The Ultimate Guide To Knitting Finishing Techniques
Make your projects look professional through blocking, seaming, buttons, and zippers
Introduction to Blocking
Materials
Wet Blocking
Steam Blocking
Wet Towel Blocking
Lace Blocking
How Often to Block
Will my Project Felt?
Matching your Yarn to your Method
How to do a Figure 8 Join
How to do a Vertical Garter Stitch Seam
How to do a Horizontal Garter Stitch Seam
How to do a Garter Stitch Horizontal to Vertical Seam
How to do a Back Stitch
How to do a 3 Needle Bind Off Seam
How to do a Whip Stitch Seam
How to do a Vertical Mattress Stockinette
How to do a Horizontal Stockinette
How to do a Horizontal to Vertical Stockinette
How to Crochet Slip Stitch Seam
Yarn Over Button Hole
Two Row Button Holes
Two Row Button Holes Variation A
Two Row Button Holes Variation B
Double Yarn Over Button Hole
One Row Button Hole
Picking up Stitches
Vertical Button Hole
Introduction to Finishing 103 Zippers
Gauge Swatch
Joining the Round and Round 1
Color Change to B
Bind off Bottom of Pocket
Cast on Pocket Top
Rejoining the Round
Color Change to C
Color Change Back to A
Join Bind off and Weave in Ends
Placing the Zipper
Sewing the Zipper
Trimming the Zipper
Bar Tack
Graft Bottom of the Bag
Picking up Stitches for Side Pocket
Sewing Side Pocket
Beginning the seam on the Side Pocket
Vertical Zipper
Final Thoughts (103Finishing)
Blocking Cheat Sheet
Zippers & Pockets Pencil Bag
Convertible Cowl Pattern