[Nfb-krafters-korner] I need help with the flat closed method bind off ...

[Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC]

Here is my confusion: it tells me to leave a tale of 3 inches and then it tells me to thread a needle with yarn of about 2 yards long. With that yarn I'm to thread up, for instance, peg one, pull through and take the loop off. Then I  go onto  peg 24, thread up the loop and take that Luke off. Then I go to Peg 2, thread up that loop and take that loop off and then continue With 23 and 3; 22 and 4; 21 and 5 and so on and so on.

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On Nov 17, 2012, at 3:35 PM, "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi LM,
> Cathy here.
> 
> This is called the basic graft cast off and is what I taught for making the
> baby loomed footsies.
> 
> I will paste the instructions in below. But basically what you do is to cut
> your yarn leaving a 1-2 foot tail. You thread on your tapestry needle and
> sew up through the pegs as we did with the coaster. However in this bind
> off, instead of sewing up through each peg, then taking all loops off at
> once, you take the loop off the peg immediately after pulling the working
> yarn through. Of course the order in which you sew through and remove the
> loops is important too. So you sew through a loop, take it off, then You
> pull the yarn snug in the center of the loom without it being pulled so
> tightly that the yarn will gather. What you want is to feel a straight line
> forming with your stitches in the center of the loom. follow the sewing
> through of the loops as described below.  Hope this helps and if you have
> further questions, let me know.
> 
> 
> 
> The basic graft cast off is used to close the bottom of circular knit items.
> It is useful for items like purses and the toe of socks. This cast off is
> done with a tapestry needle. It is helpful to think of the loom as having
> two halves or sides. To begin, cut the working yarn, leaving a 1 - 2 foot
> tail. 
> Thread the yarn tail(s) through the eye of a tapestry needle. 
> Start with the peg nearest the working yarn. Sew up through the stitch on
> the  peg as if to purl. 
> After the yarn has been pulled up through the stitch, remove the stitch from
> the peg. 
> 
> Move across to the right side of the loom and sew up through the first
> stitch on this side as if to purl. Remove the stitch from the loom. 
> 
> Move across again to the left side of the loom and sew up through the next
> stitch as if to purl. Remove this stitch from the loom. 
> 
> Move across to the right side of the loom and sew up through the next stitch
> as if to purl. Remove this stitch from the loom. Continue working back and
> forth, from one side of the loom to the other. Gently pull as much slack as
> possible from between stitches as you work. 
> 
> remaining slack out of the cast off by gently pulling the yarn tails, being
> careful not to gather the edge. Push the tapestry needle inside the knitted
> item. 
> Turn the item inside out and knot ends if desired. weave the yarn tails in.
> Clip any excess yarn. 
> 
> Turn the item right side out again.
> 
> 
> 
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