Use Elizabeth Zimmerman’s stretchy bind off if you end up with necks being too tight after binding off the stitches for bottom-up sweaters, socks, etc. After you finish the row, cut the yarn so it’s about 3 times the length of the edge you have to bind off. Thread on a darning needle. Then sew forward (to the left) through two stitches, and back (right) through only the right-most of the two stitches. Slip the right-most stitch off the needle and continue. Forward two, back one, drop, forward two, back one, drop, etc. If you are knitting in the round and want to use this bind off, slip the first stitch to the right needle and make it the last stitch for an even finish.
To watch a video of how it’s done, use the link in the title.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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