Comments on: Share Your Seams http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/ Follow my unending quest to knit up my fiber stash. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Abby http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-2/#comment-26637 Abby Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:55:52 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-26637 I think one reason people prefer top-down, seamless knitting for garments has been overlooked here: the purl stitch. Many people knit faster than they purl. Also, in my case, my hand fatigues faster when purling than when knitting. (I knit English, not Continental). Knitting any portion of stockinette stich in the round eliminates a whole heck of a lot of purling, and dramatically speeds up my knitting. Also, it minimizes rowing out, for people who have problems with it. Seamed set-in sleeve garments may fit some people better than raglans, but I've actually found that I have a slightly unusual shoulder configuration, so that knitted-to-directions set-in sleeves somehow hit below the point of my shoulders, giving a faux dropped shoulder impression. I think one reason people prefer top-down, seamless knitting for garments has been overlooked here: the purl stitch.

Many people knit faster than they purl. Also, in my case, my hand fatigues faster when purling than when knitting. (I knit English, not Continental). Knitting any portion of stockinette stich in the round eliminates a whole heck of a lot of purling, and dramatically speeds up my knitting. Also, it minimizes rowing out, for people who have problems with it.

Seamed set-in sleeve garments may fit some people better than raglans, but I’ve actually found that I have a slightly unusual shoulder configuration, so that knitted-to-directions set-in sleeves somehow hit below the point of my shoulders, giving a faux dropped shoulder impression.

]]> By: Annalea http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-2/#comment-26046 Annalea Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:13:52 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-26046 "Would any knitter say she refrains from casting on because her cast-on stitches are sloppy and uneven? Well . . . um . . . no, since that attitude would surely limit the number of things you can knit." lol As my DH says: "Quitting greatly reduces your chances of success." Here's the photo of my first mattress stitch EVAH. It's the Ottobre Designs Soaker. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/Andalee/Blog/100_1576.jpg I followed the instructions here: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/mattress.html Hope this helps someone. :o) “Would any knitter say she refrains from casting on because her cast-on stitches are sloppy and uneven? Well . . . um . . . no, since that attitude would surely limit the number of things you can knit.”

lol As my DH says: “Quitting greatly reduces your chances of success.”

Here’s the photo of my first mattress stitch EVAH. It’s the Ottobre Designs Soaker.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/Andalee/Blog/100_1576.jpg

I followed the instructions here: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/mattress.html

Hope this helps someone. :o )

]]> By: Bruny http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-2/#comment-26042 Bruny Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:07:46 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-26042 I so love to see your beautiful knitting! I've been knitting for only a few years and have never knit an adult sweater yet! I did make a Baby Surprise Jacket and following Theresa's tips on Knitty were very helpful...but I still need some practice and confidence! Gracias,Bruny I so love to see your beautiful knitting! I’ve been knitting for only a few years and have never knit an adult sweater yet! I did make a Baby Surprise Jacket and following Theresa’s tips on Knitty were very helpful…but I still need some practice and confidence!
Gracias,Bruny

]]> By: monkijan http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-2/#comment-25993 monkijan Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:11:04 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-25993 I know there are lots of free, on-line guides, but I'm old school - I like to work with my instruction book open in an area where I can lay everything out easily. I still use Janet Szabo's "The 'I Hate to Finish Sweaters' Guide to Finishing Sweaters" - it's a classic! My mattress stitch seams were not just improved, they were magically transformed the minute I started following her diagrams. :) I know there are lots of free, on-line guides, but I’m old school – I like to work with my instruction book open in an area where I can lay everything out easily. I still use Janet Szabo’s “The ‘I Hate to Finish Sweaters’ Guide to Finishing Sweaters” – it’s a classic! My mattress stitch seams were not just improved, they were magically transformed the minute I started following her diagrams. :)

]]> By: BooBoo http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-2/#comment-25988 BooBoo Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:32:27 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-25988 I swear by Lucy Neatby's "Taking the Chequered Flag: Finishing in Style!". Until I got this booklet, I always dreaded seaming, but this book has saved me a lot of aggravation ever since. I swear by Lucy Neatby’s “Taking the Chequered Flag: Finishing in Style!”. Until I got this booklet, I always dreaded seaming, but this
book has saved me a lot of aggravation ever since.

]]> By: marjorie http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-2/#comment-25986 marjorie Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:48:53 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-25986 I really like seaming, and I agree with you that seamed sweaters have better shape and better fit than those without seams. Although I don't mind doing mattress stitch, my preferred method of seaming is to crochet my seams. This method has gotten some bad knocks from Montse Stanley, who thinks these seams are bulky, but other skilled knitters (Jean Frost) use them. They can be blocked out to be extremely flat. I posted a tutorial on crocheted seams when I was a new blogger, and the photos leave something to be desired, but you can see the method here: http://primetimeknitter.typepad.com/prime_time_knitter/2007/02/the_joys_of_fin.html Here is an example of how perfect and invisible you can make the seam (bottom picture): http://primetimeknitter.typepad.com/prime_time_knitter/2007/10/rhine-beckons.html I really like seaming, and I agree with you that seamed sweaters have better shape and better fit than those without seams. Although I don’t mind doing mattress stitch, my preferred method of seaming is to crochet my seams. This method has gotten some bad knocks from Montse Stanley, who thinks these seams are bulky, but other skilled knitters (Jean Frost) use them. They can be blocked out to be extremely flat.

I posted a tutorial on crocheted seams when I was a new blogger, and the photos leave something to be desired, but you can see the method here:

http://primetimeknitter.typepad.com/prime_time_knitter/2007/02/the_joys_of_fin.html

Here is an example of how perfect and invisible you can make the seam (bottom picture):

http://primetimeknitter.typepad.com/prime_time_knitter/2007/10/rhine-beckons.html

]]> By: Kathy http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-1/#comment-25976 Kathy Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:45:10 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-25976 Ooops -- forgot to say that they are on my blog! Favorite tip is to seam with good light! Ooops — forgot to say that they are on my blog! Favorite tip is to seam with good light!

]]> By: Kathy http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-1/#comment-25975 Kathy Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:44:42 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-25975 Posting my seams right now! Posting my seams right now!

]]> By: --Deb http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-1/#comment-25935 --Deb Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:45:44 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-25935 A picture of me seaming? Here you go: http://chappysmom.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/09/img_4810.jpg And, tips? Take your time, don't tighten too much because that makes it pucker, and be careful to stay in the same row/column so that your seam is straight! A picture of me seaming? Here you go: http://chappysmom.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/09/img_4810.jpg

And, tips? Take your time, don’t tighten too much because that makes it pucker, and be careful to stay in the same row/column so that your seam is straight!

]]> By: Cathy in Va. http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/comment-page-1/#comment-25933 Cathy in Va. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:27:24 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/share-your-seams/#comment-25933 I was just sewing up this project last night and realized, hey, a mattress stitch seam -- let's take a photo! Here's a link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22375542@N05/3057135551/ It's all in twisted stockinette, so it looks a little different. The trickiest bit for me is seaming that bit of seed stitch at the bottom neatly. I was just sewing up this project last night and realized, hey, a mattress stitch seam — let’s take a photo! Here’s a link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22375542@N05/3057135551/

It’s all in twisted stockinette, so it looks a little different. The trickiest bit for me is seaming that bit of seed stitch at the bottom neatly.

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