I know, I know. That's a very leading question. But it was sparked by a desire to use up all the yardage for a blanket.
You may or may not know about the math that can be used to figure out how much to keep for the binding off process. I am not in a good place to do that math. Numbers are not my friend right now. So I thought about it as I went about life.
My idea is to knit until I get just a couple of inches left. I will then take a crochet hook and starting with the next stitch, pull the second stitch through the first. I will repeat the process to the last stitch with a couple of inches of tail. Then I will invisibly join and see the ends down.
In my mind this should work just like a regular plain bind off. It should not pull the edge tight.
OK I tried it. It worked great. The only thing I did not do was sew down the ends. This crochet hook method took longer than a regular bind off but not much.
However the edge did pull in and was tight. I don't think this will be a problem on finer knits. But the size 13 needles and one and a half stitches to the inch definitely need a more stretchy bind off.
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