Step 1: Knit together the first two stitches on the left needle THROUGH THE BACK LOOP. This version gives a bind-off edge that looks just like a standard bind-off, but it is much stretchier. Version A: Knitting through the back loops Step-By-Step Instructions for Variations on the Stretchy Bind-off As you read this, I'm much better and back at the needles. I hope you are well, and that you find joy amidst your stitches this week. Never too sick for yarn.ĭo you have something soothing and knitterly you do when you are sick? Let me know! I have a feeling that snuggling with my yarn isn't exactly the most grown-up thing to do, fever or no. But I had the stomach flu…and I couldn't knit. A friend sent me some completely rockin' awesome baby alpaca and silk laceweight yarn that she had dyed…and in the end, I literally crawled into bed with it clutched in my hand. See? Trés useful.īy the way: Apparently too-sick-to-knit isn't too sick to cuddle yarn. Use them anyplace where you need a bit more give, a little more room, than a regular bind-off provides. Where can you use these stretchy bind-offs? At the top of socks cuffs, at the edges of lacy shawls, at necklines and hems and sleeve edgings, oh my. Many, many folks have asked for links to this one ever since I wrote it two years ago…so here you are. Thus, with your indulgence, I will cheat a wee bit and repeat one of my most-requested tutorials: Stretchy Bind-Offs. Imagine it: The mere motions of the needles are making me ill. I'm too sick to knit the knitter's equivalent of purgatory. Sew those loops shut so they form a line and there's no holes in your hat.✓ Let the Interweave Knits Winter 2024 issue transport you to a winter wonderland of cozy knits! This remarkable edition features 14 extraordinary projects to immerse yourself in the uniqueness of specially crafted yarns. You should have 8 little loops now, like a flower.Working one quarter at a time, fold each quarter in half again, pulling the middle point of the quarter back towards the center you sewed.Working one half at a time, fold each half in half again, pulling the middle point of the half back towards the center you sewed.Fold the top edges of your hat together and sew 2 stitches right in the center, don't try to make it wide, just make an X.You should just be left with a tube, turn your hat inside out. Working from the bottom of the hat up, you'll want to work your last row doing a basic bind off as you go. You can use the bulky yarn you made your hat in if it's strong enough, or use sewing thread in a matching color for less added bulk. The bulky weight yarns are too thick for the above method so we will need to sew them up at the top. Turn your hat right side out and it should look awesome.īy making two passes around the loom we create a little spiral, so as you pull the yarn tight, half the stitches are pulled above and half the stitches are pulled below. As it gets smaller pull your finger out so you don't have a hole. Working with the hat inside out, pull your yarn end tight and even, you can place your finger in the center to keep it nice and even. Use your hook tool to remove all your loops off their peg. So that by the end of the second round- every loop will have the yarn passed through it. On the second pass around you will thread through the 2 pegs that you didn't on the first pass around (Pegs 1 & 2), and pass the yarn behind the 2 pegs that you went through in the first pass (Pegs 3 & 4). Repeat from * until you have arrived back at your starting point.
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