Binding Off: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

re: Binding Off: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

meshebe — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:00:58 GMT

Thank you so much for this article! I'm a beginner knitter and I've never bound off before, but the suspended bind was terrific! The pictures here are much better than the knitting book that I've bought. Very easy to follow! Thanks again! :)

re: Binding Off: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

LoriGinMN — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:37:55 GMT

Thanks so much Kathleen for the post about bind off techniques. I just completed a hat knit from the top down and was concerned that the bind off would be too tight to fit around the head. I'll never have to fear this again due to you introducing me to the stretchy suspended bind off. It worked beautifully.

re: Binding Off: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

Betty@3 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:29:35 GMT

Thank you for this information on binding off. I have been trying yet another method: Knit the first two stitches together, put this one stitch back on the left hand needle, Knit this stitch and the next together, put it back on the left hand, knit these two together and continue across the row. I have found it to be an even bind off.

Betty

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courtneydethlefs — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:37:07 GMT

No mention of a k2tog bind off, my personal favorite (k2tog, slip stitch back to right needle, repeat).

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TracyP@2 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:52:39 GMT

Great timing for me, Thanks!!

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moir@ — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:58:12 GMT

Am always looking for tips to make my knitting look a bit more professional (otherwise I know I will never wear the finished product) - so thanks for the latest tips on different ways of binding off. Will definitely experiment with them!

Moir@

re: Binding Off: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

Susan Hopkins — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:26:34 GMT

On a different subject......my grandmother used to make a fun sweat shirt pattern. She would buy a sweat shirt, cut out a round yoke out of the top, blanket stitch or crochet around the edge. pick up and knit a yoke back onto it with circular needles. Does anyone have a pattern for this project? Sadly we've lost it.

re: Binding Off: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

ellen faber@2 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:44:00 GMT

A couple of years ago, I was teaching an advanced knitting class at the LYS, when a newbie knitter came in from the hair salon next door. She had her first project -- a scarf -- in one hand, her other needle in her other hand, an a terrified look on her face. She came through the door, looked at all of us and said, "can someone show me how to make this thing STOP??!!??". We all laughed so hard, because we knew that she meant "bind off", but we also knew EXACTLY HOW SHE FELT!!!!

Ellen Faber, Edmonds, WA