what in the world are they saying to do?

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prinmel wrote
on Jan 31, 2009 1:17 PM

I don't have any idea what this means or what I am supposed to do???


"Binding off tips-2:

Bind off as follows at beginning of row: Replace 1 dc/tr with a sl st.

Bind off as follows at the end of row: Turn the piece when number of dc/tr left on row = number

of st to bind off and crochet back."


you can see the original pattern on my other post.


Thank you all so much for the help!!


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PaulineL wrote
on Jan 31, 2009 1:49 PM

"Binding off" is a *knitting* term for dealing with those loops on the needles at the edges of your work so they won't ravel down when you want to make your piece narrower, like at the underarms. It's misused here, probably by a person who thinks in knitting-ese.


In crochet, you don't have all those loops to deal with, so when you get to the point where the underarm starts you just slip stitch to where you want to begin the narrower row. You could cut the yarn and attach it a few stitches later, but that just makes more work. The slip stitches add almost no fabric to the top. When you get to the far end of the row, simply don't work the final few stitches. There. Your row is narrower at both ends.


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