Hey everyone,
I’m here again with yet another question. One day I hope to actually have some answers to give 
I’m working on a pattern located HERE.
My question is how do I bind off? Do I complete row 26 then do a bind off, then sew the ends together to make a round? Probably a silly question but I don’t want it to look funny.
Thanks for all your help!
Jessica
Row 26: Bind off 3 sts, K across row.
Well according to this patt I would thought you do exactly what it tells you to. Bind off the 3 sts on the 23nd row so it’s making a diamond shape.
Well I’ve already done all 8 wedges but not sure how to actually END the project. (Does that make sense?)
Yes it dose just bind off on the 23nd row:)
I’m not sure on a quick glance, but I don’t think you need to bind off at all. You just stop knitting, clip to leave about a ten inch tail, pull the tail up and out of the next stitch, then go onto the next wedge. When you sew the whole thing together, you go back and weave the tails in. All done!
Cute pattern.
Yes, after you do row 26, turn and start the next wedge from there, repeat rows 1-26.
Oh, I see, you don’t even have to clip the thread, it just goes on from the last wedge? Clever.
My computer seems to be going really wonky. Anyway, so you don’t even have to clip off, you just go on to the next wedge? Very clever!
Anyway, then I’d assume on the last one you just clip and pull the tail up and out, then weave it in.
It says to sew the edges together when you’re done. I’d have to knit one up to see which edges they’re talking about…
Thanks for all of your replies but I’m still a little confused.
One said to bind off after row 22 when I’m on row 23. But the rest seem to say to continue. When I complete row 26 (or any row) I still have at least 18 stitches on a needle.
After I do row 26 do I then go back and bind off those 18 stitches then sew the ends together with one of the tails?
Since it doesn’t say anything about binding off and casting on for the next wedge, or to make 8 separate ones, I think after row 26, you go ahead and start row 1 again for the next one. Try that and see how it turns out, though this may be one of those patterns where it doesn’t look like anything until you’re completely done.
I’d agree with Sue – looks like you just use the remaining stitches as your cast-on for the next wedge. If you look at her pic, you can see where there’s one color in the next color next to the edge of a wedge, consistent with having gone on with another color of a wedge without casting off. If you don’t want those bits, go ahead and cast-off, then sew them all together, but that sounds like a lot of trouble to me!
Thanks again for everyones help. I’m sorry for being confusing. I had already completed ALL eight wedges (go to row 26 then start back at 1) my question was how do I END the WHOLE project.
I went ahead and just did a normal bind off and sewed the first wedge to the last wedge. It looks pretty funny where they are joined but oh well. Maybe once I have more experience I’ll figure out what I did wrong.
I put up a post HERE on the forum and you can see thie picture.
Jessica
Ah HA. Sorry, Jessica, I should be apologizing, not you, as I didn’t read the pattern carefully enough. I think what happens there is on the Row 26 of the last wedge, you should BO ALL of the stitches instead of only BO 3 of the stitches and then knitting the rest. If you do BO3 and then K the rest and THEN bind off, you’ll end up with an extra row of stitches, which will throw the geometry of the dishcloth off.
Second opinions?
I agree. It does mention sewing the edges together, so you’ve got to get an ending edge somehow. Must have left that minor detail off the pattern… 
Mind you, if you want to get really fussy about it, I’d consider casting on with a provisional cast-on, and then when you hit that last row, instead of knitting the last bit, just graft it together for a seamless finish. But I like doing things the hard way!
It wouldn’t be all that hard to do that, and the join would look good.
Thanks globaltraveler & suzeeq. I had already gone ahead with doing row 26 and then the bind of and did have that extra row. Oh well :).
Not sure what a provisional cast-on is yet so I’ll have to learn that one. I’m still pretty new at this!
Check the cast-on vids – provisional cast-ons are pretty easy, and you can learn to graft with kitchener stitch as well! Not bad for one little project.