Continental aka German style of knitting

[optomh]

ingrid, could you explain the two-ball method a little more. i have no trouble with the cast-on that amy demontrates in the video except that after i watched it again, i realized that i was making the initial cast upside down. i just do not follow how you do this with two balls of yarn.

[Ingrid]

I just tie the two balls together, with one strand coming from the "main" ball and one coming from the "tail" ball. With long-tail co, you're working with two strands. Usually one is attached to the ball and one is the tail you pulled out. Sometimes this isn't long enough, or is too long. With the "tail" being a ball of yarn