Japanese three needle bind off?? Cool!

[pamelamama]

Found this in my blogsurfing today:

http://www.keyboardbiologist.net/Techniques/JapaneseThreeNeedleBindOff.htm

What do you think you'd do with that? How would it look at a soaker seam, I wonder?

[JustLookin]

im confused, do you bind off then end up with a single strand on the RH needle? and then maybe lay those off? or am I just not seeing it?

[pamelamama]

yes!

[JustLookin]

yes what? LOL

[pamelamama]

yes, i think you pull all the back needle loops throught he front needle and wind up with one row of loops which you cast off... or keep knitting!!

[mamapez]

Is this stretchier or something? It seems like you are binding off every other stitch at first, and then going back and binding off the rest.

...I guess I will just have to try it and see. :pink

[littleturtlemama]

I've used this (thought I unvented it though,have never seen it anywhere before!) before when I'm binding two pieces together but not going to stop knitting, like on a kangaroo pocket on a sweater, and when I'm working a double faced edge on a sweater ;)

[averymybaby]

oooooooooooooooooooo...........

[CraftyMommaOf2]

hmmmm... gonna have to process that one. :LOL

[abigailvr]

I would think you'd get a seam when you do the bind off. But I'm just guessing. :)