Would you
bind off in the middle of
? knitting a row
Charles Voth
Short Row Shawl with mid-row bind off stitches
For many knitters, binding off, or casting off as most Commonwealth country knitters call it, is one of the favorite parts of the project. Not all of us love binding off itself though, particularly when it seems to pucker the top edge, or cause it to flare, because one’ s tension has to be“ just so”. But we do like binding off because it signals that we ' re almost done the project! What would you think about binding off mid row though?
So a while back, I was thinking about how to incorporate crochet in my knitting, I like to do some“ lateral thinking,” it really helps my design process, and the result was these horizontal ridges across the fabric. Generally speaking, one doesn’ t see horizontal chains across the middle of knit fabric. Diagonals yes, easily achieved with decreases or crossed stitches, and vertical chains are simply flanked by purl stitches, or slipped or twisted to make them stand out a bit more.
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Photos by Charles Voth