Intro to Knits

Removing Darts in a Knit Pattern

Removing Darts in a Knit Pattern

As many of you know, all of my knit patterns include some form of darts. Even though many conventional knit patterns do no include darts because of the stretchy nature...
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What to Look for in a Stitch

What to Look for in a Stitch

There are so many options to sewing together knits, it can feel quite daunting to dive in and even begin. Do I serge or use my sewing machine, or what...
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Determinging Right Vs Wrong Side of Knits

Determinging Right Vs Wrong Side of Knits

It can be such a challenge figuring out the right vs wrong side of any fabric, let alone a knit one. But with a few simple tricks, you'll be able...
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Cutting Knits

Cutting Knits

Cutting knits can be a pain in the butt sometimes. Especially when working with really luxurious knits. The softer and drapy-er your knit, the greater chance you are going to...
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Choosing the Right Needle for Knits

Choosing the Right Needle for Knits

We have been chatting a lot about how frustrating it can be to sew with knits, and I hope that you aren't finding that discouraging. I only share these points...
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How to Choose a size with Negative Ease

How to Choose a size with Negative Ease

But what about choosing the proper size for a knit garment? It's so confusing with terms like negative ease, and a range of stretch percentages a garment can be sewn...
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Determining Fabric Stretch

Determining Fabric Stretch

For the longest time, I knew nothing about determining the stretch of a particular fabric, nor did I understand why it was so important. If I had a knit sewing...
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It's all in the Fabric....

It's all in the Fabric....

Have you ever made a pattern straight out the gate and realized as you were coming to the end that something just wasn't quite right? Not that anything was wrong...
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