Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 47 minutes ago
When you do the Chinese Waitress Cast-On on a reversible project, a standard bind-off doesn't quite match. This cast-off creates an edge identical to the Chinese Waitress Cast-On so that you can enjoy the way your starting and finishing edges look when next to each other.
To do the Chinese Waitress (Double-Chain) Cast-Off:
1. Purl the first stitch, wrapping the yarn clockwise around the needle (this is opposite to the way you normally do).
2. Yarnover
3. Purl the next stitch, again wrapping the yarn clockwise.
4. Pass the yarnover over the first stitch on the right-hand needle.
5. Pass the second stitch over the first stitch on the right-hand needle.
6. Repeat steps 2-5 until all stitches are bound off.
7. Cut the yarn, leaving a 6-inch tail for weaving in. Pull through last stitch.
To learn:
- How to do the Chinese Waitress Cast-On (correctly),
- What most tutorials get wrong about the Chinese Waitress Cast-On, and
- Tips and tricks for using this cast-on in different situations,
go to knitfreedom.com/blog/chinese-waitress
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When you do the Chinese Waitress Cast-On on a reversible project, a standard bind-off doesn't quite match. This cast-off creates an edge identical to the Chinese Waitress Cast-On so that you can enjoy the way your starting and finishing edges look when next to each other.
To do the Chinese Waitress (Double-Chain) Cast-Off:
1. Purl the first stitch, wrapping the yarn clockwise around the needle (this is opposite to the way you normally do).
2. Yarnover
3. Purl the next stitch, again wrapping the yarn clockwise.
4. Pass the yarnover over the first stitch on the right-hand needle.
5. Pass the second stitch over the first stitch on the right-hand needle.
6. Repeat steps 2-5 until all stitches are bound off.
7. Cut the yarn, leaving a 6-inch tail for weaving in. Pull through last stitch.
To learn:
- How to do the Chinese Waitress Cast-On (correctly),
- What most tutorials get wrong about the Chinese Waitress Cast-On, and
- Tips and tricks for using this cast-on in different situations,
go to knitfreedom.com/blog/chinese-waitress
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Read more about how to do the knitted cast-on at the KnitFreedom blog: https://www.knitfreedom.com/blog/knitted-cast-on/
The knitted cast-on requires just one strand of yarn, making it perfect for adding stitches to your cast-on when you run out of tail, or adding more than 2 or 3 stitches to the width of your project in any given row.
In the knitted cast on technique, you simply knit a stitch and then pass it back to your left-hand needle.
This is similar to a cable cast-on, where you insert your needle between the first and second stitches to form the stitch.
I think this way is much easier, and if you twist the stitch as you place it on the left-hand needle, you are already set up to cast on the next stitch.
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Here is a in-depth video on how to do the basic brioche stitch.
Brioche stitch is a two-layered fabric that looks somewhat like ribbing, although it is constructed differently.
Like ribbing, it is reversible and can be used to make all types of garments, with cables, increases, decreases, and color-patterns.
Like double-knitting, brioche has two right-sides, but unlike double-knitting, the two sides are knitted one after the other, instead of all in the same row.
Brioche stitch can be done with one, two, or as many as five or six colors, and incorporate Intarsia color-blocks, just like regular knitting.
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How many times have you dropped a stitch out of your cast-on as you are knitting the first row? And started over, right?
Well, now you dont have to take the cast-on out and start over. Just carefully re-work the dropped stitch, following the technique in the video.
This cast-on trick is a small part of the video knitting course, The KnitFreedom Video Guide To Cast-Ons: https://www.knitfreedom.com/shop/cast-ons/
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http://knitfreedom.com/blog/turn-heel-worsted-toe-up-heel-flap-sock-pattern Wait — heel flaps are BACK? I thought we got rid of heel flaps when the world discovered the no-holes Fleegle heel!
Nope — turns out we just took a breather while a newer, better heel flap was in the works.
Its not that I dont love the Fleegle heel, but my lovely readers and I kept bumping into a few problems with it.
Three reasons why the (beloved) Fleegle heel is not necessarily the best and only way to turn a heel:
1) You cant adjust the heel for a high instep.
2) You cant do the heel in a different color if you want two-tone socks.
3) You cant add fun heel-flap patterns like the eye-of-the-partridge heel.
But a traditional top-down heel flap isnt perfect either, because...
1) You have to knit the sock top-down. Ugh.
2) Its hard to know when to start the heel flap.
3) You have to pick up stitches.
Isnt there some way to turn a heel on a toe-up sock that solves all of these problems?
Well, it was mighty hard to find good toe-up heel-flap sock patterns on the web, so, with the help of Miriam Feltons tutorial, I created a basic pattern that we all can use.
Im not afraid to call this heel flap perfect! It really does solve all the problems listed above, and I teach you how to do it on todays video.
The beauty of this heel flap is that you can add a pattern to the heel, even make it in a different color if you want, and never have to pick up stitches or guess when you should start.
You can easily adjust it for a high instep or a really high instep and never have socks that are too tight around the ankle.
There are no seams, no holes, and its really fast. So fast, in fact, that it only takes a 12-minute video to do the entire thing, and thats with me explaining each step carefully.
Excited yet?
But wait! Theres more.
You know I never like to pass up an opportunity to challenge you, dear viewer, to use all your skills.
Another reason to love this toe-up heel-turn technique is thats its basically a compact little exercise for practicing many of the skills youve learned while following this blog.
In fact, while making the video I started to sound like a commercial for some sort of KNITFreedom app store — theres a video for that! Theres a video for that too!
Any of these sound familiar?
Knitting fast
Reading pattern abbreviations
Recognizing when its time to increase
Counting your stitches fast
Wrapping and turning
Picking up and knitting wraps on the purl side
Purling backwards
Reading your work
These are the skills and tricks that youll use, time and time again, on complex projects, and we are going to practice all of these in the video. All in 12 minutes.
Download the free pattern for these toe-up heel-flap socks here: http://knitfreedom.com/blog/turn-heel-worsted-toe-up-heel-flap-sock-pattern
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Happy knitting!
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