The Yarn Stash

I'm going to try and feature a technique, pattern or yarn on the forums regularly from here on! The group's gone a little quiet, partially because I've not had the resources to focus too much on it, but I hope this will blow some life back into it. If you come across any crochet items, please PM me - I'm afraid I don't really have that much exposure to crocheting so I'll need some help.

Today, I'm going to present a new grafting technique I've discovered, called the Faux Kitchener Stitch. The regular kitchener stitch is a very useful grafting technique that almost seamlessly binds two pieces of knitting together from live stitches, aka stitches that are still on the needle and not bound off. When you're knitting things such as patch blankets, this isn't a very useful technique.

The faux kitchener stitch reminds me a little of the mattress stitch. The mattress stitch is invisible, but it's worked vertically in most cases. Faux kitchener is worked horizontally. In theory, you could combine these two grafting techniques to make seamless items on the right side!



Want to learn how to do it? It's super easy. Check out the article!