Knit Mattress Stitch
After all you ve spent hours days weeks and maybe even months knitting up something wonderful and it can be ruined so easily if it isn t sewn up properly.
Knit mattress stitch. One of the most important things to learn with knitting is how to sew knit seams. Amanda keep from berroco demonstrates how to sew a vertical mattress stitch seam using berroco comfort. Here we slow the technique down for very visual learners.
This knitting how to. The mattress stitch is a method of joining knit pieces together to form one solid piece with a hidden seam. A mattress stitch is a vertical invisible seam that joins two knit pieces together side by side.
The seam is on the wrong side the back or hidden side of your work so it will not be visible. Use the top stitch if you d like a little edged texture in your seam. Mattress stitch is a great seaming technique to use for sewing seams in knitting.
How to join knitted pieces with the mattress stitch mattress stitch makes a practically invisible and nicely flexible seam for joining pieces side to side. The seam itself is flexible neat and firm making it perfect for finishing up several projects from jumpers and cushions to that vibrant patchwork blanket you ve always wanted to finish. Mattress stitch is the best all purpose seam used in knitting.
You can t use mattress stitch successfully however on pieces that don t have the same number of rows or a difference of only 1 or 2 rows. If you d like a softer seam or want to see the seam sew the knits using a whipstitch or top stitch. You can easily learn how to use the mattress stitch and use it to join knit pieces as needed.
To create a strong invisible seam join the knits using a mattress stitch.