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Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Whew! I didn't think i'd ever get done with these scarves. Oh. Actually, I'm not done. And I have soooo little left to do! But, alas, I keep getting sucked in by new yarns, new patterns, new things to spend time on (like the baby cardigan for Allison). Oh well. I'm so close to being done, it's silly. Actually, the silly part is that I really like sewing them together. I mean, it only takes me about an hour (and one large coffee) to sew 2 of them together - and I'm always just so tickled with the result. That said, I have 3 hours of work remaining. I think i can do it before February! You can take a look at the beginning of the scarves to throws project, if you need to get caught up!
Anyway, we promised you an instructional article on sewing these together... and that's what i'm going to write about here. To tell the truth, we filmed a video a few days ago, but just realized that the sound wasn't working. So we're giving you the next best thing! I'm calling this a "modified mattress stitch" because each of the scarves that we're sewing together is different and has a different kind of edge. It's a little more flexible that the traditional mattress stitch - and the variation in edges and yarn colors do a great job of hiding the imperfections in your technique. So... here's how i've been sewing mine together. Shown below are Harvest on the left and Motherlode on the right.
Posted by Laura of Jimmy Beans Wool | ||||||||||||||||
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