Beginner cast-on methods

[untonuggan]

I've been teaching my mom to knit, and she's got knitting/purling down pretty well. She's still struggling with casting on, though. I tend to use the double-stranded cast on (since it's the first one I learned and it works). However, she has weak hands and has been trouble coordinating everything.

What's a really simple, easy cast-on to teach a beginner? At this point it doesn't have to be super-stretchy or look amazing, but those things would be nice, too.

Thanks!

Comments

[msmcknittington]

If you wrap the yarn around the needle the number of times you need stitches to cast on (or even a factor of the number of stitches you need to cast on and then extrapolate the length from there), you'll know exactly how long your tail needs to be. I generally add a foot onto the length, so I have something weave in at the end.