Figure-8 Cast On

This is the second video in a series about provisional cast on methods that can also be used as a closed circular cast on (the type used for toe-up socks) Support me by buying me a coffee on Ko-Fi! https://www.ko-fi.com/roxannerichardson My knitting designs: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/roxanne-richardson Introduction: 0:00 Definition of Provisional CO and Closed CO 0:19 Demonstration of Figure-8 CO as a PCO: 1:25 Figure-8 CO as a closed circular CO: 8:30 Dealing with the enlarged first row of sts --Using a smaller needle for the CO: 12:36 --Correcting tension without changing needle size: 14:20 CO Advantages and Disadvantages: 16:02 The first video in this series, on the Turkish CO, can be found here: https://youtu.be/7MDFXgdIIH4 The third video in this series, Judy's Magic CO, can be round here: https://youtu.be/KEnk-Kl513A If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoxKnits Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoxMpls Rox Rocks Ravelry group: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/rox-rocks