Horizontal Seams Yarn for Seaming - PowerPoint Presentation

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Horizontal Seams

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Yarn for Seaming

Use yarn used for item except:

Novelty yarn

Mohair

Nubby or bumpy yarn

When substituting

Match color and

washability

Use knitting yarn, needlepoint wool or embroidery thread

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Seaming Order for a Garment

Join shoulders

Attach sleeves

Seam sleeves from wrist to underarm

Seam sides from bottom to armhole

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Fundamentals

Block your swatches

Take your time

Plan ahead

Don’t

inc

or

dec

in the selvedge

Think about your stitch or color pattern

Allow a selvedge stitch for seaming

Seam on a table with the right side up

Match up CO and BO edges

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Planning for All Horizontal Seams

Make sure there are the same number of stitches on each of the pieces you’ll be joining.

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Knit Stockinette

Stitch

V

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BO edge to BO Edge

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Place BO edges together

with RS sides up.

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Identify where

stitches are

below the BO edge.

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Bound Off Edges

Stitches

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Place markers in stitches below the BO edge every five or six stitches.

That’s where

tapestry needle

goes in and out.

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On bottom piece insert needle into first stitch

, run

under the stitch gap and bring

out through

center of second stitch.

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On the top piece, insert needle into first stitch

, run

under the

stitch gap

and bring

out through

center of second

stitch.

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On bottom piece insert

needle back into second

stitch

, and bring through the center of third stitch.

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On the top piece insert needle back into the center of the second stitch

, and

bring

through

the center

of third

stitch.

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Repeat until

all stitches are

joined, removing markers and pulling yarn as you go.

Note: Do not pull stitches too tight; the tension should look like a row of knitting.

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BO to BO Edge All Up

Place BO edges together with RS up.

Find the stitches below the BO edge on each piece and identify where the tapestry needle goes.

On bottom piece, insert needle into first stitch, run under the stitch gap and bring through center of second stitch.

On

top piece

, insert needle into first stitch, run

under the stitch gap and

bring through center of second

stitch.

On the bottom piece, insert needle back into center of second stitch, and bring through center of third stitch.

On the

top piece

, insert needle

back into

second stitch,

and

bring through center of third

stitch.

Repeat until all stitches are joined.

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Stair Step Seam

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Place BO edges together

with RS sides up.

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Identify the top of each column of stitches and place marker on top of columns on either side of stair steps. This is where

tapestry needle goes.

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Be sure to avoid the

holes at

the stair steps!

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On

bottom piece

, insert needle into first stitch, run under the

stitch gap and

bring through center of second stitch.

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On top piece, insert needle into first stitch, run under the

stitch gap and

bring through center of second stitch.

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On the bottom piece, insert needle back into second stitch, and bring through center of third

stitch

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On the

top piece

, insert needle back into second stitch, and bring through center of third

stitch.

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At the

jog be

sure to

go in

where the marker is!

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And come out where

the next marker is!

If you insert where the hole

at the stair step is

, it makes a bigger hole.

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Do the same on the top!

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Repeat until all stitches are joined

Note: It’s a good idea to remove markers after each gap.

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Pull yarn tight.

Note: Do not pull stitches too tight; the tension

should

look like a row of knitting.

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Stair Step Seam All Up

Place BO edges together with RS up.

Find the stitches below the BO edge on each piece and identify

the columns of stitches.

Place markers at top of columns on either side of gaps.

On bottom piece, insert needle into first stitch, run under the

gap

and bring through center of second stitch.

On top piece, insert needle into first stitch, run under the stitch and bring through center of second stitch.

On the bottom piece, insert needle back into center of second stitch, and bring through center of third stitch.

On the top piece, insert needle back into second stitch, and bring through center of third stitch.

Repeat until all stitches are

joined being careful to skip the holes at each

stair step.

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Three needle bind off

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Hold two

pieces with right sides

together. Needles will be parallel.

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Insert third needle

knitwise

into first stitch on each needle.

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Wrap yarn.

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Pull through to knit stitches together.

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Knit second two stitches together.

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Then pass first stitch over second stitch as in a normal bind off.

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Repeat until all stiches are bound off.

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Pull yarn tight.

Note: Do not pull stitches too tight.

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Three Needle Bind Off

Place two pieces with right sides together. Needles will be parallel.

Insert third needle

knitwise

into

first stitch on each needle

.

Wrap yarn and pull through to knit stitches together.

Knit together the second stitch from each piece.

Pass first stitch over second stitch as in a normal bind off.

Repeat until all stitches are bound off.

Tighten yarn.

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The Mystery of the GD

Kitchener Stitch*

*Recently down-graded from the f-

ing

Kitchener

Stitch

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The Kitchener Mystery Part 1

I know t

he

pattern is

Work stitch and drop, do the opposite on the next stitch and leave in on the needle

:

but I never know which needle to do

knit on and which needle to purl on.

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Part 1 Solved

Hold the needles parallel with the

wrong

sides facing each other. Now look at your needles.

If the stitches you’re about to work have the knit side facing you:

Knit, drop, purl

If the stitches you’re about to work have the purl side facing you:

Purl, drop,

knit

Or to put it another way: What you see is what you do first.

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The Kitchener Mystery Part 2

But you work the first two stitches differently and I can never remember what it is I need to do.

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Part 2 Solved

You’re just working the second half of the pattern on both needles. So…

Purl the first

stitch on front

needle leaving on needle. (The last part of Knit, drop,

purl

.)

Knit the

first stitch on

back needle

leaving on needle

. (The last part of Purl, drop,

knit

.)

Think about that for a minute and picture it. It will make sense if you do.

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Kitchener Stitch Seam

Place the two pieces with wrong sides together so that the needles are parallel.

With the tapestry needle purl the first stitch on the front needle leaving it on the needle.

With the tapestry needle knit the first stitch on the back needle leaving it on the needle.

For all remaining stitches use the tapestry needle to:

Knit the first stitch on the front needle, drop off; purl next stitch and leave on the needle.

Purl the first stitch on the back needle, drop off; knit next stitch and leave on needle.

Tighten as you go along.

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One more Kitchener Tip

The yarn used to seam with the Kitchener Stitch should be 3 times as long as the seam plus 10” for yarn ends to be woven in.

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It does make a nice stitch.