You’ve probably noticed that no matter how careful we are when we bind off stitches, the last stitch is always too big. It creates an unsightly hole at the very end of the bind off edge and pushes the edge upwards.
I’m not exactly sure why it happens (it probably has something to do with the tension of the edge stitches), but I can show you five ways to deal with this issue.
Here they are – five ways to fix an issue that is small but can be quite frustrating for the perfectionist inside us 🙂
Note: When it comes to securing the yarn tail, in all swatches shown in this tutorial, I passed the yarn tail through the last stitch.
Some sources say that it’s better to pull the tail out of the last stitch, but I find that it results in a looser end of the bind off edge and less secure yarn tail that is more likely to unravel later on.
It is just my personal opinion, and if you feel that pulling the tail out makes more sense to you, by all means, do that instead of passing the tail through the last stitch (unless you use way #5 that requires passing the tail through the last loop). It’s totally up to you.
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