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A Provisional Cast On for Many Purposes! Judy's Magic Cast On, first published in Knitty's Spring 2006 issue, was presented as a new way to start toe-up socks.  The beauty of this cast on, compared to other methods of beginning toe-up socks, was that it neatly and evenly put stitches on both needles while forming a perfect row of purl bumps on the back of the work.  If you do not already know how to execute Judy's Magic Cast On, the photo tutorial on Knitty is, of course, an excellent resource, as is Cat Bordhi's demonstration video where she shows how to eliminate the problem of half the stitches being mounted backwards on the needle. However, this fabulous cast on is...

  Welcome! We're so glad you're here :) Skein Shop Community is where we'll be posting projects, tutorials, giveaways, and sharing photos of your finished objects.  We want to make this a space where fiber artists of all persuasions can come to interact, find inspiration, and share information. So how do you get featured, you ask?  Excellent question!  Simply email a photo (or two, or three) to community@skeinshop.com (please note that if you use a web-based email like yahoo or gmail, you should just copy and paste the address into a new message).  Include a few short paragraphs about your project - what is it?  who is it for?  what was fun about the project?  what was tricky?  what would you...