Vintage Modern Knits

by Courtney Kelly

  Mattress Stitch

  Place the pieces to be seamed on a table, right sides facing up. Begin at the lower edge and work upward as follows for your stitch pattern:

  Stockinette Stitch with 1-Stitch Seam Allowance

  Insert threaded needle under one bar between the two edge stitches on one piece, then under the corresponding bar plus the bar above it on the other piece (Figure 1). *Pick up the next two bars on the first piece (Figure 2), then the next two bars on the other (Figure 3). Repeat from *, ending by picking up the last bar or pair of bars on the first piece.

  figure 1

  figure 2

  figure 3

  Stockinette Stitch with ½-Stitch Seam Allowance

  To reduce bulk in the mattress-stitch seam, work as for the 1-stitch seam allowance but pick up the bars in the center of the edge stitches instead of between the last two stitches.

  Whipstitch

  Hold pieces to be sewn together so that the edges to be seamed are even with each other. With yarn threaded on a tapestry needle, *insert needle through both layers from back to front, then bring needle to back. Repeat from *, keeping even tension on the seaming yarn.

  Sources for Yarn

  All of the yarns in this book are from The Fibre Company and are distributed by Kelbourne Woolens.

  Kelbourne Woolens

  915 North 28th Street, second floor

  Philadelphia, PA 19130

  kelbournewoolens.com