What stitch (and how!) do I use to sew sleeves onto the body of a sweater? They've got the little sleeve cap things. The only way I know how to sew is mattress stitch, and that's obviously not going to work for me...
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I use mattress when I sew on sleeves. Instead of picking up bars on both sides, I pick up stitches from the sleeves and bars from the body.
I usually connect the sleeve to the body with a tied-on piece of yarn at the ends, the top and halfway down the sides. As you sew them on, you can adjust the number of bars/stitches/parts of stitches to ease the sleeve to fit. If you want, you can start at the top and work down each side, so if there is any unevenness, it's in the armpit.
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Smart, Ingrid! Thanks. :D
Too bad it's STILL gonna be an ugly sweater.
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Fear the Sock Monster! RAWR!
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ~Friedrich Nietzsche Double Pointed - a knitting blog
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