[Nfb-krafters-korner] Lisa/Sewing two pieces together

[Susan Roe]

Hi Lisa,

I took a look at your pattern and it is really nice and simple.  I am 
thinking about doing one myself.  What size hook did you use?  For the 
finishing, once you have folded your rectangle in half, with the folded edge 
away from you and the open edge closest to you, starting with the left short 
end, measure 7 inches down from the folded edge and place a marker (such as 
one of those plastic safety pins).  Do the same on the right hand side. 
Then beginning at each marker, sew together your short sides down to the 
corner closest to you that joins the short side with the long open ended 
sides closest to you.

Since there is no right or wrong side to this piece, I would turn it inside 
out which would tuck in any edges you may have once you have made your 
seems.  Now, to sew up that seem, you can do that one of three ways.

1. Single Crochet:  Attach your yarn at your stitch marker and pull a loop 
through with your hook and use that loop as the beginning of your single 
crochet.  Then just incert your hook along the edges through both 
thicknesses of crochetted material and work as though you were crochetting 
along a single thickness of crochetted work.  Bind off at the end once you 
have reached the corner.  This is a seem that would do best to be on the 
inside of your work.  Exact positioning of stitches and material rows are 
not important.

2. Slip Stitch:  Attach yarn as mentioned above.  Pull a loop through with 
your hook.  This is going to produce a raised line of flat stitches on the 
side of the material facing you and will not cross up and over the open 
edges.  It will be similar to a sewing machine stitch, but with only one 
thread.  Moving from right to left along your piece, insert your hook a 
little down from where you drew your loop through and pull a second loop up 
onto your hook.  Now you have 2 loops on your hook.  Pull the loop you just 
pulled onto your hook through the second loop on your needle.  You now have 
just 1 loop on your hook.  Keep these stitches loose because that allows you 
to continue to the left, pick up another loop and draw that loop through the 
second loop.  Continue this stitch moving about an 1/8 to 1/4 inch further 
as you go.  Bind off.  You can make this stitch a little fancy by adding one 
or two chain stitches between each time you move your hook over the 1/8 to 
1/4 inch over.  This will give it a bit of texture with one chain and a 
slightly ruffled look with two chains.  This seem can eather be left showing 
for decoration or turned inside.

3. Shoe Lacing:  I don't know if this is the correct name, but that is what 
I call it because it reminds me of lacing a shoe with one lace.  With a 
large eyed needle, attach the yarn to your piece.  Picture your two edges as 
the split in your tennis shoe where you lace them up and the eyes along each 
side are where you are going to incert your needle.  The front side facing 
you is one piece, the side facing away from you is the second piece and the 
space where the two pieces touch is the middle.  Keep lacing a shoe in mind, 
incert your needle through the back side through to the middle and up 
between the two pieces, being sure not to catch any of the front piece in 
the needle.  Pull the yarn close, but not tight.  Bring your needle opposite 
to your front piece and incert your needle from the front side through to 
the middle space and up, not catching any of the back piece of material. 
draw yarn close, but not tight.  Move down a bit on your back piece and do 
it again.  through the back and up the middle, snug, through the front and 
up the middle, snug.  These cross over stitches are done opposite each other 
and closes the middle gap at the same area/level so it won't leave gaps 
between stitches, but it will pucker if you draw your stitches too tight. 
Where you place the needle is not as important as in knitted material.  For 
knitted material, I like to aim for the ridged bump that is between the 
looser stitch area as you turn each knitted row.  This seem can be either 
left showing or turned in.  You can also use this technique with edges held 
flat together or lay your piece out flat with the sewing edges facing each 
other and you will still use the lacing method, but your action will be; 
through left side and up through middle, snug, through right side up through 
middle, snug.  Move down on left side about 1/8 to 1/4 inche and repeat.

I hope this helps you in choosing a method to seem this nice shrug.  If you 
still have trouble, use my e-mail linc below and I'll give you my phone 
number.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 2:48 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with Lion Brand pattern instructions


> Hi,
>
> I hope that this is okay to post sends lion Brand allows you to share 
> pattern instructions.
>
> I don't understand how to finish this shrug. Based on the instructions, in 
> my mind, there is no opening for your head. Can anyone explain? Is there 
> an error in the pattern?
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> http://www.lionbrand.com//patterns/90689B.html?iP=2&p=2&ss=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionbrand.com%2Fpatterns%2F90689B.html
>
>
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