Knit Mattress Stitch

In this short video cynthia demonstrates how to seam up a hat knit flat using a technique called mattress stitch.
Knit mattress stitch. Mattress stitch is a great seaming technique to use for sewing seams in knitting. After all you ve spent hours days weeks and maybe even months knitting up something wonderful and it can be ruined so easily if it isn t sewn up properly. How to join knitted pieces with the mattress stitch mattress stitch makes a practically invisible and nicely flexible seam for joining pieces side to side.
The seam is on the wrong side the back or hidden side of your work so it will not be visible. The seam itself is flexible neat and firm making it perfect for finishing up several projects from jumpers and cushions to that vibrant patchwork blanket you ve always wanted to finish. What is a mattress stitch.
You can see my regular speed mattres. Mattress stitch is the best all purpose seam used in knitting. A mattress stitch is a vertical invisible seam that joins two knit pieces together side by side.
Here we slow the technique down for very visual learners. You can t use mattress stitch successfully however on pieces that don t have the same number of rows or a difference of only 1 or 2 rows. To create a strong invisible seam join the knits using a mattress stitch.
Amanda keep from berroco demonstrates how to sew a vertical mattress stitch seam using berroco comfort. Use the top stitch if you d like a little edged texture in your seam. The mattress stitch is a method of joining knit pieces together to form one solid piece with a hidden seam.
You can easily learn how to use the mattress stitch and use it to join knit pieces as needed.