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Learn How to Knit - casting off

This is the method for casting off (also known as binding off) your knitting. It leaves a neat edge which can be threaded up with tassels if desired.

Start a new row and add 2 stitches to the right hand needle.

Make two stitches on empty needle

Push your left hand needle into the first stitch (indicated in green). Pull the stitch over the second stitch (indicated in pink).

Pull first stitch over second stitch

You should be left with one stitch on the right hand needle.

The second stitch now becomes the first stitch

Add a new stitch and then repeat the above steps along the length of knitting.

Repeat the steps above

When there is one stitch remaining on the right hand needle, gently pull the yarn to make the loop slightly larger.

Finishing off

Cut the yarn, leaving a few cm's to spare and pull it through the loop, decreasing the size of the loop at the same time. Weave your end through five or six stitches and snip the end.

Looping the yarn through

Take a look at what you can knit using the knit stitch...

Many of the knitting books featured on this site include information on the different stitches as well as guidance on how to understand knitting patterns and the terms used in this craft.

 
 
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