CASTING ON
Carriage should be on the left side, and every other needle selected from 30L - 30R in pos B. (See Selecting Needles.)
Thread the Auto Tension. (See Threading the LK 150.)
Place yarn in the main yarn feeder, slot #1. The illustration shows the left hand holding the yarn end. This will work, but you might prefer to fasten a spring-type clothes pin on the end instead; it will hold the yarn end down out of the way, and free your hands for other tasks.
Eliminate slack yarn by pulling down on the yarn below the Tension Dial. Many people also find it helpful to pull up on the yarn just above the yarn feeder slot on the carriage to eliminate any extra that might have worked its way under the carriage. Be careful on this first row, since it is easy to pull the yarn completely back out of the carriage.
Couple two sections of the cast on comb with the comb connector. Carefully fit the teeth of the cast on comb over the loops just formed by the row of knitting.
Using the straight side of the needle pusher, return the alternate needles that were pushed back to pos A into pos B. 60 needles again in pos B. This completes the basic cast on.
Threading the LK 150
Stockinette, Stripes, and Waste Yarn
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