The Applied I-cord

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This video is a comprehensive overview of how I apply an icord to my knitted pieces in order to hide my ends - and make the knits look polished and pretty!

To follow along with this tutorial, you will need the following materials:
a knitted swatch
two circular needles - one in the same size in which you knitted your swatch, the other one size smaller. For example, I knit my swatch in a US6 so I had that and a US5. (Any length of cord is fine. I used 24" circulars.)
two pieces of waste yarn - one ~20" long for the provisional cast on, the other the same distance as the perimeter of your swatch x 1.5. (e.g. if the perimeter of your swatch is 40", then you'll need about 60" to pick up stitches)
a darning needle
a crochet hook about the same diameter as your knitting needles. For example, I used an F hook for my provisional cast on.)
scissors

I cover many techniques in this tutorial, including:
picking up stitches along the bind off, cast on and selvage edges
provisional cast on
applied i-cord in one color
applied i-cord in two colors
working corner with an i-cord
kitchener stitch
I moved at a pace that I hope will be useful for as many people as possible. If you get the gist quickly, here are timestamps at the different "chapters" so you can move ahead.

8:25 - getting started at the bound off edge
11:32 - provisionally casting on
15:28 - applying the icord in one color
20:54 - applying the i-cord to the selvage edge with two colors
28:50 - applying the i-cord to the cast on edge
34:40 - unpicking your provisional cast on
38:00 - closing your i-cord with the kitchener stitch
41:00 - weaving in your ends into your i-cord "tube"