Stretchy Bind Off for Socks

September 12, 2005 by
Filed under: Knitting 

I’m almost done with my Sockapaltwoza socks.

I need to figure out a stretchy enough bind off, weave in the ends, tighten up the stitches around the heels and block them. Woo hoo! Then they’ll be off in the mail by Thursday morning, no problem.

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5 Comments on Stretchy Bind Off for Socks

  1. Sarah G. on Tue, 13th Sep 2005 8:08 am

    2. Those socks are so cool! What a neat idea to use silk garden!

  2. cara on Tue, 13th Sep 2005 8:14 am

    3. very nice!

  3. Leisel on Tue, 13th Sep 2005 10:52 am

    4. Here’s a list of stretchy cast-offs for socks:

    http://weebleknits.blogspot.com/2003/05/stretchy-bind-offs.html

    And here’s where I tried most of them out, and critiqued them:

    http://sagebrush.typepad.com/knotagain/2005/08/the_great_casto.html

    One issue I had, that you wouldn’t have to worry about, is that my yarn was variegated, and the variegation often looked crappy in the bind-off. If I didn’t have to deal with that, my favorite would be the sewn cast-off. It looks a bit like a long-tail cast-on does, and it’s really nice and stretchy.

    HTH

  4. Jen on Tue, 13th Sep 2005 11:58 pm

    5. Very pretty!

  5. Mandy on Wed, 14th Sep 2005 3:28 pm

    6. I’ve never seen Silk Garden socks. They’re wonderful! Good idea to put it on the legs only, it looks great and probably feels nice as well.

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