[Nfb-krafters-korner] note to soap sack classmates

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Cathy;
Why can't you use the flat bind off, where you go through 1 then 24 then 2 then 2 altrinating sides.  It is best to take the loops off as you go and pull your working yarn to close your work.  This makes a flat closure.  This should make your bottom have a flat line, not close like a hat.  Ask Henry if you can not follow what I am saying.  

Terry


-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 7:32 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] note to soap sack classmates

Hello once again,

About the tightness  of the bind-off which Henrietta and Barb have both mentioned not liking much. I have been playing around with this myself more and researching the topic in my loom books today. This is what I have found.
Ok, you knit the first peg, then the second peg. Then you move the loop from the second peg to the first peg and knit the bottom loop over the top. then here is the trick. Do not move the loop on the first peg anywhere! Instead, now you move over quite a bit further with your working yarn to knit off the third peg in the series. If you allow your working yarn to pull out as you pull over to prepare to knit over this third peg, you get a longish loop extending from peg one to the third peg. This is a good thing, it creates the looseness you will want. so you knit over this third loop then move that loop on peg three back to peg one. again you have to allow your working yarn to pull out into a large loop creating the looseness. place the loop from peg three on peg one and knit the bottom loop over the top loop. Leave the loop on peg one right where it is and Now move your working yarn over to peg four in the series and knit off that loop allowing the working yarn to pull across the loom as needed, knit off and move that peg back to peg one and knit off. eventually you will find that you are around far enough that your working yarn does not have to reach across the loom as far. This is good. If you examine your project you will see how it is creating a rounded flexible opening. you can control the size of the opening as you go by the tension on your working yarn as you move back and forth across the loom as you go back and forth from peg one to the other pegs.
Just for your interest, In my research in one of my loom books this bind-off is referred to as the yarn over bind off and is described as being a stretchy bind-off that is useful for leggings, neckline openings ruffles and magic scarves.

Hope I have described this process here more fully. at least I understand it more fully now myself.


Thanks to those who have posted feedback. It is great that there are so many different ways to finish this sack. There is a way that will work for everyone. As Henrietta said in class, "it is only a soap sack!"

Cathy
 


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