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Of all the tutorials I found on the tubular bind off, this is by far the best! Smooth technique, very clearly explained and perfect results. Thank you!!
You are welcome and thank you for this kind comment Regina. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
After about a dozen sweaters, I can finally do this bind off without having to look up your video every time! This is the best explanation of the best way to bind off in ribbing. Thanks so much!
Thank you, that's the clearest demonstration and explanation I've seen yet. I'd looked at a few other videos but was still feeling confused. Now my knit scarf has two beautiful and matching finished ends.
This is amazing as usual. I do this bind off on circular needles, didn't know it could be done this way. I am still the old fashioned 1960 - 1980 hand knitter. Watching your videos, made me a "modern" knitter and so easy knit!!! Hurray for your tutorials. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, your fan from France xxx
Thank you :) Grandfather's knitting needles, priceless. My Dad worked in a steel factory. He would take the spokes out of bicycles or tricycles and grind them down at the points and make a little notch, like hooks, in them. These are my treasures now. Longing for the old days...
That is a sweet story Mary. I am working on a program to teach children to knit. A group of the older students will make the knitting needles for the younger ones. :) The values of the old days are still alive.
You were just in time again. I just finished a V-neck cardigan. I wanted to use a 2x2 rib for the band, starting at one side of the front, going around the neck and down the other side. I was machine knitting so I did a machine tubular cast on, but I didn't know how to finish the other end. I ended up knitting longer than I needed, sewed the band on, ripped back to where I needed it to end, and switched to hand knitting for the bind off. I worked perfectly! Thank you so much.
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Cheryl thanks so much for your easy to follow instructions. I was really dreading the tubular bind off on my Flaum, but have been pleasantly surprised with how easy this is.
You are so welcome Kyle! It is pretty easy. :) Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please consider joining us. That's where I give lots of good information and keep in closest touch with knitters.
Dear Cheryl thank you thank you thank you for explaining this in such an easy manner!! My first time doing this and I literally struggled through the other youtube demo's until I googled your channel! I had to bind of over 200 stitches in circular - it was no easy task especially if you are new to this! Love your video's - thanks again!
You are so welcome Christina, and thank you for this kind comment. Are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com I'd love it if you joined us.
Hi Cheryl - yes I am, thank you! I started knitting the mitred square afghan now, but could unfortunately not get such beautiful yarn, I will send you a picture as soon as I finished the first row of the afghan :-)
This is awesome. I don't know if it is the same as other methods done slightly differently, but I love that it doesn't have that " come as if to knit from behind" element. I learned to do it in two needles-one for the purls, one for the knits, but that gets cumbersome . I got this on my second try.
Cheryl, you are awesome. I love to watch you doing your magic. I love to knit but I am just "learning". thanks for such a great video.....never heard of that type of bind off.
Thanks Cherly, I will attempt both Tubular Cast on and Tubular Bind Off on my next project. I would much rather have both Tubular Cast on and Tubular Bind Off on the same project. I appreciate you input! Your pacing and instruction are perfect. As a novice knitter, I could easily practice what you were doing on your video.
Looks fantastic! I always wondered if there would be an equivalent cast off like that which would match the circular cast on. Now to work out how to do that on the bond! Haha 😄
Dear Ms Brunette, Thank you so much for making the Italian tubular bind off so easy to understand and follow.. my mother used to always cast on in this manner but she did not do the bind off or at least she did not show it to me … as I am originally Italian and read Italian knitting magazines/patterns where tubular cast on/bind off is most often required it has been a source of frustration for me to fail at the bind off despite the many books in both Italian/English I have as reference their pictures and drawings just did not help me Today I was happy to show your special instructions/method to e friend who will I am sure pass it to another generation ...or at least enjoy doing it for her family for years to come. I will spend more time looking at your instruction videos, I am sure I will learn of other special skills Thank again for your clear instructions on your tutorials. Marina
You do this a bit differently from the other videos I watched on the subject, but the result is beautiful. (Others do each knit-presenting stitch as if to knit, then drop, then do the second as if to purl. With the purls, they do as if to purl, then as if to knit. Each kind gets done both ways, and is dropped of the needle only after being entered the 'correct' way -- knit/knit, purl/purl.) Yours makes it easy to see how it's going to work out, how the yarn will span the top, and I think comes out a little neater. It's a bit more confusing your way, though -- how do you tell which knitted loop to lift? Probably easier when you're actually doing it. But it's gorgeous!
