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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sonya, and anyone else who’s interested,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>You asked me for a stretchy bind-off during the knit-along, and I gave you one, but either I got it wrong or was thinking of something else.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I usually use the Russian bind-off, which is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Follow the pattern as to whether to knit or purl.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Work 1 stitch, then the next. Slip both stitches back to the left needle and then knit or purl them together, depending on the last pattern row.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Knit or purl the next stitch, then slip those 2 stitches back to the left needle and work them together. And so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I always work a bind-off with the next needle size up, sometimes even 2 sizes up, so it’s nice and loose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Does anyone else have a stretchy bind-off they like?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>