Shawl-weaving in ends and bind off

How-to Questions
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I made two shawls outof Misti Alpaca DK, 4 ply, 80% Baby Suri and 20% silk with a Meandering Eyelet Vine pattern. I have two questions:

  1. I’ve woven in my ends but I want to secure those with a stitch or two of thread. I’m not sure what kind of thread I should use, knowing if I have a thread which is stronger than the yarn it would cut it. Any ideas? Is Silk yarn my only choice?

  2. I need to undo the bind off as it doesn’t have enough stretch. Any recommended bind off which has good stretch?
    Thanks in advance.

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I’ve used the Yarn Over BO when I need something really stretchy and being you can place the YOs where you see fit you can adjust the amt of stretch.

cam

3

Sorry it took me so long to get back here to say Thank you. I will try your suggestion. Thanks again … Sheri

4

You can also use a larger size needle for the bind off row. And the K2tog - place the stitch back on the left needle - K2tog method is a fairly stretchy one.

5

How do I do a yarn over bind off? I thought I knew but now I’m not sure.

6

I’ve never done a yarn over bind off - I found this:
http://www.shawlministry.com/Instructions/bind_off.htm

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Thanks Mirl 56 for the url. I printed out the instructions. I did find and buy the Knitting Answer Book which has the yarn over bindoff in there. It’s a great little book. The shawl is don now and drying on the blocking board. It did turn out very well. I did learn the hard way NOT to yo every stitch in the bindoff - so I took it out, and did the yo every 4th stitch or so. Again thank you all for your suggestions and help.