Bulgarian / Latvian / Estonian Cast On

Yes, this cast on goes by many names (as most of them do). This is the single-strand version, and it creates a nice, elastic edge that's a bit more decorative than a typical Long Tail Cast On.
It's good for beginning top-down socks, shawls, mittens... It's springy and stretchy and pretty and versatile.

[@dominiquesiva-jothy573]

Nice and slow movements, easy to follow! Well done, first one of this complicated cast on I could understand and actually do afterwards ! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@nonna5480]

Outstanding video! I've tried at least a dozen ways for stretchy cast-on but this one hit's my brain in a way none others have. Thank You.

[@kerravonsen2810]

Thank you, it was a revelation how you explained it was like a knit stitch with the thumb pretending to be the left needle. Makes it a whole lot clearer to me.

[@sandrialewindon9330]

Excellent tutorial- thanks

[@sandrialewindon9330]

Excellent tutorial… thsnks

[@lauraannbrooks3810]

Great

[@brigittebuhn7042]

Sorry, I've been knitting this pattern since I was a child and learned it from my great-grandmother. We lived in Transylvania, Romania, and everyone there knew it. That's how everyone knitted it.

[@sparrowpriest9608]

what would i use this type of cast on for?
how do i start knitting these stitches after i'm done casting on?
how do i knit these stitches in the round?

[@carol29carnegie]

I would use this cast on for a rib, x

[@marleenneil7542]

I was taught this cast on 65+ years ago in school in the Netherlands. I don’t think it’s Latvian, etc. it’s ridiculous how cast-ons are now claimed by countries.👎

[@helentroy7968]

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