Thank you so much!! This is exactly what I needed. :)

It works it realy works I am not left with a trapazoid shaped baby blanket again!!! yeah Thanks for this info.

Thanks, Sandi.  This tutorial came at just the right time for me: I'd finished my first toe-up sock & couldn't find a bind off that was both stretchy and attractive... until you came along, that is.  :)

Thank you for this tutorial.  I have always wondered how to make bindoffs that have a little more give than the traditional one that learned so many years ago.  I will put these ideas to good use!  Susan W

Sandi,

I love your very clever and useful tricks and tips.  I save them all and they really are my favorite part of Knitting Daily.  

Thanks!

BetseyR

When I first knitted toe-up socks I ran into this problem, and sat down to figure out a way to loosen the tops. Thinking as Eliz. Zimmerman taught us, I "unvented" a loose bind-off I like because it creates a slightly frilly edge to the sock top. I proceed as with a normal bind-off (knit 2, lift the first knitted stitch over the second, etc.) except that I then "make one" every third stitch. Knit or purl your stitches to cast off in pattern with your ribbing if this is a ribbed cuff. This increases the number of stitches in the bind-off row by one-third, and does NOT look like a regular bind-off. I use it by preference on socks. It could be used anywhere you want a more open look to the last row of work.

SusanN

Sandi, thank you for the new article on "A stretchier Bind-Off"

I had never seen this before. I have learned sooo much from KD. Thank you.

I've been knitting for well over 60 years and am still trying new things.  That's what makes knitting so rewarding, I guess--to say nothing of the finished product.  I finished a pair of socks last night, toe-up, Turkish cast-on, both at once on a circular needle, and left only the binding off to do this evening.  I'll be using the through-the-back-loop method; it looks good to me.  Kari Zipf

I can't see the pictures. Not in my email or online. Any suggestions?

Cay

Thanks - nice to know after 40 odd years of knitting that I can still learn new tricks!!

Angie, I still cast on and bind off :)

I am really appreciating this hints and tutorials!  Thanks!

Excellent. I will have to remember the K2TOG-BL method.

I have one for you Sandi!

This must be done with  a circ or double pointed needle.  Knit the first stitch, one stitch #2 and all even stitches, do a double wrap before pulling the stitch through and dropping the old one.  Once you get to the end of the knitting on a circ, or the needle of a double point, use a crochet hook to chain off the stitches, dropping one wrap on the double wrapped stitches.  This gi\ves the cast of a bit more yarn, which gives more "give", without making the cast off look loose or lumpy.  I un-vented this myself about 15 years ago.

Knittin' Kiti, NW Philly, PA

I wish I had known of this CAST OFF* before I finished my lace shawl - have to admit, even though I used a larger needle, it is still a little tight!

*Cast on - Cast off!  Do you Americans bind on - bind off? LOL!

I also just did a "stretchy bind-off" for a neckline.  The pattern called for doing the normal bind off of the first stitch, then put the remaining stitch back on the left needle, knit again two stitches, bind off the first stitch put the remaining stitch back on the needle, knit it again, repeat this until all bound off.  It did create a sort of ripple effect, which was okay for the garment I was working on.  

Very nice Sandi.  I just tried all 3 to compare.  I like to try all sorts of cast on & bind off.  Thank you.