I looked at several different videos, and multiple different people's written instructions, and they all had different starting steps. Yours was the only source that explained why you start the way you do, AND why everyone else's instructions are different from each other. Thank you so much for what is by FAR the most informative video on this technique. You've made a lifelong fan from this video alone.
I cannot say enough how much I appreciated this video. I had to watch it more times then I care to admit. Thank you again for your knowledge and sharing.
I watched a bunch of different tutorials for this, didn't get it until this one. Thank you for saving my sweaters from the fate of eternal WIPs! Also, the production value of the videos on this channel is consistently high; I don't remember how many tutorials I abandoned because the low quality was too distracting.
heh..it was one of the reason why I started this channel (and my main channel). I too found all those ancient tutorials with grainy cameras etc a bit frustrating.
I've done this bind off on two projects, and those patterns directed me to a different tutorial, which was easy enough to follow, but not to remember. After watching yours, I understand better and can read my knitting to know where I'm at. Before, I'd lose track of where I was and not be able to figure out what I was supposed to do next. And the color of your yarn makes it so much easier to see what you're doing. Your presentation is simple, methodical, and slow enough that I don't feel rushed when applying the technique. Thank you for such a wonderful tutorial!
You are without a doubt the best knitting teacher. I have tried to learn this from other places but did not understand why the stitches had to be done. You made this so clear i want to cry with happiness. Thank you so much. 😊
I've watch many video's to do the tubular bind off, but none of them where as good as this one!! Thank you so much, my bind offs are beautiful thanks to your video('s)!
This was by far the best tutorial for the tubular bind off. I had resorted to the lazy knit bind off because i didn't understand how to do it even after watching vids and trying with swatches. This was easy to follow. Thank you so so much!!!
This video came at the perfect time for me! I actually was looking for a tutorial on this because I have a sweater that I need to bind off with this! Thanks
heh. awesome. Be careful tho..when you have to bind off long stretches with this bind-off you need a very long tail and this can damage the yarn with each pass a little bit.
@@nimbleneedlestwowhat is the best stretchy bind off for sweater bottom ribs in your experience? I love this bind off but am worried about a 5 meter tail being too difficult to work with.
This was the only video that worked for me! Thank you! The others were too obscure visually or verbally. I learned so much by working on my sweater waistband. I have a couple lessons learned on managing long tail yarn friction: I only used the wool yarn to bind off (I dropped the mohair yarn for this), and pulling the interchangeable needle out a bit to do the second stitch weave step over the cable part helped tremendously to draw the long tail through. I could have benefited from practicing on a swatch but didn't think about that until I was already figuring it out on the garment itself. Tinking tubular cast off stitches seems impossible so practicing on a swatch could be helpful
This is so clear but also a reminder that I am still very much a beginner. I started a shawl 2 days ago with your video that has 8 patterns. I just started the first one you demonstrated. It is helpful that it is simple and helpful for muscle memory and getting confident with holding my yarn. I have only every done the very very basic bind off. I will look at some of your other bind off videos. Have a wonderful week Norman.
that sounds like a good plan. such a simple pattern can indeed help you to get accustomed to knitting and I do feel such a simple triangular shawl can still look very beautiful with the right kind of yarn!
Thank you so much Norman! This was the tutorial that helped me understand this kind of bind off! I have been trying to get this down for a while now and i understood how you explained it almost immediately! You are a wonderful teacher ❤
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I watched several but this was the one for me. I have successfully done the tubular bind off on my top down cardigan. It took me 6.5 hours!
A really beautiful bind off. I saw on UA-cam a lady ( Irina Revo ) knitting the 2X2 without the preparation round. It looks beautiful. I haven't mastered it yet as there are so many steps I get forgetful then flustered to be followed by the "totally disgusted" stage. I will continue with the 1X1 and strive to knit it as serenely as you do it. Thank you Norman
you don't have to do the preparation round. you can sew around it as well. But it's a llot more difficult to manage your tension that and I personally feel it's worth to do that extra step.
