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Invisible Seams to Join Selyedges

The lx*st way to sew side and sleeve seams is with invisible stitches.

You can u»c this stitch to sou pieces worked in srockinettc stitch, revcrsc stockinette, or evcn shaker knittin#—almost invtsibly together. Ofcoursc, you must tir't have perlect edges (sce also sclvedge stitches, pages 26 27).

Bełoro yvm sew the piccos together, błock them and lor them drv under dampcloths (sec pugc 12ł).

To sew the MMins, you need a tapestry or wool noodle. If possiblc, you should sew the pteces together with the same yarn you useJ for knitting. 1 hat works woli tor all smooth ttr only slightly f’u::y yams. When using long mohair yarn or specialty yams with nuhs or fringes, il is hotter to use a smooih vam that matches in color. But do not usc sewinj* threaJ. hecause u does not strctch enough.

Pm the knittcJ picces onto a sutficiently large work area with the right side of the work on top. Always start at the bottom edge and work front right to leń.

Stockinette Stitch Pieces

First sew the seleedge stitches ot the casting-on rows together. To do this, insert the ncedle next to the scleedge sritches, going from bottom to top of one piece to the other. Fhcn catch the first horizonral thread betwecn the schedgc stitch and the knitted ptece of the top piece. On the Kitlom piece, now catch the ńrst and the second horizontai fhreads, then the second and third horizontai threads on the

IOn pieces worked in stockinette stitch, begin sewing with 1 horizontai thread,...

2 ...then catch 2 horizontai threads of the top and bottom pieces each time.

3Because of the offset, even stripes and textured patterns match up perfectly.

*> ...and 1 stitch of the top piece.

IOn pieces worked in reverse stockinetto, only catch 1 stitch

of the bottom piece...

3Aftor tightly pulling the yarn, the seam can hardly be seen.

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