Seaming-garter stitch

Jen17 · 04-28-2011, 12:51 PM

Hi,
My grandmother used to make these knee socks and I found the pattern. The problem is in the seaming. The whole "sock" is knit in garter stitch.
What is the best way to seam these.
I tried to post the picture, but the jpeg is too large.

Thanks for any advice!

Jen

Jen17 · 04-28-2011, 01:07 PM

Hi,
here are the socks, I resized the photo...
Thanks for any advice?

Jen

P.S. will the mattress stitch work with garter stitch?

Jan in CA · 04-28-2011, 01:14 PM

It will never be completely invisible, but there are ways to do it. Here's the websites I used to help me through it.
http://www.studioknits.com/bookpage74.htm

Scroll down on this one -
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/mattress.html

Jen17 · 04-28-2011, 01:23 PM

Jan,
Thank you so much! I'm going to take out the seam and redo the blue socks. I have a pair of white ones ready to block and then I will try this garter stitch seaming!
Take care,
Jen