Thanks for showing this tubualr bind off so clearly. Alternatively, for the 2x2 rib you can also change the order of the stitches just before doing the bind off, then the twist is even less visible.
yes, you can definitely do that. you can even sew around. I thought, this method would be the..hm..most intuitive for beginners. but of course, I could be wrong ^^
Okay, so I just started knitting again after a break of a couple years. This pattern I'm working on (Heartwarmer Cowl) has been way more difficult than I bargained for. It shouldn't be, but I'm out of practice. I hated my tension and ripped it out a quarter of the way through to start over, had to rip back a couple times after because of dumb mistakes (lace anything hates me). Even casting the damn thing on I kept getting different numbers when I counted the initial cast on row, to the point that I was wondering if I was actively having a stroke. I finally get to the last of the ribbing to cast off and it says TUBULAR bind off. FML. I watched 3 videos before yours, every single one just more resolutely steered me into the direction that my regular old lazy cast-off method would be JUST FINE THANKS. But then the algorithm gods brought me to your video. I didn't even know you had a second channel. Thank the gods, your clear, commonsense directions which always explain the WHY just speak to my brain. This was the only video that made any actual sense to me, and I REALLY appreciate that you explain how to read the knitting so you can simply look at it and figure out what you do next. All these other instructions that basically amount to "repeat this out loud like a mantra and hope FedEx doesn't bring a package and set your dog barking" are frankly, bullshit. I could have stopped and had lunch and come back to this mid bind-off and knew what to do, and that is amazing. I just completed my first tubular bind off on a project with 156 stitches in the round. This yarn I'm using is awful, no stitch definition, the kind of stuff that if it at all touches another part of the yarn it wants to start felting itself together and tries to form a knot. Weaving it through stitches with a really, really long tail was the stuff of nightmares. It wanted to tangle on nearly ever single pull through, creating enough of a distraction that if I was using the whole "repeat this mantra and pray" type instructions would have immediately resulted in a bunch of frustration and swearing. BUT I DID IT. Granted, it literally took an hour to do this damn bind-off, which is just absurd, but it was mostly because this yarn wanted to tangle itself on every stitch. My tail was definitely longer than it needed to be, but with this thing being in the round and stretchy I erred on the side of caution. You sir, are my new go-to for all techniques. May your pillows be pleasantly cool. May you find extremely convenient parking spots near your destination. May your missing socks return from the washing machine. (Who am I kidding, you probably never lose socks.) Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for an excellent tutorial. Any thoughts on doing a tubular bind off in the round? How do you join/finish when you get back to the beginning?
I always learn something new from you! This time it was how to actually understand what is done and when, instead of mumbling in the corner of the sofa 'knit off purl on purl off knit on" (and easily losing the rhythm everytime I lose concentration..).
ha! yah..glad this little explanation helped you. It took me quite a while to develope this memory hooks but once you worked them out..you never forget them!
No sorry, I don't. but since it is just a basic graft, you should be able to pick up the right leg of the stitches with a thin needle and then pull out the yarn. Or pick them up as you go.
Hi Norman, how would I do this bind off if my 1x1 row starts with a purl? Do you have a video demonstrating this, or do I just do the opposite of what you have done in this video?
then it doesn't work :) you always need an even distribution but actually its really just for 1x1 ribbing - the rest is a bit...testing the limits of the concept of double knitting.
Hello, do you know of a bind off that looks like this one, but isn't sewn? I have a super long k1,p1 hem to bind off so don't want to use a tapestry needle. Thanks!
Thank you for this video! Do you know if the tubular cast-on / bind-off combo is suitable for later sewing both ends together when using a 1x1 rib stitch? (esp. invisibly) I imagine it is better than the regular bind off because it’s stretchier but I’m not sure if it might be too bulky. Or do you know of a better suited technique for this?
well....the best option would be starting with a provisional cast-on and then grafting the two pieces together. The tubular bind-off is a grafting technique anyway so it's actually not even harder but a lot more invisible.
@@nimbleneedlestwo I had an idea to treat 2x1 like 1x1 ribbing (in my case 2p x 1k in unspun (manchelopis)) and - if you don't mind gentle cinch of the edge and not-so-good stretch - it works! maybe my experiment will help someone :)
I feel like just when i feel like i am getting the flow, i lose track or get confused about how to continue and where the beginning and ending of the sequence is
@ your video is good. I just struggle to follow the flow of this bind off in general. I can’t easily track the beginning and banding of the stitch once I get going on my own (Sorry for the confusing grammar)
I shoild have known to come to your channel first! The clearest and most helpful information. Thanks again, Norman! Quick question, if knitting in the round, would I use 8 times the width worth of yarn for the bind off (4x front plus 4x back)? Danke schön!
