This capelet was a quick and easy knit. I did the cast on recommended and i found it very difficult to pick up the stitches with the first row. I assumed that is the nature of this cast on. When it was time to bind off, I also did the recommended bind off. When I was done, it was such a tight bind off, I couldn’t get it over my shoulders. I would like to think I did the bind off correctly, I even youtubed it. So I took out the bind off, put the open stitches back on the needle and proceeded to bind of with the “stretchy” bind off. Now it fits perfectly over my shoulders and will be a cute capelet.