Tutorial: Crochet Chain Provisional Cast-On

With waste yarn and crochet hook, make a loose crochet chain about six stitches more than you need to cast on. With knitting needle, working yarn, and beginning three stitches from end of chain, pick up and knit one stitch through the back loop of each crochet chain (Figure 1,2) for desired number of stitches. When you are ready to work in the opposite direction, put cast on stitches on your needle (Figure 3, 4, 5), and then pull out the crochet chain to expose live stitches (Figure 6, 7, 8).

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