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Knit-in Facings

and vests, the front facings can l>e knit as you are working the piece itself. Double facings look particu* larly neat. They give the piece a professional touch and also make it fil better.

Double Facing in Stockinette Stitch

Wlion you make ;< double facing in stockinette snreh. the ha Ir ot the facmg that ts turncd to the inside nceds to be 1 snreh wider. In The cxamplc shown, the facmg ts 5 sntches wtde on rhe ourside, 6 stitchcs widc on the insiJc, with the sehedge stitch. In betwcen, a slipped stitch ensures a good ttiming edge.

For sewing rhe facing together, it o also important that you work .t rou ot reverse stockinette stitch between the cardigan piece itself and rhe facing. This purl stitch can harJK be scen from rhe outside in stockinette smch or tcxtured patterns, and disappears into almost all orher patterns coo.

The slipped stitch is only worked cvery other row. It is ctlher slipped as if to purl in rhe mws on rhe right side of the work (carry the yarn along at rhe hack of rhe work) and

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When you scu the facing down on the wrnng side, sew part of the sccond stitch and the stnch next to the facing together.

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