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Y Saturday, December 15, 2007

Joining Seams, Joining Colours and ....


many other techniques... www.knittinghelp.com ....is just fantastic. Attached link is to videos on how to join colours and join seams. Having learnt how to cast on, how to do the knit and purl stitches and how to cast off. Now is the time to learn how to join 2 pieces of knitting together. I personally like the Mattress Stitch for side seams and the 3-needle Bind Off for shoulder seams. They give a very neat finish. Here goes...

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/advanced-techniques

Once you get this, try making 2 rectangle or square pieces - length to be the length of your blouse, width to be how wide you will like your blouse to be. When done, join side seams with Mattress Stitch from bottom up to about 10" from the top. Then join shouders, also with Mattress Stitch from outside inwards leaving enough gap in the middle for your head to go through...you will have a simple capped sleeve top. You can easily make this into a wider boat-necked or off shoulder top by adjusting the sewing for the shoulders. Give it a try with cotton yarn of your favourite colour. Make use of what you have learnt so far and create some interesting patterns to make this your own. The one and only that nobody has. :)

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