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Hi Tracy,</div>
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Thank you very much. Ill keep that info for sure. :)</div>
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I really wish I didnt miss that meeting. </div>
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I heard about the Kitchener stitch. Is it another name for one of those or is it something else?</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> on behalf of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 16, 2026 8:48:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> carcione@access.net <carcione@access.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Sewing knit pieces together</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">At our knit-along Saturday, we talked about how to sew pieces together, among other things.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I know 2 ways to do this, the whip stitch and the mattress stitch. I usually use the matress stitch, but many people use the whip stitch, which is simpler.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please correct my whip stitch instructions, if necessary.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Do all the other finishing first, like weaving in ends. You can block either before or after, whichever you feel is best for your garment.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When I say needle in these instructions, I mean a blunt, big-eye darning needle.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For both, thread a long piece of yarn onto your darning needle.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Pin the 2 pieces together with locking stitch markers that you will remove as you come to them.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Whip stitch:</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This creates a seam with one strong ridge.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Put the 2 pieces together, wrong side out.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Put the needle through both pieces at the corner of the seam. Pull the yarn through, leaving enough tail so it doesnt pull out.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bring the needle back over the top of your seam and put it back through the 2 pieces, in the stitch next to the one where you started. Pull the yarn through and snug it up.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You always put the needle through the 2 pieces going in the same direction.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Repeat until the whole seam is sewn up. Keep your stitches close together so the seam doesnt have any gaps in it.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When youre done, weave in the ends of the yarn you used to sew with.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Mattress stitch:</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">This creates a seam with 2 ridges.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Lay the pieces out with the right side up. In stockinette, thats usually the smooth side. Lay them with the edges you want to sew touching each other.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Pin them together at the corner and some places in between, so that they line up and lie flat. I used openable stitch markers to do the pinning.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">I want to work horizontally, so I have one piece close to me, and the other farther away. For explaining purposes, Ill call them near and far.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Thread your yarn needle with a piece of yarn about 3 times the length of the sewing you need to do.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Put the needle in from the bottom of the beginning corner of the far piece and pull the yarn through, remembering to leave a good tail to weave in later.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Put the needle up from the bottom of the near corner and pull the yarn through. Pull the corners together, but not real snug yet.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">** Put the needle from the top down into the same place on the far piece where you came up last time (in the far corner, if youre just starting.)</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">Angle the needle to come up through the next stitch on the far piece, and pull the yarn through.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">Put the needle from the top down into the stitch where you came up last time on the near piece.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">Angle the needle to come up in the next stitch, and pull the yarn through.
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">Snug the pieces together, and pull your tail to snug the corners.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">Repeat from **.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">If your fabric stops lining up, move 2 stitches on the rumpling side, or, if youve been moving 2 stitches, move one to get things lined back up. This is why you pinned it.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">When youve finished, weave in the ends.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">It makes a nice, flat seam.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph">Tracy</p>
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