After 2 days of frustration after learning 3 different ways to graft I finally came across this ingenious way to graft that I can wrap my brain around! I am knitting my first pair of socks and it is also my first graft. I was considering that maybe knitting socks is not my thing when you turned it all around and I’m already making another pair with a grafted toe! Thank you! Bless you! ❤️🙏🏼❤️

Cheryl you're the best! Your videos are so clear. Gaining the ability to read knitting so clearly is the single most important skill I've learned as a knitter, it changes everything.

I can‘‘t thank you enough for this tutorial. I have searched and watched several videos about this but all except yours are so complicated. You saved me :)!

I love it. I have been knitting for more than forty years and never thought of this way of grafting. It is never too late for learning new things. You show it so clear and easy.Thanks a lot for sharing.

I spent hours trying to figure out how to do an invisible joint on the front and back pieces of a sweater, until I found this. Finally! I bless you - this is simple and informative.

I have been knitting a long time but avoided the kitchener like the plague. would do toe up socks just so I do not have to deal with that. Then I had to do it for a flawless design and wow, I cannot believe that you showed the method so simply that it happened!! I am thrilled.... Thank you so very much

Thank you so much. I have worked Kitchener successfully but like you I have to look it up too and I find this grafting easy and I like how you look at your knitting and see your stitches and follow pattern. I'm looking forward to learning so much from you

Thank you Cheryl. I did as you suggested and my cowl turned out perfect. I will use your kitchener stitch whenever I need it.

My dear Lady, I am finally over 80 and have been knitting/crocheting for over 60 years and I guess I am finally getting a little careless. I was putting a sweater jacket together when in my HORROR discovered the extra long back I had made for a tall son, was forgotten when I made both left & right fronts. Ok manager to take one apart and extended same to fit but how to reattach? I must have looked at my project for at least 4/5 days, trying different options, knew there had to be a way but never having messed up so well in all my years, I had no idea how. Cheryl you saved me. Not only a full explanation but a wonderful clear video which was very easy to follow and it did the trick. Not used to all the internet has to offer yet so out of desperation I typed in "how do I join two pieces of knitting" and you were there to save me. The best example of all the articles listed. Thank you hardly covers it. If I ever get stuck again, you will be the one I come looking for. Your name is now "saved". LOL Thanks again.

I am so glad to have seen this video. The moment you said that you forget how to do Kitchener every time - I was hooked. I knit a lot of socks and every time I get to the toe, I have to look up how to do kitchener stitch every time! Thank you for this very simple method of grafting, I will certainly use this when joining a band to a summer sweater I am about to finish. You have been most helpful and I will certainly look out for your other videos. With best wishes, Linda

That was SO awesome! I just wish I had found this before casting off the two edges that needed to be joined because there is no way in heck that I'm going to attempt to cut the knitting after all that work. I will certainly use this for the next pieces thought. Thank you!

This is the best explanation and presentation ever.

This is the best one I have seen I wish I had seen it before grafting two shoulders seams together with another tutorial. It was a mess as it was done in a dark coloured yarn so it makes it even harder to unpick. This is simply explained and it looks just like a row you knitted. So glad I persevered and found one that is super easy so thank you!

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!!! No more sewing & memorizing the kitchener stitch!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! I make a lot of infinity scarves & have to graft all my scarves....and, of course, I am saying the "manta." I will use this method from now on. I am a visual person, so you explained this so clearly....easy enough for me to understand. Thank you again for a great & valuable tip!

Hello Cheryl, I have just taken up knitting at 62yrs old, and wish to thank you for your helpful videos which I now search out to assist me with progressing my new hobby. thank you from Alison UK

Great Carol! Congratulations and thanks for getting back to me and letting me know how this worked for you.

I just finished my scarf and the work came out beautiful. Thank you for this simple and understanding way to do kitchener stiches.

I'm in the process of adding several inches to my son's jacket and have a lot of grafting ahead of me! I finished the back today using your tutorial. It took me a while to get the hang of it but you're right, it's quite simple and definitely easier than Kitchener's. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so freely. It made a big difference to a harried newbie knitter in Bangalore this weekend!

Oh thank you so much for this! I have been struggling with the grafting under arms when knitting, always getting those irritating small holes, but I finally understand now thanks to this video. Thank you!

Thanks! This is great. Clear instructions with good close ups. Now I feel more confident about finishing my cowl and adding pockets to a cardigan.

Thank you for the grafting lesson! I'm making a football scarf with one team's colours at one end and another team's colours at the other end. Now I can make two pieces and graft them in the middle so that the scarf ends are both cast on and identical: the 'Push Me - Pull You' of scarves. Perfect!

