46+ How To Kitchener Stitch
Background. Kitchener stitch, also known as grafting, seems tricky until you do it a few times. Accordingly, he invented (or more likely, imho, he had an expert knitter invent, and then took the credit for) a way to finish off socks smoothly.
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1leave a yarn tail for grafting about four times the width the needle secures the stitches while you block your pieces. Insert the tapestry needle into the first stitch on the front knitting needle as if to purl. It can very daunting for someone who hasn't grafted before, but it doesn't have to be in this video, i demonstrate how to work kitchener stitch without a tapestry needle, using knitting needles only.
Thread a length of working yarn three times the length of the pieces you are joining onto a tapestry needle.
Learn how to do the kitchener stitch. Is there a video on how to prevent those ladders when doing dpns? Finally, pull the yarn tight, cut it off to a short amount, and weave in yarn on the inside of the work. You start with two rows of live stitches and important note for grafting:
