Curled edges

[grammama9]

Hello All-

I don't remember what to do about curled edges on my small knitted items. Does washing and pinning while damp take care of it? I'm knitting clothes for 18" dolls.

Thanks!

[knitcindy]

What stitch are you using? Curling happens 99.9% of the time when you're using stockinette stitch. You would have to use a wide border of garter or seed stitch to stop the curling. But since you're making dolls clothes, I don't think a wide border would work.

knitcindy

[salmonmac]

You can try blocking but if it's stockinette, it just wants to curl and it will have its way. This is a very familiar topic. Lots of discussion here. and some ideas here in part one of a series on fixing curling. In some cases it's helped by a deep border of garter or seed st but that may not be possible for the small items you're knitting. Maybe lining the item?
Hope you can find a solution!

[grammama9]

What stitch are you using? Curling happens 99.9% of the time when you're using stockinette stitch. You would have to use a wide border of garter or seed stitch to stop the curling. But since you're making dolls clothes, I don't think a wide border would work.

knitcindy

Yep, stockinette.

[grammama9]

You can try blocking but if it's stockinette, it just wants to curl and it will have its way. This is a very familiar topic. Lots of discussion here. and some ideas here in part one of a series on fixing curling. In some cases it's helped by a deep border of garter or seed st but that may not be possible for the small items you're knitting. Maybe lining the item?
Hope you can find a solution!

Thanks. Guess I'll just wash and pin, and hope for the best.

[suzeeq]

If you'll be sewing the edges that will stop it.

[InterNette]

I border afghans and scarves when I dont want curling.