Thank you for once again doing such a clear tutorial. You always make things seem simple - or at least less stupifying 😊. My question - to convert from 2x2 to 1x1, can you just knit a row in 1x1?
hm....no..i am not sure how that's supposed to work. I mean, you definitely can start with a 1x1 rib and then increase into 2x2..but that's gonna drastically change the size of your fabric so not an option.
depends on how stretchy it should be. BUt you could mmodify this bind-off technique: nimble-needles.com/stitches/a-stretchy-bind-off-for-the-2x2-rib-stitch/
That's where knitting combination style bites you in the butt: I have no idea where knitwise and purlwise are and if I did no guarantee all my stitches are oriented the same in one row 😂 After some struggle I figured out that in my language the repeat is: slip front to back, insert into second stitch back to front (and it's two action repeat instead of 4 hehe)
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It's so greatly appreciated that you use bright chunky yarn with really defined stiches. Makes it easier to follow!
I watched several tutorials and yours was absolutely the best. Thank you again!!
I looked at several different videos, and multiple different people's written instructions, and they all had different starting steps. Yours was the only source that explained why you start the way you do, AND why everyone else's instructions are different from each other. Thank you so much for what is by FAR the most informative video on this technique. You've made a lifelong fan from this video alone.
very happy to hear that. And don't forget to check out my main youtube channel where I share even more tips, tricks and the why's :)
This tutorial is fantastic! I was struggling trying to follow other videos. Now I actually understand. Thank you!
I cannot say enough how much I appreciated this video. I had to watch it more times then I care to admit. Thank you again for your knowledge and sharing.
I watched a bunch of different tutorials for this, didn't get it until this one. Thank you for saving my sweaters from the fate of eternal WIPs! Also, the production value of the videos on this channel is consistently high; I don't remember how many tutorials I abandoned because the low quality was too distracting.
heh..it was one of the reason why I started this channel (and my main channel). I too found all those ancient tutorials with grainy cameras etc a bit frustrating.
I've done this bind off on two projects, and those patterns directed me to a different tutorial, which was easy enough to follow, but not to remember. After watching yours, I understand better and can read my knitting to know where I'm at. Before, I'd lose track of where I was and not be able to figure out what I was supposed to do next. And the color of your yarn makes it so much easier to see what you're doing. Your presentation is simple, methodical, and slow enough that I don't feel rushed when applying the technique. Thank you for such a wonderful tutorial!
You are without a doubt the best knitting teacher. I have tried to learn this from other places but did not understand why the stitches had to be done. You made this so clear i want to cry with happiness. Thank you so much. 😊
This was so helpful and well explained I have finally got how to do a tubular bind off so thank you
I've watch many video's to do the tubular bind off, but none of them where as good as this one!! Thank you so much, my bind offs are beautiful thanks to your video('s)!
This was by far the best tutorial for the tubular bind off. I had resorted to the lazy knit bind off because i didn't understand how to do it even after watching vids and trying with swatches. This was easy to follow. Thank you so so much!!!
Best tubular bind off tutorial, thank you for saving my sweater !
This video came at the perfect time for me! I actually was looking for a tutorial on this because I have a sweater that I need to bind off with this! Thanks
heh. awesome. Be careful tho..when you have to bind off long stretches with this bind-off you need a very long tail and this can damage the yarn with each pass a little bit.
@@nimbleneedlestwowhat is the best stretchy bind off for sweater bottom ribs in your experience? I love this bind off but am worried about a 5 meter tail being too difficult to work with.
I cannot say enough how much I appreciated this video. very good tutorial. thank you very much
This was the only video that worked for me! Thank you! The others were too obscure visually or verbally. I learned so much by working on my sweater waistband. I have a couple lessons learned on managing long tail yarn friction: I only used the wool yarn to bind off (I dropped the mohair yarn for this), and pulling the interchangeable needle out a bit to do the second stitch weave step over the cable part helped tremendously to draw the long tail through. I could have benefited from practicing on a swatch but didn't think about that until I was already figuring it out on the garment itself. Tinking tubular cast off stitches seems impossible so practicing on a swatch could be helpful
❤ Thank you so much. Finally a tutorial that made me to understand this bind off!! ❤
This is so clear but also a reminder that I am still very much a beginner. I started a shawl 2 days ago with your video that has 8 patterns. I just started the first one you demonstrated. It is helpful that it is simple and helpful for muscle memory and getting confident with holding my yarn. I have only every done the very very basic bind off. I will look at some of your other bind off videos. Have a wonderful week Norman.
that sounds like a good plan. such a simple pattern can indeed help you to get accustomed to knitting and I do feel such a simple triangular shawl can still look very beautiful with the right kind of yarn!
