Recently at my knit night everyone was admiring a finished sweater we’d been watching the wearer work on for months, and it prompted a discussion of how much we love tubular (or sewn) bind off for sweaters with ribbed edges even though it takes extra time — the results are just that good. If you’ve always thought it seemed intimidating, give it a try on a sleeve cuff, it really is worth it.

An excellent tutorial on tubular bind off (including extra instructions on how to manage 2x2 ribbing) can be found on Ysolda Teague’s blog.