[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Whip stich?

[Lovette Yewchan]

Great explanation, thanks.
I’d like to learn more methods of sewing knitting items together. I’d rather not sew, but maybe that’s because I am always feeling insecure about methods I use.

Lovette


> On Jun 17, 2020, at 4:54 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> As I understand it, you put your 2 pieces together with the right sides
> together, on the inside.  Then you bring your needle up from the bottom
> through the first holes (which are together).  You flip your needle down and
> bring it up again through the next holes.  You could do this the same,
> working from the top down, whatever you like.  
> What you're doing is wrapping the yarn around the outside of the seam, which
> is why it's called the whip stitch.
> 
> I only recently started sewing pieces together.  I worked seamless for a
> long time, and I think I'll go back to that when I can.  The stitch I was
> taught to sew pieces together is the matress stitch, which is a bit more
> complicated than the whip stitch, and probably takes a bit longer to work.
> I don't know if either stitch has some advantage in neatness, sturdiness, or
> smallness of seam.  I'd be interested in opinions on the subject.
> Tracy
> 
> 
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> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Whip stich?
> 
> Hi there.
> Can someone describe how to do the whip stitch to sew to knitted ends
> together?
> Thanks.
> Lovette
> 
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