KNITTING TUTORIAL: Cast off

This is a basic knitted cast off, which is worked with the right side of your work facing you, on the left-hand needle.

Knit the first stitch as normal.

Knit the second stitch as normal.

Using your left needle, insert the needle into the first knit stitch from from to back.

Lift the first stitch over the second stitch and over the tip of the right-hand needle.

Knit another stitch from the left needle as normal. You will only ever had 2 stitches on the right needle when casting off.

Repeat step 4, inserting the left needle into what is now the first knit stitch on the right needle.

Repeat step 5, lifting the stitch over the second knit stitch and the end of the right needle.

Repeat steps 7 and 8, until you reach the end of your row. You will have 1 knit stitch left on your right-hand needle.

Carefully pull this last stitch out to create a loop, taking care not to pull all the way. If you are knitting from a skein of yarn, cut the yarn now leaving a tail.

Insert the tail of the yarn through the loop and pull, securing your work with a slip knot.

You have cast off your knitting.