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No, I'm not doing it! I'm NOT. What are you digging in and refusing to do?
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1254	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 12/31/12 1:47 PM I never sew with knits. I got some knit fabric from my sister for Christmas and I'm really excited about making myself a Turtleneck. But let me say this: I'm NOT putting seam binding in the shoulders to keep them from stretching. I'm using a straight stitch on the machine, so why shouldn't that be enough to hold the shoulders. I'm not doing it, I say! Um. What are YOU not doing? j.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1254	Login to reply to this post 3 members like this. Date: 12/31/12 1:49 PM AND ANOTHER THING! I trace my pattern pieces. If the grain line/arrow of the pattern piece is parallel to a fold line or other straight line in the garment: I'M NOT DRAWING IT IN. I'M NOT! j.
Coconuts   Intermediate MI USA Member since 12/2/09 Posts: 1107	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 12/31/12 2:42 PM You sound like me during the Kenneth King Jeanius class- WHY are you meticulously straightening the grain on PAPER?!!
PattyE   Intermediate MI Member since 9/7/10 Posts: 676	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << 2 members like this. Date: 12/31/12 3:00 PM Why don't you want to stabilize your shoulders?
SunnyAlta Intermediate Member since 7/11/10 Posts: 261	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/31/12 3:19 PM Deleted -- Edited on 12/31/12 5:45 PM --
Debbie Lancaster   Intermediate CA USA Member since 9/18/02 Posts: 1688	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << 1 member likes this. Date: 12/31/12 4:06 PM Quote: jadamo00 I never sew with knits. I got some knit fabric from my sister for Christmas and I'm really excited about making myself a Turtleneck. But let me say this: I'm NOT putting seam binding in the shoulders to keep them from stretching. I'm using a straight stitch on the machine, so why shouldn't that be enough to hold the shoulders. I'm not doing it, I say! Um. What are YOU not doing? j. Bravo!! I never have, and have never ever had a problem. Straight stitch does the job. ------ Debbie
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7462	Login to reply to this post In reply to Debbie Lancaster << Like this post Date: 12/31/12 4:27 PM I've wondered about this, too. After all, it does look funny sometimes to have a homesewn garment of stretchy material not stretching at all or at least compatibly at the shoulders! It's a different thing when you've got a loose, floppy knit that really would get very looooong in the shoulder (like down to your elbows) if it were completely unsupported. But I still think even this type should have a little 'give.'
mastdenman   Intermediate CA USA Member since 1/12/04 Posts: 5854	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Subject: No, Im not doing it! Im NOT. Date: 12/31/12 6:05 PM It depends on the knit. If it is a really stretchy knit like a rib knit or something that grows as the day wears on like a slinky knit, then I use a clear elastic in the shoulder seam. Usually I just cut the hanger straps off another garment and use that. I never, ever trace out big 4 patterns. I just go ahead and cut them out. -- Edited on 12/31/12 6:06 PM -- ------ Marilyn January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.
nancy2001   Advanced AL USA Member since 12/3/05 Posts: 6148	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: No, Im not doing it! Im NOT. Date: 12/31/12 6:25 PM I agree that whether or not you need to stablize the shoulders depends on the knit. Knits with good recovery do not need to be stabilized -- I simply use the straight stitch. By the way, you can use clear elastic to stablize knits. ------ The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. Richard Dawkins
a7yrstitch   Intermediate TX USA Member since 4/1/08 Posts: 4476	Login to reply to this post 12 members like this. Date: 12/31/12 6:38 PM No, I'm not doing it! I'm not participating in any threads, groups or 'a-longs' that limit fabric shopping. ------ I have no idea what Apple thought I was saying so be a Peach and credit anything bizarre to auto correct.

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