Casting Off to Sea

Casting off. It’s one of the most exciting parts of knitting any item – the moment of the big finale! Last year, we did an episode on our favorite cast ons. Now it’s time to revisit, and talk about casting off! In this episode, we talk about our favorite cast off techniques, the ones we liked and the ones we disliked. We talk about which methods work best for which projects, and even the ones we haven’t tried yet! Do you have a favorite?

The types of cast offs we discuss in this episode include:

• Traditional (knit two, pass over one)
• Kitchener
• Jenny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off
• I-cord bind-off
• Tubular bind-off
• Elastic bind-off
• Three-needle bind-off

*Note: We want to remind our listeners that our podcast is a casual knit night format; we are by no means knitting or crochet experts. These are our opinions and preferences only. If you want to learn more about individual bind-off techniques, there are great Youtube channels that discuss and teach these bind-off methods with more depth.

Tutorials Mentioned in the Podcast:

How to Knit a Stretchy Bind-Off

Tubular Bind-Off

Finished!
Jess finished the Dige Vest! And it won second place at the fair!

Yarn is Critical Hit Dyes Artificer DK in “Leather”.

Current WIPs:

Drea – French CanCan by Mademoiselle C in Madelinetosh Tosh DK, colorway “Home Means Nevada” and Madelintosh Tosh Vintage, colorway “Rye Bourbon” (courtesy of Jimmy Beans Wool).

Meg – Speranza Beanie by Geneva Vasquez in Critical Hit Dyes Barbarian Bulky, colorways “Candy Apple” and “Meet Me at the Marketplace”

Tina – nothing this week

Jess – Enchantment Shawl by Susanna IC in Critical Hit Dyes Rogue Fingering, colorways “Vishka” and “Shadow of Aerin Gradient”