Step 1: Begin with your yarn. Leave a long tail (about 4-5 times the width of your knitting project) and make a slipknot at the end.

Step 2: Hold the needle with the slipknot in your right hand and the other needle in your left hand.

Step 3: Insert the right-hand needle through the loop on the left-hand needle from left to right. It should look like the needles are crossed.

Step 4: Wrap the yarn around both needles, starting from behind and coming forward between the needles.

Step 5: Bring the yarn around the right-hand needle and back to the front, forming a loop around it.

Step 6: Carefully slide the right-hand needle down, pulling the new loop through the old one on the left-hand needle.

Step 7: Slip the old loop off the left-hand needle, but keep the new loop on the right-hand needle.

Step 8: Repeat these steps until you have the desired number of stitches on your right-hand needle for your project.

Step 9: When you've cast on all your stitches, carefully pull the long tail to tighten the stitches snugly but not too tight.