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april 14, 2009
by any seams necessary
I avoided it as long as I could. With the temperature approaching 50, I had to admit that it was time to for me to start seaming wee's buttercup baby jacket together. Not that I had the slightest idea of how to join the v-shell crocheted shoulders or set the knitted sleeve into the crocheted armhole. I asked a few experienced crocheters about a special technique to seam crocheted pieces, but apart from telling me not to crochet the seams together, they didn't really have any sort of secret tricks to reveal. A peek at Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet posted by alison at 3:18 pm | in
buttercup baby
Comments
I double-dog dare anyone to give you any grief about it! I think it looks lovely. Posted by: Libby H at April 14, 2009 4:21 PMGlad you've got my back, Libby! Now I'll be able to put it on her without fear. ;0) Posted by: ALISON at April 14, 2009 4:36 PMIt looks great. Very nice job lining up your pattern. When I am seaming crochet, expecially with a shell stitch, I usually lay both pieces on a flat surface and weave back and forth between both pieces on the wrong side. (This is as opposed to holding the right sides together and working in the air.) It will give the most seamless appearance. I try to go straight across when stitching between the two pieces and then carry up to the next insertion point. It's kind of a modified whipstitch. You are right though, we all fly by the seat of our pants when seaming crochet. The most important thing is to make it look correct on the right side. You passed with flying colors. Posted by: Lauren at April 14, 2009 5:27 PMThanks for the tip, Lauren! I'll have to give that a try when I sew up the other shoulder. Thanks for the kudos too. :0) Posted by: ALISON at April 14, 2009 5:35 PMNot to be too persnickety -but it is only Tuesday April 14th. Posted by: gayle at April 14, 2009 5:54 PMThanks, Gayle. How did that happen? All fixed now though! :) Posted by: ALISON at April 14, 2009 9:33 PMMy guess is that you did it better than the book would have told you to... but I'll be sure to inspect it closely at first chance! ;-) Posted by: Johanna at April 14, 2009 9:47 PMNooooooooooo... ;0) Posted by: ALISON at April 14, 2009 10:27 PMThat looks heads and shoulders above any crochet seaming that I've attempted/butchered. Kudos to you Alison!!! Posted by: Teish at April 14, 2009 11:50 PMI don't do that much crochet, but everything I've seamed I've either cobbled together or I've done a crocheted slip stitch. As long as it isn't too bulky and doesn't look weird on the right side I consider it a win. Now if I could only get my mind to think like that a little bit more with the knitting, I might get a lot more finished! Posted by: Seanna Lea at April 15, 2009 10:20 AMI love that this project is both knit and crocheted. BUT, how are you going to list it on Ravelry? So far, you have to choose one or the other as to technique.
Loving the color you chose and looking forward to see it modeled. Posted by: Sandee at April 15, 2009 2:13 PMDid your friends say why not to crochet the seams? Is it the bulk factor? I am finishing this large sweater for my husband and was thinking about crochet-slip-stitching the sides together, but now I'm concerned! Posted by: jenny at April 15, 2009 3:10 PMI can't wait to see it on wee one. I hope you'll post a picture! Posted by: Minneapolismama at April 15, 2009 6:07 PM |
seemed to confirm the fact that crocheters are kinda winging it, either backstitching, whipstitching or doing some muddled approximation of mattress stitch with various parts of the knots, er, stitches. I decided that it would be slightly less difficult for me to just make up some sort of seam than to understand the pictures in the SnB book, so I went ahead and grafted the two shoulders together and stitched in the gathered sleeve as best as I could. If I can avoid an inspection by the crochet police, I think I may get away with it.