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Bind Them As You Find Them!

Another simple skill builder is to learn to bind off in a pattern. The easiest example is when you end with a row of ribbing. Instead of binding off, with all knit stitches, you can easily learn to work the stitches being bound off as you would in the pattern. For instance, in a k2, p2 rib, you would knit the first two stitches and then slip the first stitch over the second. Purl the next stitch and continue to slip the stitches over as in a regular bind off. Purl the following stitch and bind off and then back to knitting. Alternate the purls and the knits as you continue the bind off. This one little refinement makes the bound-off edge far more elastic. In addition, it keeps the little chainlike edge of the bind off on the actual edge of the ribbing, not lying on either the public or the private side of the work. This refinement will make you look like you know what you're doing!

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