Youtube Mattress Stitch

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Youtube mattress stitch. Mattress stitch is the best all purpose seam used in knitting. One of the most important things to learn with knitting is how to sew knit seams. It s only a half stitch from the edge of the knitting and lies flatter.

To join two pieces of crochet together. Lay out the two edges that will be sewn lining up the corresponding stitches on each side. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Diana sullivan teaches a quick and easy good looking seam for sewing up your knits. Here we slow the technique down for very visual learners. 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.

I find that the mattress stitch creates the most seamless and invisible seam and it does so without the ridge inherent in most other methods of joining crochet pieces. Mattress stitch is a great seaming technique to use for sewing seams in knitting.