How do I bind off my finished cuffs on longies/shorties?

HI! I recently finished my first pair of longies and when I had to bind the cuff there was like an open part there and I had to kind of just sew it together. I figured there was probably something I did wrong so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Thanks!

Were you binding off in the round? You’re really knitting a spiral when you do, and the end of the round is a row higher than the beginning. What I do is BO the last st, then pick up another st in the first on I bound off, in the middle of it, not the edge. Then bind that off and it brings the edges together evenly.

Ok thank you, i’m trying to picture that in my mind and I think I understand. I will try that with my next pair.

It helps to actually do it, then you can see where the sts are. It makes sense then.

It helps when you actually do it, then you can see where the sts are. It makes sense then.