Seaming Garter stitch bind off edges

[Sajomaro]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the process of seaming up my first sweater. Finished knitting it over a year ago but was scared to seam so I tucked it away. I decided the other day that I wanted to finish it and pulled it out. Only problem is that it is done in garter stitch and I can not find any information how to sew the shoulder seams together. I now how to do the mattress stitch for garter stitch for the side seams but nothing on the shoulder seams.

What's the best method for seaming shoulder seams in garter stitch?

TIA

[MerigoldinWA]

Hi, I went and checked out the on line knitting book I know of and it had only a little that would apply, but it may be all you need. Go to this page and look at the heading above picture 20 and picture 20 itself. She shows where to put the needle in to sew a purl stitch there and maybe that will work. Look around there at the other ideas for seaming and maybe make a couple of little swatches to practice seaming up. Do a little experimenting and maybe you will find something that works with the information there.