There are many ways to make side edges of our projects nice and neat. Some of them are decorative, others are more subtle, but very few methods form edges that are easy to seam.
The stockinette selvedges method is one of those rarities. It gives us edges that are easy to join in a tidy seam that looks great on the right side of the work and does not have too much bulk. In fact, there is a way to join these edges with almost no bulk at all.
And the last but not least feature of this wonderful method – it is amazingly simple.
Intrigued? Let’s see how it works step by step.
To join my swatches, I used the regular mattress stitch, but these edges work equally well for any seaming method – an alternative to mattress stitch described over here, backstitch, running stitch, or any other way to put knitted pieces together.
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