When we bind off stitches of neckbands, cuffs, toe-up socks and shawls, it is a good idea to form an edge that is elastic but holds its shape well. In cases like this, I always use a variation of a sewn bind off that I’ve learned from an old Russian knitting book ages ago. Up …
This tutorial is about a bind off that is ideal for finishing off “knit 1, purl 1” ribbing. It is known as an Italian or as a tubular bind off, but no matter how you call it, this way of closing stitches is definitely worth a try. It is stretchy, does not form a ridge …
Often when we knit toe-up socks, a top-down sweater or a top-down hat (like the one we finished last week), it’s a good idea to make the bind off stretchy to ensure that our handknit creation is comfortable to wear. There is a bunch of ways to make the bind off edge elastic. Many of those …