Knitting a folded double brim from provisional cast on

This video shows how to knit a folded brim for a hat. This particular example is on a piece of rubbing that was provisionally cast on and knit in rubbing in the round. However it is easily extended to any stitch pattern that is provisionally cast on, knit flat or in the round.

To execute the join of the cast on edge to the working edge, we first pick up our provisionally cast on stitches onto a spare needle, preferably one size smaller than was used to knit the item. (Watch the video to see me struggle with a needle that is too large...) Fold the piece in half so that the cast on edge is behind the working edge. Then knit one stitch from the front needle with one stitch from the back needle together. To do this, insert the right needle into the front stitch, then the back stitch, then pull the working yarn through both stitches before slipping them off both left needles.

In this video, I knit the stitches in pattern (knits into knits, purls into purls). I could have just as easily knit the entire round.

Let me know what you think!

[emilyodonnell]

As a relatively new knitter, this was super helpful! Thank you for showing and explaining this in a very clear way!

[lsharkey]

Very helpful, thanks! I knew what to do all except the order of which needle to pull the stitch from first; I was assuming it would be a fixed rule, and didn't consider that it is a function of whether the stitch is k or p. Thank you for showing both, and it makes sense to me why, too. 😊

[hilaritysmailbox]

Which pattern was this for? Very nice explanation!