I have googled, and cannot find how to do the 3 needle bind off in the round đ„č. I understand the technique itself, but not in the round. I have finished my project, the HALLOWIG, but mine does not look right , it is quite âpointyâ
3 needle bind off in the round
According to the pattern, the sts are divided in half and a conventional 3-needle bind off is worked.
âRemove st marker, k1, sl1, transfer the first half of the work (between center front and center back) to one DPN or circular needle, removing st markers, transfer the second half of the work to a second needle, cut yarn, leaving a 2-foot length for use in binding off.â
Youâll be working the bind off from one end of the needles (either 2 dpns or 2 circulars) to the other in a straight line. No need to work in the round.
I typed out a response last night and it didnât post. Iâll just suggest that a Russian graft might serve in lieu of a 3 ndl bo. samlmonmac confirmed my reading of the pattern that the bo isnât done in the round.
Hi,
I used the 3 needle bind off. Here is a picture of my hallowig⊠I have a point at both endsđ«€!
I am not sure that the Russian bind off would fix this.
This is what happens when I use the directions in the pattern. The Russian method seems to leave more of a border in the joinâŠ
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Jean
It really will be a happy Halloween in a great wig!
I donât know that the Russian bind off would work on this patternâŠthis is what I got using the 3 needle bind off. It is quite pointy đ«€
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Jean
I saw your photo earlier and donât have a clue as to how to fix the pointiness. At least it should be good for Halloween fun. And the Russian graft was just an idea, not saying you should use it or that it would work here.
Thatâs a fun wig!
The front and back pointy sections - I wonder if there are too many rows there? Maybe there should be some shaping earlier on to reduce these? I donât really know, this looks to be quite a complex shape to fit the head.
I made another, and after reducing the stitches to 4 to shape the bangs, I treated it like a hat, and like it much better. I have another to do, so will play around with it, and write out my changes as I go!
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Jean
I sure appreciate your taking the time to help me with my problem. Thatâs what I like about knitters, everyone jumps in to help. I decided to treat this like a regular hat once the bangs were formed, and this is what I came up with
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Jean
That looks great and certainly not pointy.
I admire your ability to treat it as a hat and know where to make the changes to achieve the look you want.
That worked out perfectly! Have fun wearing it.
Excellent. If you do a project page on Ravelry with notes about your mods, maybe I can make one. Please, pretty please with a cherry on top. Jeeze, thatâs such a last century thing to say. I wonât tell you how old I am. Iâll admit to being born mid-twentieth century.
This is where I learned to knit things, not just make knits and purls.
'KayâŠalso mid twentiethâŠ1950, to be preciseâŠmy, how time flies
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Jean
1956 âŠ
To the 50âs club
Hmm, not sure if I will ever get around to doing a project page.
I just followed the instructions as per the pattern, until the 3 needle bind off. Then I found I had 66 stitches, decided to treat it like a hat. I decreased eleven times on every row, knitting the knits and purlins the purls. On the decrease, if there was a purl stitch, I purled. The result was the picture in pink.
Cannot figure out why I was getting pointed hallowigs with the 3 needle bind off. I made 3 of them, so may take them apart to the beginning of the bind offâŠwe shall see.
Hope this helps. It is a relatively quick project
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Jean
Treating it like a beanie seems to have worked very nicely. I wonder if the 3-needle bind off was just too tight. Maybe going up a needle size or two would help? Just a thought.
MaybeâŠbut I have a couple of orders for newborn hats, so I will make a few of those for my market table. Then the Christmas Craft FairâŠjust ongoing Where did this year go
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Jean