In
knitting
Knitting is a method for production of textile Knitted fabric, fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done Hand knitting, by hand or Knitting machi ...
, the three needle bindoff is a method of joining two pieces of knitted fabric using three needles. One needle is on each piece of the fabric, and a third needle is used for the knitting.
The three needle bindoff is useful for joining the front and back pieces of a
sweater
A sweater (North American English) or pullover, also called a jersey or jumper (British English, Hiberno-English and Australian English), .
Method
The three needle bindoff is done by lining up the two needles on the fabrics next to one another. The outer sides of the fabric face one another.
From one piece of fabric, one stitch is moved to the needle holding the other. The third needle is placed under both stitches, second stitch first. A piece of excess yarn is wrapped around, and the stitch is knitted. The resulting stitch remains on the third needle.
For the next stitch, a stitch from needle B is moved to needle A, and the step is repeated, with the resulting stitch moved to needle C. On needle C, the second stitch is lifted above the first stitch and off the needle.
This process is repeated until there are no more stitches.
See also
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Kitchener stitch
In knitting, grafting is the joining of two knitted fabrics using yarn and a needle in one of three types of seams:
# selvage-to-selvage seam,
# selvage-to-end ("wales") seam, or
# end-to-end ("wale-to-wale") seam.
The Kitchener stitch is a co ...
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