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25
How do I finish off the baby booties?
ByI’m a beginner knitter and I found these simple instructions for baby booties at http://www.carewear.org/patterns/knit/knit.cfm?pid=_p11_easy_baby_booties.cfm
However, I’m not actually sure what it means to “sew seam” Can someone please help me?
3 Comments
November 25th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Fold in half and sew the bottom and front of the bootie. Sew with the same yarn as you knitted with.
November 25th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
You basically sew the seams of the bootie together. The mattress seam ( http://knitty.com/issuespring04/mattress.html ) is a pretty basic method.
November 25th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
You will sew the seam up between the ankle area and the toe. There are a couple of ways of doing this. To see a couple of different ones, check this site toward the bottom of the page:
http://www.ethknits.co.uk/How-to-Knit/how_to_knit.htm
There are also a couple of videos on youtube showing different methods:
This one shows how to do a back stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFFTgKay8g
This one shows how to do a whip stitch (only use single yarn though):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt9moyAmoW4
When you have finished you need to weave the ends in so that they cannot be seen.
In this video you can see the ends being woven in and if you take careful note, you can see also that the seams have been stitched together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B9u6boPMJA
Hope this helps. Good luck