There is not much information as to how the Icelandic bind off has got its name. Was it invented in Iceland? Or is it the bind off that Icelandic knitters use most often? I don’t know. But one thing is certain – this bind off is beautiful. It looks like a reversed stockinette i-cord sitting …
There is a number of ways to create a stretchy bind off. We discussed some of them in this tutorial, but every one of them has its own peculiarities. This tutorial is about the easiest way to make a stretchy bind off, a way that does not require any unusual manipulations with yarn and needles, …
When a pattern tells us to bind off stitches at the beginning of every other row, and we follow those instructions without any adjustments, it usually results in an edge that looks a lot like stair steps. In most cases, it’s not a big deal. But it becomes quite an issue when we make a …
In most cases, the regular way to bind off stitches works just fine. But if you want to add a special touch to the open edges of your project, you need to use a special way of closing the stitches. I-cord bind off is one of those ways. It turns plain edges of a blanket, …
This little technique is a perfect example that shows how we can tweak a most basic thing like an i-cord to get an absolutely different look. After all, there are no strict rules in knitting, right? Do we have to always knit all stitches when we make an i-cord or close stitches using an i-cord …