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(E) Binding off
(a) Binding off with a tapestry needle
3. Repeat the weaving in this circular
method
until
all
stitches are bound-off.
Do not remove
any of the
stitches until entire garment is bound off or you may
have stretched stitches.
(b) Double stitch bind off
(Start on the carriage side.)
1 Thread a tapestry needle with the yarn three times
as long as the width of the garment to be bound off.
Pass the needle through the edge stitch from front.
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1. Pull the end needle forward until the loop is behind
A
the latch.
With
one
hand, hold the yarn and wrap
2. Insert the needle
through
the front of the second
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in a clockwise motion laying the yarn inside the open
stitch and around into the back of the first stitch.
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latch.
With the other hand,
push the needle back
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Pull the yarn through both. Avoid pulling too tightly.
pulling the new stitch through the old
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