For many knitters often becomes a problem finishing the product, such as formal and elegant clothes. In this case, well to master the technique of hem.
What is the hem, and how to use them to frame edge knitted goods? Consider the types of hem, and how to fix them.
Hem - a method of processing a bottom of knitted products, its sleeves, sides and neck. Hem can start or end the knit item. This design fit front embroidery. The height of the folded hem is typically 4 - 5 cm for the bottom of the product, for example a jacket, dresses, skirts. In another case - a 2 - 3 cm for the bottom sleeves, and also to the neck strap, and collar-small stands strap-fastening.
Hem sleeves and collar / open sources
types hem
Differ only way to perform hem bending, which is the outer edge of the hem folded. Accordingly, they are divided into straight and jagged hem.
straight hem
There is a range of fold backstitches loops knit on the front surface of. Purl loop, you need to knit tight to the fold has not turned out stretched. That the product does not expand to the bottom, it is better to tie a hook edge hem. Straight hem is well suited for finishing bottom of the product and sleeves.
Straight hem / open sources
scalloped hem
small teeth
Folded hem along lines of a pattern that constitute the small teeth. When a flat knitting to perform the pattern must be an odd number of loops.
Front row 1 face, then alternately nakida 1 and 2 along the front hinge. In the purl row sc knitted purl.
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big teeth
They are also called festoons. Number of loops hem should be a multiple of four.
Front row: * 2 sts along the front, 2 sc, 2 sts together with the slope to the left. Repeat from *. In the purl row 1st sc from provyazyvaetsya wrong. 2nd sc performed purl crossed. Then provyazyvaetsya usual seamy loop.
Large cloves / open sources
How to fix the hem
Before securing the hem, it necessarily need to be ironed in the expanded form, but not along the fold line. Secure hem by using needles and a needle.
spike
Thus you can only consolidate when knitting from the bottom when the work begins with the hem.
1. Composing a number of hem, performed more cotton thread. Next fit hem to the desired height of the working. Left knitting, you need to be ironed.
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2. After necessary otplesti cotton thread typesetting series. Knitting formed by the fold line, taken in the left hand and right hand needle, make a copy alternately one loop with the spokes of the left hand and a series of open loops. Open hinges bottom hem can be put on an extra needle and loop to retake it.
3. When all the loops will be on one spoke, they need to knit together the front two loops in a row.
4. Then fit in one row purl loops on the wrong side of the work. Next, the knitting starts for the selected product design.
Consolidation using needles / open sources
needle
Hem can be attached to the needle both in open and in closed loops. In both cases, before you start to sew, hem should be folded along the fold line and iron as a whole, including the fold line. When stripping hem with teeth need to pay attention to how they are obtained, adjusting them until jersey still wet, if necessary, and proglazhivaya again. Once ironed hem, it is necessary to tack or pin it with pins.
Filing for the open loop
In order to get the open loop, the hem should be completed more cotton thread. During the first ironing the hem number of loops, knit extra thread, and a few rows from the main thread you need to steam special care to fix those loops that will open. Hem stitched seam kettelnym.
Filing for open-loop / open sources
Filing of closed loops
For the binder used hem tailor blindhem Used for skirts or binder podpushek Beek, which was treated with edges, such as armholes. Work is positioned vertically so that the hem on the left. Sew should be from top to bottom. One stitch is necessary to catch the arc loop the main part of the product, and then stretch the string through it, and then needle to inject the inner side in the anchor row hem lying beneath the loop and bring it out.
The closed loop / open sources
After fixing any need to be ironed again: first, from the inside, and then his face. Steaming helps make hem more flat and properly formed seam is virtually imperceptible.
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