Thanks for your video for showing me how to graft my mitten closed at the top. The Kitchener stitch is difficult and I like this grafting technique better. In fact I realized as I was working with your video on my mitten, I already knew how to do this from sewing shoulder and side seams together on knitted sweaters. Thanks for taking the time to create this KZfaq video. Penelope

This is the best tutorial for me and how my mind works. I looked at several other videos, and, yes, they were helpful in explaining the concept of kitchener in a way I understood. However, when it came time to execute the work, I just could not 'see' it. It didn't help that my yarn was fuzzy either. As Cheryl explains, it helps to have the work flat so you can see the pattern of the stitches. I couldn't do it with needles in, so I ran a contrasting thread of yarn through the stitches. This way works best for me and I look forward to doing this type of grafting for my next project. Thank you for the upload! Very helpful indeed.

This was incredibly helpful! My Kitchener stitch resulted in a bump in my mended sleeve, and this is perfectly flat! Your videos are my favorites to learn new skills. Thank you!!

Hi Cheryl! This is such an excellent tutorial. I am halfway though knitting a jumper and realized I had to graft the sleeves and shoulders. I have never done this before. I looked in a couple of books and got very confused. I then found some "in and out the window" techniques on KZfaq (confusing) - then I found your page! Makes such sense, thank you so much. Makes me want to graft lots of things together now!x

You are most welcome mariat299. I'm glad my way of presenting the subject was clear to you. And thank you for your kind comment.

I cannot explain how instrumental this was to helping me finish a huge project that I'd made an error on. It was tricky at the end because I was knitting in the round, but I figured it out well enough to satisfy my rather critical eye. Thank you so much!!! :)

I love it ! I have attempted to do grafting and always have to give up because I knit mostly the extra fine cashmere yarn and it get unravel . Thanks

Finally grafting makes sense!!! Being slightly dyslexic, I never GOT Kitchener, but now I watched your video only once and I got what I'm supposed to do. Can't wait to get to it hahaha.

Oh wow - THANK YOU!! This is the best demo of grafting I've seen - you make it seem so simple! And now I need to watch the video you referred to about cutting sweater sleeves... This (and that cutting one) is EXACTLY the help I needed to finish (and alter slightly) a project I'm hoping to finish up today. Now it looks like I might actually be able to! :). Thank you for such a helpful and clear demo!

Didn't ever use Kitchener's but always heard groans in my knitting group when people needed to use it ... this was pretty straightforward, thank you! It definitely worked better for me to use a different color lifeline. That made it very easy to see what hole to put the needle back in to, especially when you're knitting with a dark wool or something similar.

Great Video. I have been building courage to use Kitchener stitch for a pair of socks I knitted but so far have not done so. Your instructions are so much easier and simple. I very much appreciate you taking the time to post the video. Grafting seems so much simpler than Kitchener stitch and achieves the same result. Thank you.

Wow, that's an amazing knitting technique! Thank you! I've been struggling with the kitchener stitch, but it's never as flat as I'd like. Your technique is perfect every time! Thank you!

OH MY Cheryl, where have you been all my knitting life! This is wonderful! Thank you. I recently had to fix a hole in a sock and it was very hard for me to follow along a how-to to graft using the Kitchener stitch. It was even more confusing when a right handed person was doing it and I am left hand. I need to figure out how to go in the opposite direction upside down. In another vid I tried to learn how to do this and it was much harder to understand how to follow the pattern. This was great!

I have been knitting only a few years. recently tried socks and learned the kitchener stitch. didn't like it much. found your grafting video today..so much easier. I am adding you to my list of tutors/.mentors! thanks for taking your time to make these videos Jeannie in Georgia

Thank you for this video on flat grafting! I'm delighted that it was still available. It has rescued the Fair Isle sweater I'm knitting for my daughter where I somehow omitted 8 rows by misreading the pattern and was heart sick to think I had to frog back 42 rows to fix the omission. Thank you a hundred fold for continuing to recommend "looking at the stitches!"

Your depth of knowledge and experience shines :) ...thanks for being "out there" when needed

Thank you so much for this ....for someone who absolutely hates the making up process, I actually didn't mind this one! Very clear instructions, video and process. Thanks

After MUCH searching... I have found the Holy Grail! You, my dear, have the best grafting tutorial. Thank you so very very much.

At last, the best video explaining clearly and concisely how to do this stitch-many thanks and much gratitude!

It worked perfectly! My sweater is now the right length and it looks great. Thanks so much for this great tutorial.

Absolutely works! I shortened a machine knit jumper using this method and it was a complete success. Thank you

Thank you so much for this! I have two knitted infinity scarves that I would like to sew together to make a longer one. This is really helpful. Thanks a bunch!

