Binding Off: How to end a beautiful thing before it goes too far!

Now that you have created 24 rows, and ended with a purl row, you are ready to stop with your swatch, and enjoy it off the needle.  Let's begin!

To start, go ahead and knit two stitches.  Now, before you go crazy and knit a third, stop, and here's how you can get that knot off of your needle.

Pull the first knot up and over the second knot on your right needle, and then let the first knot drop off the tip of the right needle.  Go ahead and knit another new knot, and then, continue your pull up, and over, and drop technique.

You can see the dropped stitch or knot makes a nice little clean row of its own.  It is a thing of beauty for sure!

Now that you have the row complete, and you have dropped all of your stitches off of the needle, go ahead and tie it of with a knot through the loop at the end.  Make a cut off of your ball of yarn, of around 6 inches.  You will want to weave the ends through your completed piece, so that the ends don't stretch it out.

What a nice stockinette sample you have!  Congratulations on your first knitting experience.  You are well on your way to a scarf!