Technique - 3-needle Bind Off

This technique is often used to seam shoulders.

Technique:

Begin with two sets of live stitches, each on a needle (that’s 2 needles). Hold these needles next to each other, in your left hand.

Use a third needle (this is why it’s named ‘3-needle bind off’), and working yarn, to bind off and seam as follows:

• Setup: Insert the right hand needle tip through the first stitch on the front needle AND the first stitch on the back needle, at the same time. Wrap the working yarn around at the back, then knit these two stitches together, slipping each of them off their left hand needle tip. One stitch is now on the right hand needle.
  • Step 1: Insert the right hand needle tip through the next stitch on the front needle AND the next stitch on the back needle. Knit these two stitches together, slipping both of them off the left hand needles. Two stitches are now on the right hand needle.
  • Step 2: Use your fingers, or one of the left hand needle tips, to lift the first stitch on the right hand needle over the second stitch, and drop it off the needle. One stitch has been bound off. One stitch remains on the right hand needle.
• Repeat steps 1-2 until all the stitches on both needles have been bound off. One stitch remains on the right hand needle. Break the working yarn, and draw the end through the final live stitch, tightening it up. Weave end ends.