Provisional Cast On With Built-in Lifeline Using Crochet CO

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This video demonstrates how to do a provisional cast on, using the crochet cast on. This provisional cast on uses the crochet cast on differently than the standard crochet cast on provisional cast on. Rather than "unzipping" the cast on to recapture sts, the cast on is done so that it creates a build-in lifeline.

This method has a number of advantages aside from having a built-in lifeline (which is pretty cool). It produces the same number of sts regardless of which direction you're working, so no need to compensate for being off by one stitch. You can use the project yarn or waste yarn to create the PCO.

To jump to a specific point in the video, click on the links below:
Introduction: 0:00
What is a PCO? 0:23
Need to know the crochet CO first: 1:17
Materials needed: 1:40
Starting with a slip knot: 2:28
Casting on half the total sts needed: 2:50
A few chain sts: 3:11
Finishing the PCO by doubling the sts: 3:30
Starting a row with a YO: 4:14
Releasing the PCO to create the lifeline: 5:00
Recapturing live sts on the lifeline: 6:08
Knitting in the opposite direction/dealing with the stitch mount: 7:22
The 1/2-stitch offset of a PCO: 8:41
The advantages of this PCO: 8:56
Final words: 10:28

This is the third video in a series on The Swiss Army Knife of Cast On Methods, the crochet cast on. You can see a playlist of all the videos in this series here:    • Swiss Army Knife of CO Methods  

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