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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Bind off / cast off / take off
Hi teachers,
I read this example in the dictionary:
He cast off his clothes, and dived into the swimming pool.
1. I understand "take off" has the same meaning. Is "cast off" frequently used?
2. What is "to cast off in knitting"?
3. The dictionary says: Bind off means cast off, does that mean I can say: "to bind off in knitting"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
I read this example in the dictionary:
He cast off his clothes, and dived into the swimming pool.
1. I understand "take off" has the same meaning. Is "cast off" frequently used?
2. What is "to cast off in knitting"?
3. The dictionary says: Bind off means cast off, does that mean I can say: "to bind off in knitting"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
Top answer
1-- No, not in ordinary conversation. For one thing, 'cast-off clothes' (= secondhand clothes) has a different meaning nowadays. maybe.
- 1-- No, not in ordinary conversation.
- For one thing, 'cast-off clothes' (= secondhand clothes) has a different meaning nowadays.
- maybe.
- 3-- I am not familiar with that.
- 'Bind off' to me means to finish by tying or binding something, like the end of a rope so that it will not fray.
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1-- No, not in ordinary conversation. For one thing, 'cast-off clothes' (= secondhand clothes) has a different meaning nowadays.
2-- I can't knit, but it has something to do with finishing the stitch (or perl or whatever) and removing the finished portion from the needles...maybe.
3-- I am not familiar with that. 'Bind off' to me means to finish by tying or binding something, like the en
2-- I can't knit, but it has something to do with finishing the stitch (or perl or whatever) and removing the finished portion from the needles...maybe.
3-- I am not familiar with that. 'Bind off' to me means to finish by tying or binding something, like the en
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you so much.
Have a great evening.
Tinanam
Thank you so much.
Have a great evening.
Tinanam
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When you start knitting something, you "cast on" a number of stitches. When you are finished knitting the piece and you want to secure the stitches so you can remove the needles without having the whole thing unravel, you "cast off" or "bind off" --- the two terms mean the same thing in knitting.
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Mister MicawberOh, good-- someone who knits!Yes, obsessively. Rarely does it come in handy for English Forums, but when it does, I'm ready!
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As soon as I read the first post, I thought "khoff!"
Didn't you tell us once that you had been part of a Guinness Book of World Records group for the most people simultaneously knitting?
Didn't you tell us once that you had been part of a Guinness Book of World Records group for the most people simultaneously knitting?
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That's right, at Sock Summit '09. I wonder if it ever made it into the record book?
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