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- I've finished the chart work and I've worked one round

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of plain double knitting with my main color

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and now we're ready to bind off using the tubular bind off.

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To figure out how long I need to cut the yarn

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for the tail for the tubular bind off,

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I'm gonna wrap this around the needle 10 times,

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and then I'm gonna measure off enough for 40 stitches.

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30, 40, and then a little extra for a tail

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over the end of the tapestry needle.

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And we'll thread it onto the tapestry needle

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and pull it down so that you don't

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have to reach out too far.

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For the double knit here I have a knit stitch,

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which is showing up on side A

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then a purl stitch which is side B,

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a knit stitch on side A

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and a purl stitch on side B.

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That's the pattern going all the way around.

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And we're gonna slip a stitch off on side A knitwise,

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and then we lock a stitch on side A purlwise.

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Then we're gonna slip a stitch on side B,

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this second one purlwise and we're gonna lock one

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on side B purlwise.

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And that's sort of the similarity to kitchener stitch

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if you're familiar with kitchener.

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Let me show you very slowly

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how to work the tubular bind off.

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We're gonna slip this knit stitch off the needle knitwise

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insert the needle knitwise and pull the yarn through.

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Now we're going to lock a stitch on side A,

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that's this next knit stitches on side A here.

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This next one is the purl stitch for B,

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so this one right here is the next knit stitch on side A

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and we're gonna insert the needle purlwise

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into it to lock it.

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You slip a stitch off in its orientation

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and lock it opposite to its orientation.

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So now we're gonna work the stitches on side B.

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It's a purl stitch, I'm gonna slip it off purlwise,

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pull the yarn through.

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Now to lock this next stitch knitwise,

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it may seem a little awkward but I'm gonna

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insert the tapestry needle from back to front

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between the two stitches and then I'm going to

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twist it around so that I come in

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knitwise into that stitch.

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So you can see I'm coming out between the two stitches

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and it's a little twisted but I've gone knitwise

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into this second stitch which is

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a stitch on the B side knitwise.

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And I'm gonna pull the tapestry yarn all the way through.

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So I've just locked into this stitch from the B side.

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Now I'm gonna start all over again.

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I'm gonna slip one knitwise on side A

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and lock one purlwise on a knit stitch on side A.

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Now I'm gonna work two operations

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on side B stitches, slip one off purlwise,

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insert the tapestry needle from back to front

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through that second stitch and lock it.

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Again, slip one knitwise,

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lock one purlwise skipping that side B stitch.

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Now slip one purlwise.

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You may find it easier to use a straight tapestry needle

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rather than one with a bend here,

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it's up to you, just try different ones.

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But I'm coming between the last two stitches

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and I'm going to run the tapestry needle knitwise

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into this second stitch and pull it through to the back.

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And as you can see it's similar to the tubular cast on

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which looks like a knit stitch rolling around.

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This stitch just rolls over to the back.

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And you just continue around all the way til the end

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until you've bound off all the stitches.

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And if you stop in the middle of it

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and you're trying to figure out

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oh what did I do last, I can see that the yarn

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is coming out the back between these two stitches,

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I know that I've just finished inserting

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from back to front into this second stitch.

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So I've just finished with the two stitches on the backside

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so now I would be ready to knit a stitch

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with the tapestry needle and slip it off.

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And then insert it purlwise and leave it on.

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Insert the tapestry needle purlwise and slip it off.

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Insert the tapestry needle knitwise,

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and leave it on.

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We're at the end of our tubular bind off

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and all we have left to do is weave in the ends.

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We're gonna leave our tail on the tapestry needle.

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We can just bring it across where the gap is

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from the end of it to the next stitch

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and pull that closed.

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And come down below.

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And since this is an open tube at the very end here,

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we can hide

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our ends by running it through that tube

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a little ways and clipping it off.

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And thread our last remaining tail.

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We can just run it behind,

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in between the A and B side, in between the two layers

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for a little ways, pull it through

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and give it a little tug,

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and snip that off.

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And you have two tails at the other end from the beginning

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and you can weave those in

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exactly the same way as you did at the top.

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Thread the tail, come across the gap,

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give it a little pull, come back in the row below,

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run the thread through the layers, snip it.

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And again you're contrasting color

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and you can run that between layers as well.

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Probably a few more stitches than that.

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Snip it, give it a little pull

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and now you have your double knit cowl.

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And you also have the knowledge of

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how to create your own charts

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and I hope you have fun experimenting

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with some of your favorite stitch patterns.