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What Is The Easiest Way To Cast / Bind Off In Knitting?

I'm knitting a baby blanket, and it's my first time ever knitting with needles. I've looked at various sites and books on how to cast off and they look really confusing. Please can someone explain how to cast off easily? Thanks! x Sakura x ^_^ Thanks guys - but what do you mean by "pass over?" Sorry I'm such a beginner! Thanks x

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1. here is a site that shows you how to cast on and off. http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/cast-on http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/casting-off click on basic cast off.
2. Knit two stitches. Pass the first stitch over the second. Now you have one stitch on the right needle. Knit another stitch. Pass right stitch over it. Repeat until you have one stitch left. Thread tail through stitch and tie off.
3. This is the easiest cast-off I know: Knit the first stitch. Put the new stitch back on the left-hand needle. Knit the next two stitches together through the back loops. Put the new stitch back on the left-hand needle. Knit the next two stitches together through the back loops. Continue to return the loop to the left needle, then knit two together through the back loops until you have only one loop left. Cut the yarn, leaving several inches to weave in, and pass the cut yarn through the last loop and secure it. This is the second easiest cast-off I know: With a crochet hook that is the right size for your yarn, place the first stitch in the cast-off row on your hook. Loop the free yarn over the hook and pull it through the stitch. *Pass your hook through the next stitch, slide it off the needle, yarn over the hook, pull the yarn through both stitches on the hook.* Repeat from * to * until you have one loop left. Cut the yarn, leaving several inches to weave in, and pass the cut yarn through the last loop and secure it. I hope one of these cast-off methods will work for you. I have done the "knit two stitches, pass the first over the second; knit one and pass the previous stitch over" more times than I can remember and hated it every time. That cast-off isn't stretchy at all, and that can be a real problem in socks, baby clothes, and any edge where you need some stretch. The crochet cast-off isn't as stretchy as the knit-two-together one, so it might be better for blanket edges. Your call.
4. First of all knit two stitches. Then take your knitting needle and pick up the first stitch you made and pull it over the the second one and all you should have on your needle then would be one stitch. Knit another stitch and again take your needle and pick up the first stitch as you did before and keep doing this until you have taken all of the stitches off the needle except one. What you do then is to cut the yarn about 12 inches long or longer and will give you enough yarn to put on a sewing needle pull through the last stitch and then weave it through the body of the blanket so it won't unravel.