Hi. Lovely video, thank you. Two questions: is there anything to do differently if binding off in the round; is there anything to do differently if binding off garter stitch in the round, where the last round is a purl round (my instructions say to bind off purlwise, but I'd really like to try the stem bind off)? Thank yoy.
Thank you! There’s really not much to do differently if binding off in the round except for the final stitch of the round instead of being the tail back into it a second time, you would bring the tail back into the first stitch of the round. When you bring the tail back into the first stitch of the round by going under the bar and then into the stitch. I hope that makes sense. The goal is to make the bind off edge look continuous. As for purlwise, the stem stitch matches LTC, so if the slants of the cast on are visible on the public side then do the stem stitch as explained. If the purl bumps are visible on the cast on edge, there are two ways you could match it with the stem stitch. 1) public side facing, bring the tail across the private side and bring the needle through stitch number two purlwise, and then go into stitch number two as if to knit. Basically you’re doing the stem stitch in reverse. The other, easier option is to turn the work so you’re looking at the private side of the work and do the stem stitch.
This was so much easier than I expected. Yay for another useful bind off to know about and be able to use.
Hi. Lovely video, thank you. Two questions: is there anything to do differently if binding off in the round; is there anything to do differently if binding off garter stitch in the round, where the last round is a purl round (my instructions say to bind off purlwise, but I'd really like to try the stem bind off)?
Thank yoy.
Thank you! There’s really not much to do differently if binding off in the round except for the final stitch of the round instead of being the tail back into it a second time, you would bring the tail back into the first stitch of the round. When you bring the tail back into the first stitch of the round by going under the bar and then into the stitch.
I hope that makes sense. The goal is to make the bind off edge look continuous.
As for purlwise, the stem stitch matches LTC, so if the slants of the cast on are visible on the public side then do the stem stitch as explained.
If the purl bumps are visible on the cast on edge, there are two ways you could match it with the stem stitch.
1) public side facing, bring the tail across the private side and bring the needle through stitch number two purlwise, and then go into stitch number two as if to knit. Basically you’re doing the stem stitch in reverse.
The other, easier option is to turn the work so you’re looking at the private side of the work and do the stem stitch.