The YarnTotingBlog

I decided to knock out this kerchief after all when I became entirely uninspired last Thursday and needed to refresh myself with the simple pleasure of garter stitch.

I tried a couple of new things on this one. I sized up a needle for the bind off which did help to loosen it up like I’ve heard. Fancy that. Then, instead of binding off completely and then making both ties separately, with one loop still on the needle (and switching back to my original size 9) I created the first tie with a knit cast on, binding it back off and weaving in the yarn end to secure it. I attached the second one similarly except of course I had to created the first loop myself. I wove in the first yarn tail as I cast on which anchored the tie in the process and then really secured it with the last yarn tail once it was bound off again. It worked out quite well and I will probably do it this way in future.