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Hi there,I want to know how do I get neat sides on my garment when knitting please. The left side of my work always seems looser and seems longer than the right.
Can you help me.
Many thanks
Rose Devane Ireland.
When you knit the edge stitches just put the tip of the needle into the stitch.Don't insert the needle the whole way. When you wrap with your yarn it will make a smaller stitch.
This is a very common problem because the stitch is only being pulled from one adjacent stitch not on both sides like all the other stitches.
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Answers by Expert:
susan wills
Expertise
Anything hand knitting related.Cannot answer machine knitting questions or frame knitting questions. Fiber /history related.
Experience
Professional knitter, finisher for over 25 years. Worked as professional knitting editor, teacher , knitwear designer for over 10 years. I now own a yarn shop.I'll tell you what I'd do. If I don't know , I will tell you that.Background in fiber history/quilts/sewing/spinning as well.
Organizations
Handweavers guild of Boulder, Co.
Publications
Published designer: Knit Style, Cast on, Knitters, INKNITTERS. Edited for McCall's Needleworks Magazine.
Education/Credentials
Self-taught.
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