**EVERY TIME BEFORE YOU CAST ON YOU MUST FIRST AND FOREMOST CREATE A SLIP-KNOT!!**
SLIP-KNOT METHOD 1- LOOP/RIBBON METHOD
PULL ABOUT 2 INCHES OF YOUR WORKING YARN OUT OF YOUR BALL/SKEIN OF YARN.
WITH THE 2 INCHES OF YARN CREATE A LOOP OR RIBBON SHAPE. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WORKING YARN/ THE YARN COMING DIRECTLY FROM YOUR BALL OF YARN IS IN THE FRONT OF YOUR LOOP/ RIBBON.
TAKE THE PIECE OF YARN THAT IS COMING DIRECTLY FROM YOUR BALL OF YARN BEHIND THE LOOP/RIBBON AND PULL IT UP THROUGH THE LOOP/RIBBON THAT YOU MADE IN STEP 2, CREATING ANOTHER LOOP. PULL TIGHT AND TA-DA, YOU HAVE MADE A SLIP KNOT.
Image Tutorial of the Loop Method
Video Tutorial of the Loop Method
SLIP-KNOT METHOD 2: THUMB METHOD
PULL ABOUT 2 INCHES OF YOUR WORKING YARN OUT OF YOUR BALL/SKEIN OF YARN.
TAKE THE 2 INCHES OF YARN FROM STEP 1 AND WRAP IT AROUND YOUR THUMB. SO, THAT THERE ARE 2 PIECES OF YARN ON THE TOP OF YOUR THUMB.
TAKE THE WORKING YARN COMING FROM THE SECOND WRAP AROUND YOUR THUMB AND PUT IT BELOW THE FIRST WRAP AROUND THE BACK OF YOUR THUMB.
SLIP YOUR WORKING YARN UNDERNEATH THAT FIRST WRAP/LOOP AND PULL IT OUT THROUGH THE OPPOSITE SIDE CREATING YOUR SLIP-KNOT.
Image Tutorial Of The Thumb Method
Video Tutorial of the Thumb Method
SLIP-KNOT LESSON NOTE: PRACTICE MAKING A SLIP-KNOT 5 TO 10 TIMES UNTIL YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING ONE!