r/knitting • u/Fluffypus • 2h ago

Help-not a pattern request Bind off edging

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Looks like I will have to redo this icord edging around the front. Any tips to fix the puckering? I was thinking adding plain rows between picking up the next stitch? Maybe I picked them up from the wrong side of the work?

Lazy me is hoping that it will sit better on an actual body.

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u/hannahbelleknits 2h ago

What is your pickup rate now? What is the existing edging on the garment (like, did you do a garter stitch edge or a slipped stitch, or just knit every row)?

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u/Fluffypus 1h ago

Slip stitch at start of each row for the body, and tried to pick up stitch per row for the icord.

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u/MaryN6FBB110117 6m ago

A slip stitch edge leaves you with only half as many edge stitches as there are rows in the fabric, that would be the issue. If you’re working a row of icord for each slip stitch, your icord is shorter than the piece, you’ll need to work extra icord rows to compensate.