What is whip stitch in knitting?
Whip stitching is a common way to join two pieces of crochet or knitting together. I often use it because it is simple to do, virtually invisible, and lays nice and flat. Here I am using a contrasting color to show you the stitches, normally you would use yarn of the same color so the seam stays hidden.
What is the mattress stitch in knitting?
The Mattress Stitch is a finishing technique for vertical seaming. It creates an invisible join between pieces worked in stockinette stitch or ribbing, perfect for so many things, such as sewing the front and back of a sweater together.
What is a live stitch?
The Live Stitch to Bind Off Graft, as the name clearly suggests, is a seaming method that involves seaming one edge with live stitches and another with an edge of either bind off or cast on stitches.
What does whip stitch look like?
The pattern should look like a spiral, moving up the edge of the crochet. Start with the piece of crochet your yarn is connected to and end the stitch through the opposing piece. You can pull the yarn through either one or two loops on each of the crochet pieces, depending upon what type of pattern you want.
What is a whip stitch used for?
The whip stitch is often used in applique making, closing the sides of pillows and cushions, hemming jeans, attaching crocheted amigurumi toys together as it produces a neat seam, and in leather lacing as a decorative stitch in leather garments and accessories.
How do you start the mattress stitch in knitting?
1Lay out your pieces next to each other, right sides facing up, bottom edges toward you. 2Locate the running thread between the first and second stitches on the bottom row of one piece. 3Thread the tail of yarn or a fresh piece on a tapestry needle. 4Join the bottom edges of the pieces, using a figure eight.
What is mattress stitch like?
The principles of mattress stitch are very simple, you work in the direction that the piece was knitted in and join the pieces together with right sides facing you, by sewing through one bar between stitches on one side of a seam and then a corresponding bar on the opposite side of the seam.