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Introduction -- Nancie's finishing secrets -- Cast ons (Long tail cast on -- Knitted-on cast on -- Cable cast on -- Picot cast on -- Chained cast on -- Tubular cast on -- Provisional cast on) -- Increases (Knit in front and back of a stitch or bar increase -- Make one increase -- Raised increase) -- Decreases (Knit two together (K2tog) -- and purl two together (P2tog) -- Slip, slip, knit (SSK) and slip, slip, purl (SSP) -- Central chain decrease (CCD) -- Double central decrease (Sl 1, K2tog, PSSO)) -- Selvages (Slip stitch at beginning of every row -- Garter stitch selvages with stockinette stitch -- Double seed stitch selvage) -- Bind offs (Traditional bind off -- Knit two together bind off -- Grafting or Kitchener stitch bind off -- Two and three stitch I-cord bind off, also know as applied I-cord -- Picot bind off) -- Seams (Starting yarn for seaming at cast-on edge -- Starting a new piece of yarn with seaming in progress -- Woven seams -- Garter stitch seams -- Woven shoulder seams -- Short-row shaping in preparation for three-needle bind off -- Three-needle bind off for shoulders -- Kitchener stitch seams -- Grafting live stitches to cast-on or bound-off seams -- Patch pocket seams -- Inset pocket seams) -- Picking up stitches (To work -- Picking up stitches on a bound-off edge -- Picking up stitches on an edge with rows of knitting -- Picking up stitches on an edge with decreases) -- Borders, bands, and finishes (Hems -- Folded or hemmed neckbands -- Knitted-on button bands -- sewn-on button bands -- Zippers -- Attached I-cord -- Slip slip crochet -- Single crochet -- Reverse single crochet or crab stitch) -- Buttonholes (Two-row buttonhole (horizontal) -- One-row buttonhole (horizontal) -- Yarn-over buttonhole -- I-cord-loop buttonhole -- Crochet-loop buttonholes -- Buttonhole worked in crochet border -- Vertical buttonhole -- Buttonhole stitch to finish buttonholes) -- Odds and ends (Joining new yarn with knitting in progress -- Weaving in ends -- Reinforcing shoulders -- Knitted shoulder pads -- Flat knitting versus circular knitting -- Blocking -- Sweater and yarn storage) -- Worksheet I : planning your knitting and finishing -- Worksheet II : determining increase, decrease, and buttonhole placement.