tie up *
bind off

"You would bound off faster than a hare if I were such a fool."

This is simply the purl version of the knit bind off.

In principle, casting on is the opposite of binding off, but the techniques involved are generally unrelated.

He began to bound off, then whirled back and thrust the rabbits into my hand.

As for the immediate future, I was simply bound off on an interesting field trip.

If approached too closely, it would bound off at great speed.

But would I not be fearing for you, were you bound off like this?

The women had the strips of binding off their wrists and were rubbing them.

The last row before binding off is knitted at tension 10.

Binding off has 'give' and ensures a round neck goes over the head.