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 stitches. I-cord bind off is one of those ways. It turns plain edges of blankets, cowls, top-down …
Let’s take a look at a cast on method that is based on i-cord but forms an edge that looks more like a braid than a cord. This happens because we reduce the width of the i-cord to two stitches, and this little tweak completely changes the outcome. Instead of an i-cord, we see a set of braids that …
When we want to upgrade a project from “basic” to “fancy”, we are looking for ways to add little details that are almost invisible on their own but turn a project into a refined creation. One of those ways is to change the type of cast on. The Bulgarian cast on that I’m going to …