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Single Facings Knit with the Piece

l or thcsc facings, you almosr always work in rihbing- -knit and purl 1 or 2 stitches alrernately.

Herc the selvedgc stitch is cvcn morc import ant (han for double facings. Ir should match the knitted piece as cluscly aa possible and also prcvcnt the parts from srrerchmg in Icnglh. Il you work a seam scl-vedge, work the sdvedge stitches in cvcry row (knit on the right aide of the work. purl on rhe wrong sidc of the work) and puli the stitches nghr. You will get a gixid edge. A purled garter stitch .selvedge is also good, sińce n can be worked tighrer and morę evenly than a knit garter stitch sclvcdgc (sec also selvedge stitches, pages 26tt.).

For a perfect edge. heres a trick when working 2x2 nhbing: Work 4 stitches in stockinette stitch at the outer edge instead ot 2 (inchuling the schedge stitch). The outer stitches roli tip by thenoehes and gencrally hołd this shape.

Alter ffcquent wenring and wadi ing, liowcver, the edge can strucli out. It i' easy to fix this by sewing ir On the wrong sidc of the work, sew rhe outer part ot the seleedge srirch t< the first part of the knit rib. Work rhe stitches in every row and Irotn side to side, alternateh trom nghl to leń and leń to right (sec also double facing, page 66).

For I x 1 ribbing, you achieve the same effcct ifyou work the seleedge stitch and the llrst stitch ol the facing in stockinette stitch on the outer edge. The sełvedge stitch then rolls in halłway and docs not nced to bc attachcd cvcn alter you wear and wnsh the piece many times.

Another problem Is il facings lliat are worked with the piece srretch in length laler. This can be from overły loose selvedge stitches. or the indivi~ dual stitches can btCOlTie Iargcr, par-licularly il you worked knit 1, purl I

If ihc facing strctchcs out. the outer part oj the seJtcdge vrirc/i can

IłC MTUII toijct/ler u ith the fint [Htrt oj the hut rib. On ihc ngla suk, thć seam cant be scen at uli.

alternateh. And il you have huttons on the piece, the buttonholes on one side and the weighl ol the huttons on the oihcr side will srretch rhe piece even morę. Nonnally, smallcr nccdles are used Kir ribhing and facings, spccifically lor this rcason.

You can prevent rhe facings from sirctching in length by working shortened rows. To do this. you can usc the buttonholc and button lo-cations as rcference points. In tex-rured parterns, you can also sclecr a speciftc row in the pattern to work rhe burronhole and. there-forc, tłic shortened row as shown on the next page for the dinmond pattern (sec also shortened rows, pages I48ff.).

T/ic /tu m# worked ovcr 10 stitches

cnił u /r/i -I siMches in stiukm-cttc stitch, mclud-mu ilu.- kdcedge stitch. Jim facing mik m by itsclf

Always work the facing with an odd number of sritches. such as 9 stitches used for the piece on the ncxt page.

For the leń front, start in the first row on the wrong side of the work with the seleedge stitch and I purl stitch. Fot the right front, work to wirhin 9 stitches from the end of rhe row; then start the facing with 1 knit stitch and end with the nexr-to-last stitch and the seleedge stitch as purl stitches.

Tlie smali buttcmholc in the example at the nght is worked over 1 stitch. On the Icft front, work to within 5 stitches Irom the end of the row, then work 1 ynrn ovcr and knit the next 2 stitches logeiher. For the right from, work a single decrease

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