Show us your tips! (Knitting tips)

If you need to create a super stretchy cast on or bind off edge (like for toques or lace projects), use a larger needle to do the work for you. Similarly, if you have issues with your edges being too tight, try this technique too. It looks weird and feels strange but it works! Once you are done casting on/binding off give it a stretch, the extra yarn slack from each stitch will make the whole edge bigger than otherwise. Experiment with needle sizes, I like to go up about 4 sizes or so.

Here I used a 4.5mm needle for my lace project and a 10mm needle for binding off. I had to make sure that my larger 'bind off needle' had a sharp enough point to work the lace weight yarn. This was my first Estonian Lace-inspired project and my first attempt at working nupps (those little bobbles, they're tough but I got it!). It was really satisfying to get this one off the needles since I altered the original pattern so much that the edging didn't work at all.