Comments on: Arwen: The Hem

By: theresa

theresa — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 21:56:07 +0000

Very smart hem plan!! Who wants to sew if it’s not necessary? I love your yarn choice – much nicer than what the pattern called for. I’m not crazy about the sleeve either, and am planning a raglan or set-in b/c it’s more flattering. I also like the idea of some waist shaping. I’m doing a long, collared (love the reversible cable) version in Manos rust…

By: brenda in toronto

brenda in toronto — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:52:51 +0000

you are a clever, clever dame. i’m with you – anything to lessen finishing time!

By: Debi

Debi — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:59:26 +0000

I love it too! So clever
I sometimes cast on provisionally for big projects anyway…I can always bind off later and sometimes I need to see the whole piece before I decide on the finishing treatments!

By: diana

diana — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:47:26 +0000

I love using this technique and it looks great!

By: Marnie

Marnie — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:42:27 +0000

That’s one of my alltime favorite techniques. I posted a similar tutorial back in early 2005
http://marniemaclean.com/words/2005/01/no-sew-hem.html
And the really funny thing is that NonaKnits posted about it recently too
http://nonaknits.typepad.com/nonaknits/
It’s epidemic! 😉

By: Kellee

Kellee — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:56:00 +0000

Oh damn. That IS clever.
AND it avoids that whole ‘just-how-tight-should-i-yank-this-yarn’ issue when sewing the hem. fantastic.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:19:39 +0000

That’s so funny, I thought of doing that too!! I decided not to though because I want to seam the fronts to the back and then do the hem as one piece all around so the hem will look smooth at the seam area. I go through the same debates with sewing too. Sometimes I coverstitch hems down before sewing the side seams to save time, and sometimes depending on how I think the finished garment will look, I do it the old fashioned way and do the hems last.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:04:00 +0000

That is how I do my hems also – much easier then trying to sew it up!

By: jody

jody — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:59:43 +0000

chris, christy, and heather g – i wish i could do that, but i always struggle with starting in the exactly correct place, or picking up an extra stitch or something. so the provisional is better for me because i have the exact right number of stitches and i don’t have to think about it.
truthfully i wish i could do the longtail pickup better, but it’s just not working for me!

By: Heather G.

Heather G. — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:53:31 +0000

I also do a longtail and pick up the stitches as I do and k2tog… but that might be because the provisional cast on hates me, and also because I love the rhythm of it.
Your hem looks so tidy. I love your choice of yarn.