Thanks! Using thick yarn and close camera made it easy to grasp. Also taking loops off the needles made it clearer. 😊

I discovered a problem with the heel of a sock I had been knitting. Because I was actually getting close to having enough length on the foot, I didn't want to unravel. I decided I'd do a little sock surgery and put the foot on waste yarn, unraveling the heel, gusset, and heel flap. Once I got the heel flap, heel and gusset reworked, I was really worried about grafting on the foot. I've used Kitchener stitch many times, but it's always a challenge. I came across this video and feel like this explanation is the best I've seen on a grafting! Thank you, Cheryl.

VERY helpful! I was struggling to get the grafting technique via printed directions. THANK YOU!!

Brillant! I appreciate that your videos are clear and easy to watch. Your explanations make the process so rasyu

Thanks Cheryl, enjoyed your video very much and can't wait to try it, I'll knit then cut , then craft the pieces together. Your #1 in my book. Thanks again Ruth

Hurray , after 5 " Kitchener Stitch " videos , I stumbled over yours ! It makes sense to me ! Thanks a lot , will try it on a Hood , tomorrow .

Thanks so much for showing me how to cut and graft my knitting. It really does look good. I have been able to rectify my mistake without having to knit the whole back of my jumper again. Thanks so much. Keep up the good work.

I've always thought the Kitchener stitch was making this process way too complicated! Good to see that I'm not alone, and thank you for the excellent video tutorial!

I have just found this video Cheryl and it looks like a great tutorial. I shall try it later today as i am finishing my first ever sock

Thank you so much!!! You are a great teacher. After struggling with several other videos and photo tutorials, I found yours and it's simply the best. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Video saved in my "Knitting" list. Greetings from Mexico :)

The best explanation I've found, and the first one that made sense to me. Thank you!

You are a goddess,Thank you! I could not kitchener stitch to save my life. I really have to understand stitch formation to make anything work. Your video was just what I needed thank you!

I've never seen this before. I love it! Thanks so much for the instruction. I always have to look up Kitchener too and I can have no interruptions when I'm doing it either or I forget where I am!

Wow this is so easy and perfect!! You made my day thanks sooooo very much for sharing!!!

I knew there had to be a better, more intuitive way to graft than the insanity kitchener stitch. Thanks for proving me right! You have no idea how happy finding your tutorial for this technique makes me. Thank you a million times over!! :-)

This is exactly what I needed to fix a scarf I'm knitting! Very clear, easy to follow. Thank so much!

Thanks so much for this video. I have had several projects were I used a 3 needle bind off where this would have worked so much better. The lifeline tip is a really good suggestion. I have a cowl pattern I will be starting today. I plan to use a provisional cast on and then use this method to join the ends. Can't wait to try it!,

Finally a logic explanation. Thank you sooo much , this will stay with me forever no need to look it up all the time. Follow the patern and look back , this is genius.

Oh wow! I love this explanation....so much easier...I will continue with my first sewing project and not stash it away in the drawer now! Thank you. You've got me hooked now! Thanks from downunder x

Thank you this is exactly what I needed to graft a picot finish to the top of my baby shawl. It's only 2 ply and a very lacey pattern so I will run the safety line first! Thank you - brilliant.

This is my first comment ever on youtube but I just wanted to let you know how much you helped me with this video. Finally it's soo easy. Thank you.

Hi Cheryl - This was terrific! Kitchener videos that kept repeating "knitwise" and "purlwise" were driving me crazy because my natural self-taught method approaches the stitch post reversed from normal English and Continental knitting (but it gets the job done...) This was super clear and - of course - it is so much better to look at your knitting and understand what you need to accomplish - then do it!

Thank you! This was exactly what I needed!! I had knit a sweater in the round from the bottom up, and somehow it ended up too short. So I had to undo the bottom and add more. Very clear, easy to follow tutorial.

Thank you! I've been struggling with Kitchner stitch and this looks so much easier to read.

Thanks so much for this video! I gave up on kitchener because I could never get it to look right. I can't wait to try this new method!

this is the best explanation grafting two parts.......bundles of thanks

Great video! Your techniques and explanations are clear and I know I can graft without tears!!!

Wow, how simple is this! Thanks so much for this and your other videos I've watched.

Thanks so much this is the best "better Kitchener" I've used. My finishing looks great!!!

"Aran knitting" is a very big category. It depends of the edges you are joining and how they were prepared. As for sewing together seed st, it absolutely can be sewn together to look good. Go to my Sweater Finishing 101 series. It shows a stockinette sweater being sewn together but you can do a variation of the mattress st (a whole or half stitch "weave" I call it) on most edges.

