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  • Started 12 years ago by Barbara Stone
  • Latest reply from Carol

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  1. Barbara Stone
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    Yes I know this is meant to be a sewing forum, and we're all really good at cross stitch, but when we were in Norway, I bought some wool to make a cardigan, cos I couldn't afford to buy one. Anyway, I've now finished the bits of the cardy, BUT, and its a big but, I have now got to make it up, and that involves machine stitching it, and then horror of horrors, taking the scissors to it. Does anybody out there know exactly how to do this, or have contacts on how to do it. I got told a name for the process, looked it up on the internet, and got put through to a porn site, which kind of put me off looking for more information on it. I think the process is called skeeting or something like that, so any information would be gratefully received. I'll be going to Leicester, so if anybody is going and knows how to do it, maybe we could have a chat about it. Thanks so much.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. Jean Strange
    Member

    Hi Barbara
    Was interested in this as have knitted for years and never heard of this way of finishing. I typed "Norwegian knitting finishing" into Google and got several sites. The technique seems to be called steeks or steeking. I looked at one site that had some good photos and intructions it was knitty.com/ISSUEspring03/featsteeks.html and looked to be an article from a magazine.
    Hope this might help.
    See you in Liecester.
    Jean.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. Stitcher
    Member

    There is a lady called Kristin Nicholas who has a blog called Getting Stitched on the Farm (http://getting-stitched-on-the-farm.blogspot.co.uk) who is a designer of knitting patterns and I remembered here talking about doing this in an old post.

    The link to the tutorial she did on steeking is http://getting-stitched-on-the-farm.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/its-steek-tutorial.html although she has mentions of the technique in other posts.

    Hope this helps.

    Sarita

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. Barbara Stone
    Member

    Thank you all so much for your help. I will look at all the links, panic again, then read them properly, and hope I can do it without mucking the whole thing up again. Meantime, I'll see you at Leicester Jean.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. Carol
    Member

    this process is called cut and sew but actually you sew first and then cut. There is a lot of info on this on machine knitting sites. I have done it a few times, but not on hand knitting. If you need some assistance please let me know

    Posted 12 years ago #

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