Tag: Mini Series
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Two Row Bind Off
In doing this project I’ve become increasingly suspicious of so called stretchy BO methods that insist you work loosely. The Two Row Bind Off is yet another stretchy BO to be worked loosely that isn’t particularly stretchy. My 2 inch swatch barely stretched to 3 inches. When I read how the Two Row Bind Off…
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Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off
Unlike the last BO I tried, Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off is in fact stretchy. My 2 inch swatch stretch to 6 inches along to BO edge which is extremely impressive. From the bottom it looks just like the Chain BO. It looks like a tidy row of knit stitches or a crocheted chain. It’s…
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Chain Bind Off
This was the first BO method I learned when I was new to knitting. It’s not a bad choice for beginners because it’s really easy to learn and it’s not too shabby looking. Unfortunately, the rest of my knitting skills advances and I kept using the same old BO. I’m rather fond of the Chain…
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Alternate Cabled Cast On Method
I’ve never been particularly fond of the Cabled Cast On. My stitches always seemed to be too tight or too sloppy after I had gotten 3 or 4 stitches in. Because of that I didn’t expect to like the Alternate Cabled Cast On, but I thought that I should give it a try anyways. It…
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Channel Island Cast On Method
If you ever decide to try this cast on method, I don’t recommend using The Knitter’s Handbook to figure it out. The abbreviated explanation given in the book had me baffled so I ended up using this tutorial from Knit Picks. I didn’t love this cast on method, but there weren’t any major problems with…