Teach Yourself Visually Knitting

This seam is excellent for joining a bound-off edge
to a side edge, as in joining a sleeve cap to an
armhole.

1 Thread a tapestry needle with a long enough
strand of yarn to sew your seam and leave a
6 -inchtail.

2 With the right sides facing, line up the
bound-off edge and the side edge.

3 Insert the needle from back to front through
the V of the first stitch on the right side of the
lower piece, below the bound-off edge, and
pull the yarn through until about 6 inches
remain.

Finishing Techniques

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4 Insert the needle on the other side of the join—directly across from the same
point on the vertical piece—under one of the bars between the first and sec-
ond stitches on the horizontal piece. Pull the yarn through.
Note:Because you are matching rows to stitches in this join, and because there are usually more rows
per inch than stitches, you need to pick up two of the bars on the horizontal piece every other stitch or
so to keep the seam even.

5 Bring the yarn across the join and pick up the
loops that make the point of the upside-down
V of the next stitch on the vertical piece,
pulling the yarn through, trying to imitate the
size of each stitch in the knitted piece.

6 Continue alternating back and forth between
the upper and lower pieces until you finish the
seam.

7 Weave in the loose ends.

Note:A contrast color yarn was used here to sew the seam

for illustrative purposes. Be sure to sew your seams with the

yarn used to knit the pieces for your seams.

Invisible Vertical-to-Horizontal Seam

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