10 viral knitting techniques [you've never seen before!]

A list of mind-blowing knitting techniques you've probably never seen before
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This video is a collection of unknown knitting techniques and tips that I feel deserve the label "viral". Not necessarily because they have gone viral, rather because I feel the should have gone viral. At least, they changed the way I look at certain techniques forever, and it's my hope you think so too.

0:00 Introduction
0:41 Alternative to the tubular cast-on
4:49 Smart way to join a new color at the beginning of a row/round
9:58 How to fix a twisted cast-on when knitting in the round
13:21 A mid-project "longtail" cast-on
16:48 A centered single increase without a visible slant
19:35 A centered single decrease without a visible slant
21:26 A more efficient way to tink/knit backwards
23:15 How to knit a sloped bind-off
27:31 A neater way to pick up stitches (for the neckline of a sweater)
35:23 A more gentle way to slip stitches
37:23 bonus tip for managing long cast-on tail

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