What can I do to avoid that knot blip at the end off my bind off?
You mean when you put the end through the last stitch and tie a knot? I don’t think there is anyway around that. Unless maybe you get sewing cotton and stitch through the last stitch a few times, make sure it is held really well and the wool will not unspin out of the sewn stitches.
I usually try to avoid pulling that last knot super tight, that’s what gives you a hard knot.
Or do you mean the jog in the edge in circular knitting? For that, when you cast off your first stitch, instead of dropping it, put it on your last needle so it becomes your new last stitch and cast it off normally when you reach it.
'Tis the former and I do have a tendency to pull pretty tight (lest my knitting come undone!) so I will do so more loosely. Thanks!
Actually, don’t make a knot. Leave a 3-4" tail and weave it into the stitches on the row below. It won’t come out.
I don’t make a knot either, unless it’s acrylic and I figure it will be washed a lot (like a baby blanket).
After I cut the yarn, I pull the tail out of the loop (rather than threading it through the loop and pulling it), then just weave it in as Sue said.
Wish I could recall exactly how it’s done, but Nancy Wiseman’s book about finishing techniques has a neat way of dealing with that last bound off stitch. I am not at home right now, so I don’t have access to the book. It looks very neat and not lumpy. I have used it making sweaters. Maybe someone knows the technique I am referring to.