Hi Linnet. Good question. I'm not sure but you can try it. You'll still get that little tube so it might work, I just haven't tried it in those circumstances.
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I am watching all videos (not sequentially, of course). I shared your sloped bind-off with a friend who does exquisite knitting, far more than I could aspire to do (especially socks and lace!!) and she was pleased. However my question is (and I can't remember where I read this) but is it true garter stitch takes more yarn than stockinette? My Ella Rae pattern (booklet 106, FAITH) is all garter but I am 27 yards short with the yarn I have available. I supposed I could make the short sleeve buttonless sweater with a few less rows (i.e., to sit at the hip or waist line rather than riding over my derriere!!
Very helpful video. Many thanks for sharing so many ideas and techniques in all your videos. I'd love to finish off my sweater like this. However, that means binding off nearly 300 stitches, requiring an extremely long tail. I just know it will get tangled. Do you think it is possible to do it in sections (for example three lots of 100 stitches) and, if so, how would you go about joining in each new length of yarn?
Thanks Ann! And thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
You are so welcome Susen. And thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. (I didn't find your name there). That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
Hello Cheryl - I am about to knit a scarf that requires tublar cast on/cast off. I was very happy to turn on the computer and find you teaching a class in those skills. I have one question however, How does one end up with double the number of stitches? For instance I need to cast on 40 stitches. I used my scrap yarn and casted on 20 and did the stst for 3 rows. I do not get 40 stitches. What did I do wrong? I agree with others who commented that your way makes way more sense -- "none of that come from behind etc"
Hi Cheryl, I have a recollection of you posting a video tutorial for the tubular bind off in the round, but I can't find it, and so far I haven't found anything useful for my project. I need to bind off a sweater collar, the pattern instructions ask for a tubular bind off with 2x2 knits and purls separation onto different needles, but it is impossible to do in the round!
I love this ... your teaching is across the board elegant, thanx so much! I just finished a turtleneck bulky wool sweater and at the final row of the collar which I did not make to roll over like a cowl. I was wondering if you think this bind off would be appropriate or would the extra bulk make the edge want to pull down? Right now it is perky and goes from a size 9 needle to a 10, the sweater itself is knit on 11. Paton wool bulky. Can you comment? Thanx for all you do! Of course I liked and am sub.
I don't think it would cause it to roll down. This is a pretty perky bind-off. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters. If I do manage to get some things done this year (and I surely will) you'll learn about them there first.
Thank you. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
Thank you for addressing when the ribbing starts with a purl! I learned a tubular cast on that seats the starter loop as a purl stitch, but almost all rib tutorials otherwise seem to start with knit stitches! Just to clarify though, when the rib starts with a purl - you slip the first stitch (purl) and then start up & follow the video from there? Or do you treat the first knit stitch just like the first purl stitch in your video?
+Elisa Thompson I'm not sure and I don't have any such thing on the needles right now. Go ahead and try it with the slipped st first, do a few sts and see how it looks. It also matters whether or not it will go into a seam or not.
Don't be afraid. Use a blunt need.e :) Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please consider joining us. That's where I give lots of good information and keep in closest touch with knitters.
As a novice knitter, I find your tutorials very informative and helpful. I have tried to go to your website to register but it will not accept either of my email addresses, both of which are valid. Is there an issue with the website? Any suggestions?
Oh no Connie! In general it works, especially if you use the sign up form on my home page. I think I may have made a couple of forms that don't work but I don't know which they are. :/ Send me an email at cb@cherylbrunette.com and I'll add you manually and sorry for the trouble.
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You're welcome Rachel. Lots of choices for stockinette but none that I know of looks quite like this. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please consider joining us. That's where I give lots of good information and keep in closest touch with knitters.
+JoyfulKnitter I would love to understand your question but I don't yet. I'll Google 4-stitch pattern and see if that helps. If you can send me a complete pattern stitch description it would help me figure out this puzzle.
+Knitting with Cheryl Brunette I believe the question is can it be done for a 2x2 rib... There are tubular bind offs for 2x2 rib. I am curious if it can be done for a 3x3 rib...3knits,3purl rib. Perhaps it can be converted to a 1x1 rib first?
I just tried this technique but find it really difficult to find the knit stich I dropped!! They seem to disappear into the stitches!! Anyone else has the same issue?
First round as I show the first row. Second round, purl the purls and slip the knits with the yarn in back. Then finish the same as in the video with the tapestry needle.
