How To: add an elastic waistband | adding elastic to your knit project | provisional cast on

A tutorial on how to insert elastic into your knit project! This technique is used in the Ready, Set, Go Skirt and Halter. It can also be used for the Game, Set, Match Top or really any project that calls for elastic. It’s meant for the beginning of a project, like for top down bottoms, bottom up tops, and even a top down sweater. This is also a tutorial on how to do provisional cast on! You’ll need: Elastic Crochet hook Scrap yarn in a different color from your main yarn Another set of needles 0:04 Intro 0:28 When to use elastic 0:44 Materials 1:10 How to measure elastic for your waistband 1:35 Seaming elastic together 2:37 Provisional cast on - intro 2:43 provisional cast on - beginning 4:39 Provisional cast on - first row 5:30 Join in the round 6:43 Front of the waist band 6:51 Purl Row 7:08 Back of the waist band 7:29 Provisional cast on - placing stitches back on needle/unzipping cast on 9:25 Inserting elastic 9:49 Putting the waistband together 10:54 Bye! Get 5% off Qing Fibre with my affiliate link! www.qingfibre.com/karaskniteng KnitPicks affiliate link: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=139641... Sirdar affiliate link: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=180174... Where to find my patterns: Etsy - https://karaskniteng.etsy.com Ravelry - https://www.ravelry.com/designers/kar... My Website - http://karaskniteng.com Where to find me: Instagram:   / karas.knit.eng   My favorite knitting needles: https://www.amazon.com/Knitters-Pride...