Italian cast off shortcut #knitting Once you’ve internalised the 5 steps of the Italian cast off, you can combine some of the steps to work more efficiently and gain speed. I’ve seen other combinations, but this is how I like to do it. | Annaplexis

For the Italian cast off: Cut the yarn leaving a tail of at least 4x the width of your cast off edge. Use a darning needle. Think: “purl(wise), purl(wise) off, (pass needle through), knit(wise), knit(wise) off”. Detailed instructions: Enter the first st (a knit st) purlwise and the second st (a purl st) knitwise leaving them on the knitting needle. Enter the first st knitwise and slip it off the needle. *Enter the second st (a knit st) purlwise. Enter the first st purlwise and slip it off the ne