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Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off for Lace

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Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off for Lace

Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off on Lace (Feather and Fan)
One of the bind-offs that I thought would be promising for lace was Jeny's Surprisingly Stretch Bind-off. It works so well as a stretchy bind-off for everything else that I thought, “Why not try it on lace?”

The result was a sturdy, stretchy edge that lies flat on the edges of both scalloped and flat lace patterns, with a pronounced chain of stitches along the top.

However, the bind-off was a little hard to do on lace, especially with lace-weight yarn. The combination of thin yarn and tiny stitches did not work well with binding off backwards yarnovers, so it was a little difficult and slow to work this bind-off.

Tip #1: Use pointy knitting needles to make this bind-off easier. It is also easier to do using thicker yarn.

Tip #2: Squeeze the yarnover or push it forward with your finger so that it’s easier to get your needle into to bind it off.

The only difference between doing JSSBO on ribbing and doing it on lace is that you won’t necessary have alternating knit and purl stitches in front of you. Just alternate the two movements anyway, as if you are binding off on 1x1 rib.

In comparison to the Frilled Standard Bind-Off on lace, this bind-off is more substantial, and it has a pronounced chain of stitches along the top edge.

Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off
Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off

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