JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://knockoutjs.com/downloads/knockout-3.2.0.js"></script>
<div id="container">
</div>
<script id="template" type="text/x-template">
        <ul id="list" data-bind="foreach:$data">
        <li data-bind="text:$data"></li>
    </ul>
</script>

JavaScript

var $container = $("#container");
var $list = $('#list');
var items = ko.observableArray([]);
var node = document.createElement('div');

$container.append(node);
ko.applyBindingsToNode(node, {template:{'name':'template'}}, items);
//ko.applyBindings(items, $list[0]);

items.push('one');

//$list.detach();

items.push('two');



items.push('three');