Love your explanations, they are always so crystal clear. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much Norman! This was the tutorial that helped me understand this kind of bind off! I have been trying to get this down for a while now and i understood how you explained it almost immediately! You are a wonderful teacher ❤
Thank you! I was really struggling with this bind off, but It finally makes sense to me now.
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I watched several but this was the one for me. I have successfully done the tubular bind off on my top down cardigan. It took me 6.5 hours!
Thank you! You explained it very well. You made it easy and for that I thank you. ❤
Great job!!!👏👏👏 your explanation is so clear..tks a lot for sharing it😍
I found this by far the easiest tutorial on tubular bind off! It was always something I struggled with but this was so helpful 🤩
aww..happy to hear that, Jamie!
Thank you for another tremendously helpful video!
You are so welcome!
Wow!!! This video is perfect. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
A really beautiful bind off. I saw on UA-cam a lady ( Irina Revo ) knitting the 2X2 without the preparation round. It looks beautiful. I haven't mastered it yet as there are so many steps I get forgetful then flustered to be followed by the "totally disgusted" stage. I will continue with the 1X1 and strive to knit it as serenely as you do it. Thank you Norman
you don't have to do the preparation round. you can sew around it as well. But it's a llot more difficult to manage your tension that and I personally feel it's worth to do that extra step.
@@nimbleneedlestwo Will follow your advice. Thank you
Simple and cute parttan I will try it 😊
Thank you for the method explained!!!🎉
Thanks for showing this tubualr bind off so clearly. Alternatively, for the 2x2 rib you can also change the order of the stitches just before doing the bind off, then the twist is even less visible.
yes, you can definitely do that. you can even sew around. I thought, this method would be the..hm..most intuitive for beginners. but of course, I could be wrong ^^
Thank you Norman
Okay, so I just started knitting again after a break of a couple years. This pattern I'm working on (Heartwarmer Cowl) has been way more difficult than I bargained for. It shouldn't be, but I'm out of practice. I hated my tension and ripped it out a quarter of the way through to start over, had to rip back a couple times after because of dumb mistakes (lace anything hates me). Even casting the damn thing on I kept getting different numbers when I counted the initial cast on row, to the point that I was wondering if I was actively having a stroke. I finally get to the last of the ribbing to cast off and it says TUBULAR bind off. FML. I watched 3 videos before yours, every single one just more resolutely steered me into the direction that my regular old lazy cast-off method would be JUST FINE THANKS. But then the algorithm gods brought me to your video. I didn't even know you had a second channel. Thank the gods, your clear, commonsense directions which always explain the WHY just speak to my brain.
This was the only video that made any actual sense to me, and I REALLY appreciate that you explain how to read the knitting so you can simply look at it and figure out what you do next. All these other instructions that basically amount to "repeat this out loud like a mantra and hope FedEx doesn't bring a package and set your dog barking" are frankly, bullshit. I could have stopped and had lunch and come back to this mid bind-off and knew what to do, and that is amazing.
I just completed my first tubular bind off on a project with 156 stitches in the round. This yarn I'm using is awful, no stitch definition, the kind of stuff that if it at all touches another part of the yarn it wants to start felting itself together and tries to form a knot. Weaving it through stitches with a really, really long tail was the stuff of nightmares. It wanted to tangle on nearly ever single pull through, creating enough of a distraction that if I was using the whole "repeat this mantra and pray" type instructions would have immediately resulted in a bunch of frustration and swearing. BUT I DID IT. Granted, it literally took an hour to do this damn bind-off, which is just absurd, but it was mostly because this yarn wanted to tangle itself on every stitch. My tail was definitely longer than it needed to be, but with this thing being in the round and stretchy I erred on the side of caution.
You sir, are my new go-to for all techniques. May your pillows be pleasantly cool. May you find extremely convenient parking spots near your destination. May your missing socks return from the washing machine. (Who am I kidding, you probably never lose socks.) Thank you!!!
hm..the sock gnomes are quite active here in Austria, make no mistake, chuckle ;-)
Thank you so much for an excellent tutorial. Any thoughts on doing a tubular bind off in the round? How do you join/finish when you get back to the beginning?
it's more or less the exact same technique. You can also graft this one stitch to bridge the gap
I always learn something new from you! This time it was how to actually understand what is done and when, instead of mumbling in the corner of the sofa 'knit off purl on purl off knit on" (and easily losing the rhythm everytime I lose concentration..).
ha! yah..glad this little explanation helped you. It took me quite a while to develope this memory hooks but once you worked them out..you never forget them!
