I started doing the City & Guilds 7922 certificate in hand knit textiles ages ago (by distance learning). I made a good start but stuff happened and I haven't touched it for a long time. So - I've decided to try again and tonight I've started looking at different cast-on methods. I know a few - backward loop, knitted, long-tail, german twisted cast-on, a couple of provisional cast-ons. In the course notes it says to do at least six samples showing different cast-ons & cast-offs (let me think about which cast-offs I know - knit, suspended cast-off, purl, knit and purl). Anyway - I'm now really curious about how many different cast-ons (and off) there are. I've learnt a new one tonight - the channel islands cast-on or knotted-edge cast-on. Thanks to lovely people who take the trouble to put videos up on you tube of these sort of things - much easier to follow than written instructions or static drawings!
So - I'll all motivated again now. Hopefully I can stay motivated this time and get the module finished. I really should go to bed now!

