Binding offis what you do when you
want to get your stitches off the needle
permanently, without allowing them to
unravel. You may bind off at the very
end of a project to finish it, or you
may shape your garment’s armholes or
neck by binding off a few stitches here
and there. New knitters often bind
off so tightly that the finished edge has
no elasticity. If your bound-off edge
seems too tight, try using a larger
needle to bind off.
This method is the most frequently used, and
it is the easiest bind-off. You use it to bind off
knit stitches. Remember to keep it loose.
1 Knit until you have 2 stitches total on the
right needle; then insert the left needle into
the front of the first stitch knit onto the right
needle.
2 Pull the first stitch over the second knit stitch
and off the right needle.
You have bound off 1 stitch knitwise,and you
have 1 stitch on the right needle.
How to Bind Off KnitwiseBind Off.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have bound off the desired number of
stitches.