This easy Stretchy BIND OFF is my
favorite way to have the finished edge
be really flexible. hi I'm KRISTEN
thank you for joining me here at STUDIO KNIT.
the regular bind-off technique can
make your edge really rigid so it
doesn't have any stretch enter this
stretchy bind-off
this is a knitting technique that I'm
using in the upcoming BERNAT STITCH ALONG
thank you to JOANN for partnering
with me on this project and sponsoring
the announcement in this video the
STITCH ALONG begins September 17th and
I will let you know a little bit more
about it at the end of this video and
have a link down in the description
below so let's knit it up we begin by
simply knitting that first stitch that's
step one knitting blind stitch now step
two is wrapping our working yarn
clockwise that's why I put cw for clockwise
one time around step 3
knitting one stitch and then the magic
happens in step four where we take those
first two stitches right here one and
two and we are going to pass it over the
last stitch so we take our left needle
and we pick up those first two stitches
and we pass it over the last stitch and
we go all the way down the row repeating
steps two three and four so let's do it
again together so step two is we wrap
clockwise and then step three is
knitting one stitch and step four is
where we pass those two stitches take
our left needle get it right under those
two stitches and
pass it over the last stitch okay let's
do it one more time here so you don't
have to rewind the video we're going to
wrap the yarn one time clockwise step
three we are knitting one stitch and
then to finish it up we just pick up
those first two stitches with our left
needle and we pass them over the last it
now just keep on going all the way down
and let's see how we do it at the end so
when you have one stitch on your left
needle then you wrap that yarn around
you do your one knit stitch and then
you're just finishing it up by doing
your last step which is passing those
two stitches over of course you are
going to cut your yarn get that tapestry
needle and you can weave in your ends so
just take out your knitting needle bring
your yarn through and weave in your ends
and you are done
I really love the stretchy BIND OFF in
the BERNAT STITCH ALONG because i'm
finding that the different sections of
my blanket are fitting best together
when the finished edges have more give
to them with this technique I am going
to be announcing a new mystery clue each
week so week one you will find it over
on the BERNAT STITCH ALONG Facebook
page I have links to everything you need
to know in the description below and
where to go and from there we are going
to be creating a beautiful Afghan over
the course of six weeks we also have
some bonus projects so weeks one two and
three there's a really comfy pillow and
then weeks four through six there's also
a basket
those are totally optional of course you
can pick and choose which projects you'd
like to do but they have been designed
that you can complete them all over the
course of these six weeks I really hope
that you join along in the upcoming BERNAT STITCH ALONG
it's going to be so
much fun again thank you so much for
watching and I will see you here next
time guys.
BYE!