Cast-On at End of Row

If you are instructed to cast on at the end of a row in the middle of your knitting, there are several ways to do it. You could use a knitted cast-on or you could insert a crochet hook in the edge stitch in the 2nd row below the last stitch that is on your needle. Make a loose chain the number of stitches required to cast on. Remove hook and insert free needle into the last loop to make 1 stitch. Pick up a stitch in each loop (back where you started the cast-on) and then continue to knit across.

Placing Holding Stitches on Ribbon

If you want to try on a garment, place the stitches on a piece of satin ribbon and tie the ends together. So if you are trying on a top down sweater, put the body stitches on the ribbon leaving plenty of length, tie the ends of the ribbon together and try on the sweater. To make it extra easy, put those stitches back on a needle a few sizes smaller remembering to knit onto the right sized needle when you start knitting again.