Casting on mid-row

[Purlster]

Help! I don't understand how to cast on mid-row. I am a continental knitter (and a fairly new one at that), and I do not get this very basic concept.

Occassionally in a pattern, I will see the instruction to knit along a row, and the cast on several stitches, and then continuing knitting. How do you cast on once you are dealing with live stitches in a work?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Alex

[suzeeq]

Move the R needle to the L hand, use a knit or cable CO (with the first st on the needle instead of a slipknot) then swap the needle back to the R hand and continue knitting.