If you’d like to decorate the side edges of your projects with beautiful borders, or simply keep those edges nice and neat, tutorials in this collection will show you a number of ways to do it.
To make sure the stitches that we pick up from an edge of the fabric are evenly spaced, we need to divide the edge into a number of sections and pick up a certain number of stitches from each section. We discussed this approach over here. It is a reliable method, but it requires quite […]
Ribbing is a wonderful stitch pattern, but it has one significant drawback – the side edges of a fabric formed by any type of ribbing look like an unsightly mix of bumps and crooked stitches. It is not a big issue when an edge is hidden in a seam, but it becomes quite an eyesore
Quite often, we want the side edges of a stockinette stitch fabric to stay flat instead of rolling in as they usually do. But sometimes, the rolled edge can add an interesting touch to a project. The trick here is to control the curling so that the edge does not roll all the way to
Whether we use the classic way to pick up stitches from an edge of a project, or a neater alternative to the classic method, we inevitably form a ridge on the wrong side of the fabric. This imperfection is especially annoying when we add bands to cardigans, blankets, shawls and other reversible projects. We learned
One of the most popular knitting stitch patterns – the stockinette stitch – has a major drawback. Its edges curl. Especially its side edges. Sometimes they curl so much that the whole piece of fabric turns into a tube. Unless we want to knit tubes, we have to do something to tame that infamous stockinette
There are many ways to make side edges of our projects nice and neat. Some of them are decorative, others are more subtle, but very few methods form edges that are easy to seam. The stockinette selvedges method is one of those rarities. It gives us edges that are easy to join in a tidy
Knowing the difference between selvedges and borders in knitting is not going to change the way we make the side edges of our knits neater or better suited for seaming. But it helps to understand why some edgings are called “selvedges” (or “selvadges” in some sources) and others are called “borders”. This question was sitting
In most cases, we don’t add any edgings to garter stitch. The natural bead-like side edges look nice and are consistent with the rugged texture of the garter-stitch fabric. But when we frame garter stitch with sleek chains of stitches formed by slim i-cord, we elevate this humble stitch pattern to a totally new level.
Whenever we want to add a button band, an afterthought edging, a sock gusset, or top-down sleeves, we have to form an initial set of stitches from a side edge of the project. This process is often called “pick up and knit”, and it is extremely helpful when we want to avoid seaming. The classic
Sometimes, the edges of our finished projects are less-than-perfect – flared, too flimsy or uneven. Of course, we could wear this garment or accessory, but we all know that we would cringe every time we see those edges, and there is very little chance that this project will ever become our favourite. In these cases,
