Stretchy rib bind-off

Researching several methods of stretchy rib bind-offs.

1.  Jenny's surprisingly stretchy bind off. 

To execute this bind off, I think the best way is to transfer all the ribber needles to the main bed, then take the stitches off on a circular needle and knit the bind-off by hand.

2. Figure 8 stretchy bind-off  (Diana Sullivan demonstrates on You-Tube)

This bind off also requires transferring all the stitches to the main bed first.  Each stitch is basically manipulated twice.  For a baby sock, this is not terribly large number of stitches. 

3. Bind off in ribbing around the gate pegs (The Answer Lady demonstrates on You-Tube)

This is not quite as stretchy as the above methods, but halfway through the video she explains another way to accomplish this to gain even more stretch.  This method does not require transferring all the stitches to the main bed first.

4. Manipulate the stitches to gain extra length by using the half-pitch feature.  (Diana Sullivan demonstrates this method.) 

This maintains the spirit of Eileen's original instruction.

5. Hand-sewn bind off.  Susan Guagliumi's blog post about how to accomplish a beautiful stretchy bind-off includes a video demonstration. 


I could make several samples and compare results.   That will take a while!