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2. Binding off - Wikipedia

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   In knitting, binding off, or casting off, is a family of techniques for ending a column (a wale) of stitches.Binding off is typically used to define the final (usually upper, taking the cast on edge as the lower) edge of a knitted fabric, although it may also be used in other contexts, e.g., in making button holes.

3. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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   Once the knitted piece is finished, the remaining live stitches are "cast off". Casting (or "binding") off loops the stitches across each other so they can be removed from the needle without unravelling the item. Although the mechanics are different from casting on, there is a similar variety of methods.

4. Casting on (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   In knitting, casting on is a family of techniques for adding new stitches that do not depend on earlier stitches, i.e., having an independent lower edge. In principle, it is the opposite of binding off , but the techniques involved are generally unrelated.

5. Decrease (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   K2tog-L ("knit two together - left") – A left-leaning decrease that is the mirror of K2tog and produces a neater finish than other left-leaning decreases such as SSK. The key to making this stitch work is to pull excess yarn from the second stitch before letting it drop off the needle.

6. Knitting - Wikipedia

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   To secure the initial stitches of a knitted fabric, a method for casting on is used; to secure the final stitches in a wale, one uses a method of binding/casting off. During knitting, the active stitches are secured mechanically, either from individual hooks (in knitting machines) or from a knitting needle or frame in hand-knitting.

7. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   Historically, garments were frequently constructed of full loom-widths of fabric joined selvage-to-selvage to avoid waste. In knitted fabrics, selvages are the unfinished yet structurally sound edges that were neither cast on nor bound off. [27] serging Serging is the binding-off of an edge of cloth. sewing

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9. Pick up stitches (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   In knitting, picking up stitches means adding stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off or belong to the selvage. Picking up stitches is commonly done in knitting garments , e.g. in knitting the collar or sleeves, and is essential for entrelac knitting .