Picot bind-off

Now for the companion piece to the picot cast-on. The picot bind-off! I could find very little about the picot bind-off on the interwebs, and the picot bind-off that my trusty The Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques describes is a method that makes a poor match for the cast-on I previously described. Like the cast-on, there are many variations of the picot bind-off. I've deduced a method using my math skillz that will be the most subtle of the picots and match the previous cast-on. And here she goes....

Picot bind-off

Step 1 - Cast-on one stitch using the cable cast-on:

A quick visual recap of the cable cast-on. See the above link for more details.

Step 2 - Knit two stitches:



Step 3 - Bind-off one stitch using the knit bind-off:

Up n' over, then drop the stitch off. See the above link for more details.

One stitch remains on RHN.

Step 4 - Knit one more stitch.

Step 5 - Bind-off one stitch using the knit-bind off. (One stitch remains on RHN).

Step 6 - Slip the stitch on the RHN to the LHN, inserting the LHN through the stitch from the bottom up:


You've bound-off one stitch using the picot bind-off! Repeat steps 1-6 until all stitches are bound-off. Basically what you're doing is adding one stitch, then taking away two. Here's what it looks like on k1p1 ribbing.


Nice and stretchy! Me likee.