I recently received my Parquetry cowl sample back from Fiber Gallery.
When it arrived I decided that I wanted it to be…more.
So I frogged the old bind off and added more to the body of the cowl. And then I decided that I wanted an even stretchier bind off than the suspended bind off that I had used before. Apparently I was very relaxed when I cast on my Parquetry, and that edge was super stretchy! I went poking through Cap Sease’s Cast On Bind Off book, and learned the Russian Bind Off.
I love it! I made a video so you can learn it and love it, too.
Now I have several stretchy bind offs in my knitting tool kit:
Elastic Bind Off, which I like for edges on lace shawls
Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off, which I like for binding off brioche rib
Suspended Bind Off, when just a little extra stretch is needed
And now the Russian Bind Off, when I want even more stretch!
Remember, you’re the boss of your knitting, and you can use whatever cast on or bind off you want in your project. You RULE!
Very nifty tutorial – thanks! I usually use Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off when I need something with a lot of give. I will definitely try the Suspended and Russian bindoff out!