After the process of knitting a sweater, dress or any other product, all its details must be combined. But this is not done with the help of a sewing machine, because its stitch is not elastic, and the threads will necessarily tear when stretched knitted parts. For stitching knitted elements, special knitted seams are used. There are several types of them. They are carried out by different methods, tools and threads. Most often, special needles are used for wool or for embroidery with a blunt tip.
Staple preparation
Before you make a knitted seam, all elements of the product must be given the correct shape after knitting. This is done by heat treatment. To avoid deformation of the knitted parts during ironing, they are pre-attached with pins to the pattern. Remember that products made of wool yarn and synthetics should be steamed through the cotton fabric, and gently ironed from the half-woolen, linen and cotton. Attention! The heat treatment process is always done from the wrong side, and gum should not be touched at all so that they do not stretch.
Knitted stitch "loop in a loop"
It is used to connect parts connected by stocking. The main advantage of this method is invisibility. These knitted seams are made by the threads from which the product is connected. Open loops of one part are sewn from right to left with loops of another. The thread is fixed on the wrong side of the upper part. Also, the needle is inserted from the inside into the first loop. Further, the thread should pass along the front side of the lower part through the first loop, then through the second loop from the inside of the lower part. The thread is again wound into the upper first loop from the front side, then from the wrong side, into the upper second loop, etc.
Vertical seam
Parts are stapled vertically from the front. Alternately, the left wall of the loop of one element and the right loop of the second are captured. In garter stitch knitted seams “lacing” are used. The needle is inserted between the last two loops, under the horizontal thread of the first part, then under the transverse second. The stitches are horizontal.
Kettelny seam
It is used to fringe the edges of the products and to connect the grommets, planks, pockets, etc. A strip of 3 cm wide is immediately knitted, after which it is applied and swept onto the part
on the front side so that the edges of the element go under the strip by about 0.3 cm. The loop eyelets should remain open - they are connected with a stitch seam. To do this, you need a thread with a length equal to three finishing strips. The needle is inserted into the second loop from the inside, then into the first loop from above, and the thread is pulled through the third loop from the bottom up. Then again the needle is inserted into the second loop, but already from above, and pulled through the fourth loop from bottom to top. This seam is also called a “back needle”. Before sewing knit stitches, the loops must be carefully steamed to prevent them from “escaping” in the process of joining the parts.