Bindoff

To keep from having a pointed nub at the end of your cast off stitches (especially when making scarves), don’t work the last stitch at all. Just slip the last stitch and then finish by pulling the yarn through that stitch and weaving it to hide the tail.

Bind Off In Ribbing

To make a smoother bind-off in ribbing, always have your yarn in the back of the stitches whenever you pull the finished stitch over to bind off. So after a purl stitch, move the yarn to the back before slipping the stitch off the right-hand needle