Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off

My favorite bind-off for toe-up socks is Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off (JSSBO). It is easy to memorize, easy to do, stretchy, fast, and great for the tops of toe-up socks. Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off works with 1x1 rib, 2x2 rib, or any combination of knits and purls.

The blog link above includes the free video and a step-by-step photo tutorial.

[risenshine]

I remember this as so- a normal yarn over is wrapping the yarn round anti clockwise and a ‘wrong ‘ or ‘ backwards ‘yarn over is wrapping it round clockwise..
So glad you film it so we can see and your voice isnt grating like many others seem to be.

[josephinereuther]

Finished off my brioche knitting with it using needles 3 sizes up, it fits very well and looks pretty indeed

[jandroid]

I like your demonstration of this bind off because of how you explain that first backwards yarn over. It's my favorite bind off for toe up socks too. Thank you!

[rachelmaloney]

Thank you so much for the clear and easy to follow tutorial as well as helpful tips- much appreciated!

[lilybarr]

Yep, you’re right, it’s absolutely awesome and no flare.

[jeanjohnson]

Good to see you again. It has been a while. Always love your videos.

[karenp]

Just what I was looking for: Jeny’s bind off on a ribbed item. Thanks a million!

[mabelgoddard]

Wonderful to see you!! Missed your tutorials👏👏🥰🙏

[Jennerwtx]

Great to see you again! 😄 I love this bind off for my socks.

[tinastreasures]

It’s great to see you teaching again!!!

[nikiTricoteuse]

This is fantastic. Thank you. I've tried to master SO MANY different stretchy cast offs - tears have been shed over Italian tubular cast off and don'tget me started on anything involvinga needle! l inevitably give up in frustration. I've had to draw a picture of which way round the yarn overs should be cos apparently l do mine backwards but, this is such a quick easy method that l've mastered it first try.

[terrycross]

Thank you! That was a very good demonstration - so helpful. I just finished my second pair of toe-up socks and wanted a stretchier bind off. My first pair ended up being too tight at the cuff.

[patriciadouglass]

Finally, one that makes sense to me! Thank you so much!

[elevndv]

Fantastic perfect bind off for the fingerless mittens I'm making and gives a lovely edge! Thank you!

[Sans-nxcx]

Thank you so much it's just what i needed!!🙏🙏

[meleahstribling]

I really like the idea of the stretchiness because even when I bind off in 1x1 ribbing with needles 2 to 3 sizes up from the needle used to knit ribbing, I end up with a fixed and non-stretchy bind-off which is annoying on sleeves. Only thing that my OCD is having issues with on the method you just demonstrated is that it appears to put a purl bump at the top of a knitted column. :/

[beckyphillips]

Thank you! You explained it perfectly. My sweater cuffs thank you, too!!

[infamoussphere]

so this video has taught me that apparently I do my y/os backwards by default. Oh well!

[carb]

Great video. I’ve done Jenny’s before ( I thought) but not like this. It was smooth to learn and went fairly quickly. Thank you!

[JoMcCann-zq]

Is there a stretchy cast-on too? My attempt worked fine for binding off and I love it. But, the bind-off edge fans out from the less stretchy cast-on edge. I would like to see them more parallel.