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Knitter's Finishing School Video Course by Diana Sullivan
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Knitter's Finishing School Video Course by Diana Sullivan - 2 DVD SetYes, you can finish your knits expertly! Learn how to make invisible seams and grafts, good-looking button bands and buttonholes, and beautifully-installed zippers!
Knitter's Finishing School - Video Course
is a new resource for all knitters, with clear, high-definition, step-by-step videos.
Wouldn't you love to just relax and
enjoy
the sewing up process on your knits, having confidence that you can assemble them expertly? This set of videos has the information to help you make the most of your investment of time and materials as you give your projects a "blue ribbon" look.
You can use this course by making swatches and practicing the techniques, or as a reference when you need a specific technique. Perhaps you'd like to show it at your club meetings and then practice with your friends. Even expert knitters will find some of the unusual ways Diana does some of the techniques helpful.
Contents of Disk One
:
Mattress stitch for side seams on stockinette, on textures, on a shaped edge, and along a full-fashion decrease edge
Sew in and hide yarn ends - two simple, fast ways
The faster, flatter mattress stitch variation - great on bulky knits, and time-saving as well
How to mattress stitch ribbed areas
Invisible grafting (Kitchener Stitch) from the purl side of the knitting as well as from the knit side of the knitting
Easily made, a "growth line" so you can quickly lengthen a child's sweater so it will fit longer
Grafting various ribbings "bottom to top"
Contents of Disk Two
:
Grafting knit one, purl one ribbing "top to top" (a different approach to the "4-needle graft" - without the 4 needles!)
Wider ribbing grafting top to top, like knit three, purl three
Right angle seams and armhole seams
The three needle bind-off - how to do it with knitting needles and two extra-easy crochet hook methods
Putting a zipper into a seam, as well as installing a separating zipper
Blocking your garment
Picking up and knitting bands, making cardigan bands that aren't saggy
Doubled neck band
Three garter stitch buttonholes and two ribbed band buttonholes
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