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How to Knit

CABLE CAST-ON METHOD

Use it for a firm edge, and when adding stitches to your work

1 Make a slip knot. Insert right-hand needle into the stitch as if to knit. Wrap the yarn around the point and pull through, slipping the stitch on to the left-hand needle.

2 Push the point of the right-hand needle between the first and second stitches. Wrap the yarn anti-clockwise around the point of the right-hand needle.

Pull the loop out with the right-hand needle, then slip it over the tip of

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