Great video. Thanks. Just finished my first loomed sock and wanted a nice way to close the toe. This will work fantastically.

You are welcome Debra Byhre and thank you for watching and commenting.

Just finishing my first EVER piece of knitting, a beehive tea cosy. The grafting scared me to death but I did it easily following this video....onward and upward.......Barbara , Yorkshire, England

This was fantastic, Cheryl. Thank you so much!

You are very welcome jiab thai. Thank you for watching.

You are so welcome and thank you for watching.

I have been trying to figure out a way to pre-knit Christmas stockings for my hoped-for greatgranchildren, but since I don't know the names I wanted to knit the bottom portion and separately the top portion where I could add the name and then join. I think this is the way to do it. I am thrilled. Thank you so much. Now to put the info where I can find it. BTW Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Thank you so much for making this video. Each time I tried to do the underarm section for a top down or bottom up sweater I always do them wrong. But I see if I do it your way I can not do wrong. Thank you so much once again. Debra

I'm so glad this worked for you. Your learning style happened to mesh with my method of teaching. Now that's a win-win! And thank you for your kind comment.

I have what might well be the craziest questions you've ever received. I was completely inspired by what you have shown in this video and your wonderful videos on the fixing a hole and reclaiming yarn and thought there might be a possibility to fix a series of problems I've created in my knitting rather than starting over. THE SITUATION: I've begun my first top down sweater and am at the place of working the sleeves, which involve carrying forward a pattern of 11 seed stitches that run from the collar down the sleeves. In assessing my knitting, I found the seed stitches look excessively tight and I had knitting errors close to the top. As I went about correcting them - not a quick fix - I noticed the result looked even worse. I watched a simple how to purl video and realized that I had unknowingly created twisted seed stitches, which answered the question of why the stitches looked tight and also gave reason for the different look of the corrected stitches and those I had been creating. Additionally, I have been using a two-ply wool yarn, which became somewhat mangled/worn out in my over-handling during corrections. THE QUESTION: Is it possible to isolate the 11 stitches, pull them all out to their beginnings, put the live stitches from which they began on a stitch holder, soak them in a warm bath or saturate them with warm water spray, wrap them in a towel, hang them to dry, and recreate the columns in correct knit purl to form rows of seed stitches again? If not, would it be possible to keep the body of the sweater, which is all nicely knit and graft it to a newly created top? Do I win the prize for craziest questions ever? Thank you for considering my situation and for your lovely and amazing videos.

where have you been all of my knitting life- great video

Oh, man! This was so easy and clear to follow. What a relief from that horrible Kitchner stitch. Thank you, Cheryl!!!

Thank you for watching and you're welcome!

Finally ! I loved this technique (and the way you explained it) ! It's so visual and much easier than the traditional. I tried another 2 explanations (that didn't work for me) before I got to yours. Thank you ! I would love to see how you finish it.

Thank you. This looks very good to me. Can I use this for the toe on socks instead of Kitchener stitch?

Thank you so much was wonderful as I was looking after many years for just this grafting pattern now maybe I can grab that sweater that was left not finished because I didn't know how to graft. Now I might not be as afraid. And again thank you

THANK YOU!!!! I have been looking for this, and explained well. There are so many but none that I understood. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Aí sim, tô vendo vários vídeos, pra entender essa costura, mais não entendia nada, ninguém faz igual você, parabéns, bem mais fácil.

Thank you for making it look so easy, especially for a beginner! Can you use the Kitchener technique to join the end row to the cast on row of a infinity scarf? So only one row is still on a needle, as opposed to the 2 needles as shown in your video.

Thank you! I've used this info successfully, but am having a challenge with 2 x 2 rib. A sticky mohair yarn, with a large cable at the finish, makes it difficult to read the stitches (and not lose them. Thanks for lifeline idea!) Any suggestions for doing rib?

All other videos on this technique just made my eyes spin with confusion and unravel my brain but your video just makes so much sense. Thank you for grafting my brain together again, Lol. This technique doesn't look so intimidating now. Now I'm ready to graft my cable hat. :)

That's brilliant! I am definitely going to try this!

Great video and looks so much easier than the Kitchener stitch. Thank you

I can follow these instructions very well, thank you! Do you have a tutorial using this technique on garter stitch and pattern stitches? I have a scarf that has a pattern using both knit and purl stitches.

Thank you for sharing a great idea. You've made a sort of confusing stitch simple.

thank you so much for sharing, looks fantastic i cant wait to try it. very helpful tutorial

Several years ago, I was taught this way of sewing the stitches, on a sock, and etc. I have forgot this way of sewing the front and shoulder together without a seam.