#KnittingTip: Bind Off Pt. 4 of 5 – Elastic Bind-Off (WHY)⁠ I’ve been sharing quick “how-to” videos, and now it’s time to dig into the “why.” I showed you how to do the elastic bind-off—now let’s talk about what’s really happening. Because our stitches are wider than they are tall, when you pass one stitch over another, that stitch lying on its side can’t quite reach the middle of the next stitch. This pulls the stitches tight and makes the bind-off feel stiff. To fix that, we add a little extra

Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy bind off #Knitting Make a yarn over and pull it over the next stitch together with the previous stitch when casting off. This will make your cast off really stretchy. Ideal for toe-up socks, top-down pullover hems and shawls, where the regular cast off usually turns out rather tight. I hadn’t realized that in fact you should make a reverse yarn over, when casting off knit stitches 🫣 (and a regular one when casting off purl stitches), which gives a really neat look!