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I'm having some problems with knitting casting on.?

Ok, so I have been knitting since November 2008, and have been doing pretty well. When I began knitting I had trouble casting on, and my then-friend would show me how to do it for a few, then just do it for me. (For the 2 projects I've completed.) I've been wanting to start a new project because I finally had the money to get some new yarn and so I did, along with the book Stitch'n Bi-ch. So here's my problem: I can make the slip know and put it on the needle. Then I followed the directions in the book, and I thought I was doing it right, but now i'm not so sure. The problem is that once I have all my stitches cast on I go to knit the next row and I have 2 strands (1 from the tail, one from the ball) about an inch long between my needles, and it increases every time I put a new stitch onto the right needle. (I'm right handed.) It increases about an inch every time I take of a stitch so by the time I get to the last stitch on the row I have a really big loop of yarn between the last 2 stitches. Any idea of what I am doing wrong? I tried youtube too, but the same thing happens every time, and I've tried like 6 or 7 times....

Public Comments

1. go to www.youtube.com and type in cast on and garter stitch and they should have some clips to view.
2. There are several ways to cast on.Go to knittinghelp.com and view the videos. Here: http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-tips?searched=first&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1 But I think what you want to watch is the demo of a small project. You can watch this in English (rt hand) or Continental (lt hand) where they do the second row after the cast-on. here: http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-tips?searched=first&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1