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Hi, I'm Allison from ImagiKnit in San Fransisco and I'd like to show you how to bind off,
which is also called casting off. Make sure that you have enough yarn to do so. It takes
a little bit more yarn than a regular row of knitting. Come to the first stitch and
you're just going to act as if you're going to knit another row. So we'll knit one stitch
and then two stitches. Once you have two stitches on your right hand needle, use your left hand
needle to pull the first stitch over the second stitch and off the end of the needle, leaving
just one stitch on the right hand needle. Continue, we'll knit one more stitch from
the left hand needle. So again we have two on the right hand needle. Pull the previous
stitch over the most recent one and off the end of the needle. Make sure not to pull too
tight. We'll knit one more, pull the first stitch over the second and off the end of
the needle. Don't pull on the yarn in between stitches. So now we've come to the last two
stitches. So we'll knit one more so that we have no stitches remaining on the left hand
needle. Again, use the left hand needle to pull the previous stitch over the most recent
one and off the end of the needle. This should leave you with just one stitch on your right
hand needle. So then you want to have the tail of your yarn, you want to just pull that
through the last remaining stitch, and tighten. There we have a nice bind off and your project
is complete other than just weaving the ends in.