Provisional Cast On

I just taught myself to crochet by accident.

For a sweater (French Cuff Sweater as pictured on the left... in off-white) that I'm making for myself, I needed to do a provisional cast on.  A provisional cast on allows you to start your project (like a normal cast on) but keeps the stitches "alive" so you can come back and knit the other way.  You use waste yarn for the cast on and remove it when you want to go the other way.  And, apparently, you use crochet to do it.

Check out this video to learn how to do it yourself! (This is how I learned)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3J-sUx_whE

Maybe I'll play around a bit with this crochet thing... some people seem to like it...