Works wonderfully for toe-up socks. Nice and stretchy and gives a nice edge. Also looks good in pattern for 1/1 ribbing. When the socks are off, it will seem a bit "ruffly" but once you put them on, it all lines up.

Hi Staci, by being Russian and knitting all my life, I've never seen this cast-off before! :-) Well, my Motherland is huge, so you never know what one can find... You like to learn many tips and tricks and I thought there is a one that we use a lot at home - we cast-on (long tail of course) with 2 needles held together. This way your first row is not as tight and hard to knit. It is a very common technique we use. Also, we never knit first stitch - it is a slip stitch instead.

I did time doing a Civil War era scarf called a Nubia (from a period pattern). I say did time because it took FOREVER!!!. The sides as you knit end up being the ends and the cast on and off are actually the sides. Having a stretchy cast on and off was essential. The Russian Cast on/Cast off was wonderful and really opened up the work.

I like this. It’s more straight forward and much cleaner then other methods I have seen.

I love love love your videos! The clear explanations, the perfect visuals, the discussion around the topic (looking at a sample bound off in pattern and comparing to an all-knit bind-off, etc). And as a previous viewer remarked, your hands and nails are truly gorgeous - I do hope you have a little sideline as a hand-model!

The Russian bind off looked good in the contrasting yarn!

Thank you. I just used it on my first pair of toe up socks. I really like the give on them.

wow! Thanks so much! I was playing along with the innovations large knitting machine the other day, making a super quick hat with it. I hate the bind off that they suggest, so I took the stitches off of the machine with a circular needle, and tried to do a regular bind off LOOSELY, but that still didn't fit my Hubby's head. This will do it for sure, as well with the hand knitted hats I do! Thank you again!

Russian bind-off is really nice for any kind of lace pattern that needs to be super stretchy. For socks I prefer Jenny's stretchy bind-off, which is both stretchier than the rib you work it on and less distorting.

Thanks for once again making what I thought was difficult easy peasy!! Love your videos and your 🐾🐾🐾

WOW! I realized less than 20 minutes ago that the shawl I made for a friend isn't going to block properly because I used the normal bind off and it won't stretch. The stitch will be complementary to the shawl stitch, too. I'm going to rip the binding, find the left over yarn, and make the shawl a bit bigger and use this bind off! Thanks, Staci! What timing!

Love the the nail color 💅🏽

I love your videos! And, your nails are fabulous!

Just started a pair of toe-up socks, I will have to try this as the bind-off. Thanks!!

Loved the video. You always do a great job of explaining the stitch.

Thank you for making this video, very clear and simple, it helps me a lot, thanks.

What a great bind-off! I knit some socks from your toe-up pattern for my family over Christmas, but my dad's cuffs are a bit tight at the top because of the normal bind-off I used. The bind-off in this video might actually be a solution to that problem! Thanks for posting it!

Thank you soooo much! Ie made sweaters for grandkids ad tried hard to loosely bind off..yet if just a tad hard to get over neck they throw them out!!all that work!so now will definitely try tis bind off.thanks so so much

Yay! What a super find! Love it. Im going to use it today on a hat- Score 1 for Stacy...yet again. =)

As always, AWESOME!

Cool nails!

Great video! I know with the russian bind off, another way to work it "in pattern" is to p2tog instead of k2tog when your pattern calls for a purl stitch. just another variation :)

I love that scarf you have on please show how to knit that please. Thank you and love the color of your nails.

Dope vid, and your nails look great.

Very helpful video. Ive been looking for an easy stretchy bind-off for boot cuffs. Thank you!

This is one of the first bind offs that I learned. I had no clue what the name of it was.

Hi Stacy! Thanks for the video! With my las project I used a similar bind off. I wanted it to be stretchy and it was. I also knit two and slip the sts from the right needle to the left and knit them together but through the back loop. This way I actually put the left needle into the two sts as if to slip them but not slipping just knitting them together. And the edge looks as common bind off but a lot more stretchy. I don't know how is it called but I guess it's not the same, is it? Thanks again!

I've done this before, it was called something else. It is in a book I have of cast ons and bind offs.

I think this would really rock as a satchel purse in all shades of the rainbow...

I like this bind off, I can see myself using it a lot, I think it looks a bit like a crochet detail called the "crab stitch"

I am doing this with the purl brim of the Downton hat. Will let you know if it works out

Would this bind off work for a scalloped lace edge like the wishbone stitch? A standard bind off gives a straight edge. I want to keep the scallops as they appear at the beginning. I am knitting a lace stole.

Hi. Agree with Iryna. I am from Ukraine and have been knitting for many many years. Taught by my grandmother. Never have seen this bind off method before. Not sure why it is called 'Russian'.

Have you ever gotten around to binding off socks with the Icelandic, and/or the Russian bind-offs? I'm curious how the stretchy bind-off's compare, especially for sock tops. Thanks! I love coming back and re-viewing your vids.

hello, I really like the russian bind off. however, do you have similar cast on be so stretchy like this? I am making a long dress. I want the bottom of the dress being stretchy.

Which one would you prefer: icelandic or russian bind off?????

We'll I don't have one of those tapestry needles so I have a chrocht hook that I use to we've in the ends

Dear VeryPink Knits I might not be one of your students but I need to ask you something. When we knit with two colors do we have to use those to colors for casting on?

ps - you should always do a little blooper at the end like this video! Hilarious! :)

I've noticed that it rounds your edges

Love your videos! Do you have a pattern available for the sweater behind you in this video?

Hi, I'm still a beginner, and still learning the lingo. I have a few questions! 1. What did it mean in your video when you said you knit the bind-off "in pattern" as opposed to the first swatch that you showed the Russian bind off with? 2. Also, you mentioned your swatches were made using seed stitch, correct? It's a beautiful looking stitch, and I would love to find a pattern that I could use that with. 3. The first two stitches for the Russian Bind off, would that be equivalent to just knitting the first two stitches together through the back loop? 4. Lastly, how does this bind-off go with socks? I know you mentioned it earlier on in your video. Thank you for being so patient with all my questions!

Hi, I'm trying to make a bind off similar with the cast on to finish a scarf. Witch one do you recomend? Thank you very much

love your nail polish in this vid. Please share the name :-)

doing a sweater in linen stitch, would the russian bind off be good on this????

Now we do Russian bind-off (and downs vodka!) LOL

What happens if you get it wrong and here is a suggestion hoy to sow up holes because I have a lot of holes in my socks and what would happen if I had a loose stich please please please Please reply I don't send nasty post

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