Disappearing Circular Cast On
![A pinhole style cast on for knitting in the round.](/content/images/size/w960/2022/08/circular-co_800.jpg)
If you enjoy knitting toe up socks, top down hats or amigurumi figures, the disappearing circular cast on is an essential skill. This cast on feels almost magical because after working a couple rounds of knitting you simply pull the yarn tail and the cast on stitches are gathered tightly into a tiny circle at the center of your work. For those of you who also crochet, the disappearing circular cast on is similar to starting a crochet project with a magic ring.
I like to use a variation of the provisional cast on. Instead of casting on stitches around a piece of waste yarn, you actually cast on around the yarn tail.
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