX TIMES NOW. Honestly just threw my needles across the room and almost threw the computer too

You have nice hands. :-) Thanks for this helpful video.

This is a looooong version of Ysolda's video. This video shows how to split the stitches and Ysolda's doesn't, but Ysolda's shows 1x1 and 2x2 in 7 minutes. Check it out.

Question. Does this type of cast on leave that funny "gap" when you fist start in the round? I habitually do a long tail cast (taught by Grams, she called it sling shot) but I am trying to improve my techniques, and this really looks easy. With long tail, I do the extra stitch to my cast on and then slip the last over the first and drop the first to eliminate the gap. That obviously won't work with this, and I really hate the gap.

Hi, this question is actually about your 1x1 Tubular Cast-on video - I would post it there, but comments are disabled on that particular video. :( When you get to the second row after the cast-on in that video, it's done pretty much the same way you do it in this video - you slip the knit stitches, and purl the purl stitches. However, that swatch is NOT done in the round, as this one is - it's knitted flat. If I'm not mistaken, since you'd just knitted the knit stitches and slipped the purl stitches on the first row after the CO, aren't you slipping the exact same stitches again that you had just slipped in the previous row? my understanding is that in double-knitting, you need to knit (or otherwise work) every other stitch on one side, slipping those in between, and then on the other side, you work the stitches that HADN'T been worked on the previous row. So, in other words, when knitting flat, I think you should continue slipping the P stitches all the way around, since those are the backs of the same stitches you had just knitted on the other side. But, instead, you slipped the K stitches on the 2nd row. I get the impression that maybe you are used to working this technique in the round, and you just forgot that when you got to that second row - am I right? Or, have I missed something? I hope all of this makes sense. I am not trying to be critical; I need to make a hat in 1x1 rib with a tubular cast-on, and I just want to make sure I haven't missed anything, and that I'm not doing it wrong. Excellent videos, BTW - the best ones I have seen yet for tubular cast-ons. Thanks in advance! :)

Holaa,gracias por su tutorial, me gustaria aprender a elaborar ese tejido, le agradeceria si pudiera hacer el mismo video en Español, un saludo desde colombia.

@Whiletheyplay - is there a way to use this tubular cast on for a k3 p2 rib? I haven't been able to figure it out... Thanks very much for your help!

Thanks for this. One question: do I cast on half the number of stitches called for since I'll be doubling up on the next two rows? I believe that I only cast on half the number. And, for joining in the round, I usually cast on one additional stitch to form the join but I don't see that you mention this so it's not needed here? Thanks in advance for your response!

I have tried and tried and tried. Can someone please recommend an alternative 2x2 tubular for knitting in the round. It’s just not clicking with me. One that doesn’t use the converting at the end. I’m just not grasping this in the least.

Is it possible to a 6x6 rib tubular cast on? Trying to figure it out.

there was to be a better way. it took me two hours to cast on 126 stitches and making the first two rows

Why not just do two knit cast on and then two pearl cast on, etc?

But isn't this for 1 x 1 ribbing, not 2 x 2? That's what the title says, right?

I'm so confused. It's nice for 1 x 1, but that doesn't show a 2 x 2.....

Why did I have to watch until 12:48 for you to even mention a 2x2 rib...

Title of video says cast on for 2x2 rib & her swatch is 2x2 rib; but this tutorial is for 1x1 rib!

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It was too slow and too much talking for me. I prefer short and to the point.