Very clear!
Do you have a video on how to think back on tubular bind off?
No sorry, I don't. but since it is just a basic graft, you should be able to pick up the right leg of the stitches with a thin needle and then pull out the yarn. Or pick them up as you go.
Hi Norman, how would I do this bind off if my 1x1 row starts with a purl? Do you have a video demonstrating this, or do I just do the opposite of what you have done in this video?
yeah, you'd have to mirror those instructions.
Best video❤
what if it's a 1x2 1k 2p rib? I couldn't find any videos on it 😔
then it doesn't work :) you always need an even distribution but actually its really just for 1x1 ribbing - the rest is a bit...testing the limits of the concept of double knitting.
what do I do if I have selvedge stiches in the ends of my row? Like my row is like: slip, k1p1.... etc
well, treat it as a knit sitch (or whatever the base stitch is)
If I am using the tubular bind off on 1x1 rib in the round is there anything different that I would need to do at the end?
well, you'd have to graft one stitch to bridge the gap later on using the tail.
Hello, do you know of a bind off that looks like this one, but isn't sewn? I have a super long k1,p1 hem to bind off so don't want to use a tapestry needle. Thanks!
exactly like this one? I am unaware how that would be achievable.
Thank you for this video! Do you know if the tubular cast-on / bind-off combo is suitable for later sewing both ends together when using a 1x1 rib stitch? (esp. invisibly) I imagine it is better than the regular bind off because it’s stretchier but I’m not sure if it might be too bulky. Or do you know of a better suited technique for this?
well....the best option would be starting with a provisional cast-on and then grafting the two pieces together. The tubular bind-off is a grafting technique anyway so it's actually not even harder but a lot more invisible.
@@nimbleneedlestwo Alright, I might try that then, thank you!
what about italian bind off for 2x1 ribbing? I can't figure it out...
this is technique really is just meant for 1x1 ribbing or stockinette stitch :(
@@nimbleneedlestwo I had an idea to treat 2x1 like 1x1 ribbing (in my case 2p x 1k in unspun (manchelopis)) and - if you don't mind gentle cinch of the edge and not-so-good stretch - it works! maybe my experiment will help someone :)
I feel like just when i feel like i am getting the flow, i lose track or get confused about how to continue and where the beginning and ending of the sequence is
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@ your video is good. I just struggle to follow the flow of this bind off in general. I can’t easily track the beginning and banding of the stitch once I get going on my own
(Sorry for the confusing grammar)
I shoild have known to come to your channel first! The clearest and most helpful information. Thanks again, Norman!
Quick question, if knitting in the round, would I use 8 times the width worth of yarn for the bind off (4x front plus 4x back)? Danke schön!
8 times sounds a little bit too much.
Thank you for once again doing such a clear tutorial. You always make things seem simple - or at least less stupifying 😊. My question - to convert from 2x2 to 1x1, can you just knit a row in 1x1?
hm....no..i am not sure how that's supposed to work. I mean, you definitely can start with a 1x1 rib and then increase into 2x2..but that's gonna drastically change the size of your fabric so not an option.
Hello Norman, i'm looking for a bind off bor 2x1 ribbing, do you have an advice ? Thank you for this video !
depends on how stretchy it should be. BUt you could mmodify this bind-off technique: nimble-needles.com/stitches/a-stretchy-bind-off-for-the-2x2-rib-stitch/
Hi Norman,
I love your channel ❤. I have a question…can this invisible bind off be done on 1 x1 v-neck ribbing?
why shouldn't it be possible? I mean...not sure if it's too stretchy for your pattern...but of course, it's possible.
@@nimbleneedlestwo thanks for responding. I tried it and it worked beautifully.
That's where knitting combination style bites you in the butt: I have no idea where knitwise and purlwise are and if I did no guarantee all my stitches are oriented the same in one row 😂
After some struggle I figured out that in my language the repeat is: slip front to back, insert into second stitch back to front (and it's two action repeat instead of 4 hehe)
you mentioned kitchener and i switched off
haha...well..but it's not all that hard, really. Imo, all most ppl lack is a proper mnemonic to remember the repeat.
❤👍