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Russian Cast Off

Russian Cast Off - gives you a more stretchy edge (great for shawl knitting)

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/russian-cast-off • Posted by Rachel W.

This will give you a nice loose cast off to a project such as a shawl.

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

0 h 05

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

This will give you a nice loose cast off to a project such as a shawl.

Instructions

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    With knit side facing, knit 2 stitches as you would for a normal knitted cast off

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    ... but instead of passing the first over the second and off the needle...

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    either slip both stitches back onto the left needle and knit them together through the back...

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    or I prefer to leave them on the right needle...

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    and insert the left needle through the front of these 2 stitches and knit them together (give the same result).

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    As normal cast off, make your stitch count up to 2 once again and repeat to the end of the row and you're done!