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Imisible Seanis to Join SeKedges

lirst piece, etc. You always catch 2 Iłorizontnl ihreads with che needlc, offset rclative to one another. Don'i puli the yarn tix> tight so chnt rhe seams rematn strctchable.

Becsnise of the offset of the stitches, even pattems such as stripes or tcxturcvl pattems mnrch tip perfectly.

Reverse Stockinette Pieces

A seam worked in iiwisible stitch is almost unpossjble t<i >ee in reverse Stockinette too. Herc. huwewr, łrom the heginning you only catch I horizontnl thread per side. The yarn has to be pułleJ a litrłe righter. It lbnn» a back-anJ-forth linę in the knitting.

Shaker Knitting Pieces

bor a senm using invisible stitch. you have to work a purl stitch on the right side ot rhe work, ncxt to the sebedge stitch (odd nutnber of sritches). It is also important that your sclvcdge is worked very tightly.

1 his seam t> shghcly rhteker. bnr almost imisible.

Attcr you have sewn the casring-on rows together, always catch the center of rhe purl stitches next to the selvi\lge stitches (it is madę up ol 2 threaJs). going front side to side. The

2 luli stitches from each side producc n whole stitch.

Garter Stitch Selvedges

If the pultem allows, such as in the case of faux shaker knirring, garter stitch sehedges are the hest edges for an especinlly attractive seam. Since the littlc knots always lorm at the heginning of a row, they ht into each other liki- the teeth ot a zipper when they are sewn together. The tinished stitch then looks like an addirional purl stitch.

IFor shaker knitting, alternately catch the middle of the purl stitch next to the selvedge stitch...

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1 Alternately insert the needle through a knotted selvedge stitch on the top...

2 ...and bottom pieces. Don’t puli the yarn too tight.

3 The seam is very fiat and looks like an additional purl stitch.

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