Tubular or Italian bind-off in the round with a k2/p2 ribbing : tutorial

As seen previously, Tubular or Italian bind-off is usually worked with a k1/p1 ribbing, but it’s possible to use it too with a k2/p2 ribbing. You just have to work an additional round before the tubular bind-off, just crossing the stitches so you will have one knit stitch and one purl stitch.

Work your ribbing until 3 rounds before the desired total border length and then work the next round as follows :

1. Knit the first stitch

2. Work next 2 stitches as a left twist with purled background. ( slip next stitch to cable needle, hold in front,  purl 1and knit 1 from cable needle)

  

3. Purl next stitch

4. Knit next stitch

Repeat from 1 to 4 until all the stitches of the round have been worked and then knit the first stitch of next round to move the begin of your round and be ready to begin the tubular Bind-off with a purl stitch.

Now your are ready to work the tubular or Italian Bind-off.

 

 

Tubular or Italian bind-off worked in the round : tutorial

The tubular or Italian Bind-off is one of the border finishing technique I really like to use ! This kind of bind-off gives a really stretchy and cute border.

Work your k1/p1 ribbing border until you reach 2 rounds less than desired length . Then change to smaller needle. You have to go down of 0.5 mm, so for example if you have worked your ribbing with needle no 3.00 mm you have to use needle no 2.5 mm. And then continue as follows :

First round

1. If your round begins with a knit stitch, just knit it and move the begin of the round. Then slip the next purl stitch purlwise with yarn in front.

2. Knit next stitch

Repeat from 1. to 2. until all the stitches of the round have been worked.

Second Round

1. Purl the purl stitches and slip the knit stitches purlwise with yarn in back. If the slipped knit stitches are slipped knitwise the stitch will be twisted on the bind-off round.

After this round have been completed cut the yarn leaving a tail from about 3 times the length of the finished round.

The tail has to be enough long to finish bind-off as you cannot change it during the last round.

To estimate a good length I wrap it around my work 4 times.

 

Binding – off

1. Insert your sewing needle knitwise in the purl stitch of left needle.

Pull the yarn

2. Insert your sewing needle from right to left in the knit stitch of the right needle and purlwise in the knit stitch of the left needle.

Pull the yarn

3. Insert your sewing needle purlwise in the purl stitch of the left needle (It’s the second time you pull the tail in this purl stitch).

Pull yarn and drop the 2 stitches off the left needle.

4. Insert your sewing needle knitwise in the purl stitch of left needle and pull yarn.

5. Insert your sewing needle from right to left in the knit stitch just dropped and purlwise in the knit stitch of the left needle, and then pull the yarn.

6. Insert your sewing needle purlwise in the purl stitch of the left needle (It’s the second time you pull the tail in this purl stitch).

Repeat from step 4 to 6 until all stitches have been worked.

After completing the round, pull the yarn in the wrong side of your work and weave it in end.

Et voilà , a really lovely finished border !

 

You can find the French tutorial here

 

 

 

Cable cast on increasing : tutorial

 

When you have to increase more than 2 stitches at a border, for sleeves or underarm , you can  increase with the cable cast-on as follows:

 

1. Insert Right needle between the 1st and 2nd st	2. Wrap the working yarn around needle
3. Pull a loop through the 2 st	4. Transfer the new st on Left needle
5. One new st increased	6. Start again from 1 to 5 for the desired number of st.
7. New stitches increased	8. Knit these new stitches

Hope this will be helpful

Happy knitting

stefanina

Knitting in the round: Avoiding the jog with zig-zag stripes

To have nice change of color, when knitting zig-zag stripes in the round, the beginning stitch has to be the centered knitted stitch between the two increases.

 

1. In the first round,. make one stitch left, knit the first stitch and make one stitch left, continue working around following the stitch pattern (here k3, sl1, k2tog, psso, k3, m1 r, k1, m1l).

2. At the end of the round, knit the last stitch (this is the first m1r, you worked at the begin of the round.

 

3. Knit 1 round to the marker

 

4. For the next increasing/decreasing round, repeat from step 1 to step 3.

Et voilà, no Jog in your zig-zag stripes!

 

Happy knitting :)

stefanina

Simple Crossed cast on Method

This special cast on is my adaptation from the “montage croisé formant une chaîne” (Cast on crossed making a chain) explained by Thérèse de Dillmont in her book Encyclopédie des ouvrages de Dames. This cast on is worked quite in the same way as the continental cast on. It gives a nice, decorative and stretchy border that bundle the stitches two-by-two.
Make a slip knot and then work 1^st st holding the yarn from the ball over your finger and the end tail of yarn placed from the inside of your palm around your thumb:

1. Insert needle under the loop around your thumb

2. Pull up a loop from the finger yarn

3. Pass it through the thumb loop

4. Remove the loop from the thumb

Work the 2^nd stitch as follows:

5. Place the end tail of yarn around your thumb from the outside of your palm

6. Insert needle through the back loop around your thumb

7. Pull up a loop from the finger yarn

8. Pass it through the thumb loop

9. Remove the loop from the thumb

10. Repeat from step 1 to 10

Happy knitting :)

 

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