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Rinding Off

For patterns with a stockinette stitch background. knit the seivedge stitch and the next stitch, then pass tho selvedge stitch over the second knit stitch. Keep knitting 1 stitch at a time and passing the previous stitch over it until all the stitches are bound off.

For patterns with rovorse stockinette stitch background, work selvedge stitch and purl noxt stitch, then pass sełvedge stitch over second purl stitch. Keep purling 1 stitch at a time and passing previous stitch over it until all stitches aro bound off.

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results in u firm, twnustretchaUe eJge, u fuch is especully good for [Kitiems t/uir “puli together." such os albie patterns, m for taouls and bntionholcs.

needle together, twisted, and put the finished stitch back onto the left needle. Keep knitting 2 stitches together until all the stitches are bound off.