Italian Cast-On in the round Perfect Invisible 1x1 Rib Cast-On

Visit to watch the entire video course and get more great tips to help you learn how to knit brioche. The Italian cast-on makes a stretchy invisible edge that blends perfectly into 1×1 ribbing. The trick is the stitches that are used in the cast-on. With a normal long-tail cast-on, the stitches that go on the needle are knit stitches, with a chain of stitches around the bottom to hold them together.