Simple and Reliable Way to Fix Stretched Out Cuffs, Neckbands and Hems

Let's see how we can easily fix stretched out cuffs, neckbands, hems and other bands, and keep them from stretching out in the future.

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The full step-by-step photo tutorial about this method is at

[annmcg]

Oh how I wish I had seen this a couple of weeks ago. I wound up “frogging” the entire hat band which was a nightmare. Thank you so much for this video. I will refer to it in the future.❤

[esmekaffen]

This is so clever - and easy! I have a couple of sweaters that need this done around the cuff, so great timing with sweater weather fast approaching! Thank you so much and hope you have a great weekend ❤

[colleencosgrove]

Thank you so much for this video instruction. You made it possible for me to be comfortable wearing my first pullover sweater!

[juneknitsville]

Excellent, excellent tutorial. Thank you

[hellehinnerup]

I wish I'd known this method years ago! I'll have to find several sweaters in my cuppard and redo them. As always your videos are brilliant

[Chrisesparkle]

Thank you - it’s much neater than how I did mine!

[carolmelancon]

Thank you so much. I’m starting a Fair Isle cardigan and even though I started the knit cuffs with 4 fewer stitches than called for (which I will add back in the final plain knit row) and went down two needle sizes, the cuff looks quite large. Since it’s complicated color work I don’t want to mess with the stitch count in the sleeves. I feel comforted now that if the cuffs turn out as loose as I fear, I have a good and easy fix available.

[DianeVancouver]

Brilliant and perfect. Thanks so much.

[ale]

Thank you for your infomative videos! Which cast off method would you recomend to prevent this issue?

[KaterinaDobesSimonoff]

Thank you very much for another very interesting and informative video. I have tried to use a similar technique in the past, but had a hard time finding the right stretchy thread. There were some thread options that were platic/rubbery - Like what you would use for some beating projects. Then I bought a more thread like stretchy string, but it was kind of loose, and didn’t have a lot of bounce back (If you know what I mean). Is there an elastic thread product you would recommend using for this technique? Thank you