I did a lot of experimenting with applied i-cord when I was designing the Ruby hoodie. Because the i-cord is a contrasting colour to the hood, I wanted to make sure the other colour wasn’t poking through the i-cord when it was complete.
Tutorials
Ruby on Board
I got a little carried away with finishing my Ruby hoodie and I didn’t block the hood before working the top seam. It’s easier to block when it can lie flat, but I improvised.
Ruby Pocket Part III
To avoid as many sewn seams as possible, I like join the top of the kangaroo pocket to the Ruby hoodie front by knitting them together.
Since writing this tutorial I’ve used this technique for joining two fabrics together on other projects, too.
Ruby Pocket Part II
Time for another installment of the kangaroo pocket on the Ruby hoodie design. After the front of the sweater is knit up to about the armhole (refer to instructions for the exact location), it’s time to pause and knit the front of the pocket.
Ruby Pocket Part I
I prefer not to sew on pockets. This method for making a kangaroo pocket on the front of the Ruby hoodie pleases me to no end.
Divide Pocket
Step 1
Work to the point where you want the bottom right corner of the pocket to begin.
Mattress Graft
When joining the top of a sleeve to the body of a sweater, I like to use a combination of both mattress stitch and grafting. Grafting is used for the edge with the bound-off stitches, while mattress stitch is used on the selvedge stitches.
Kangaroo Pocket Seam
For most seams I really like to use mattress stitch which is also sometimes called invisible seam, running thread seam, ladder stich, vertical grafting and weaving. With mattress stitch, the seam is generally sewn one stitch in from the edges thus requiring a one-stitch selvedge on each edge.
“Long Tail” Bind Off
There are times when we want a bind-off edge to look exactly the same as the cast-on edge. A while back, I needed to cut the cuff off of one sleeve and rework it from the top down.
Sleeve Surgery
I cut my knitting.
Don’t worry, I knew what I was doing!
When I was knitting the garter stitch ribbing for the cuff of the Tangled Yoke sleeve I had some trouble getting gauge.
Curvy Seam Allowance, Straight Seams
Recently a knitter asked me about how to seam the Peacock sweater. Great question, Beryl! Especially since the seams are all wavy as the peacock lace stitch distorts the rows of knitting, making them move and dance across the row.
