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G'day all! Today I decided that since I was nearly out of yarn, I should set up the Tactile shawl for its bindoff. I decided that I wanted some sort of crocheted cast off cos I wanted to have little gaps between the stitches like the sides have for the YO increases. OMG. I thought it might be done by lunchtime at the rate I was going. I was using a 3.25mm hook and doing a single crochet on each stitch with three chains between the stitches. Then I realised I needed another 5m of yarn. Umm, this is handspun and I have no more top to spin. So I ripped it out and started over, a bit tighter this time. Then I ripped it out and started the cast off again. This time with two chains only. Then I ripped again. With one chain. And again. Finally I grabbed the 1.5mm hook (!!!!) and tried SC and two chains. OH GODS! I only had about 40 stitches to cast off but I only had 40cm of yarn. Not enough for the job. So I put all the stitches back on the needles for the UMPTEENTH time, single ...