+annaluvsu Anna, thank you so much for taking the time to post a comment. I appreciate it and glad that you find my videos helpful....Best of luck with all your knitting projects!

Thank you so much for taking time to comment, greatly appreciated. I'm so happy to hear that my video saved your cap's life - literally. Happy Holidays, happy days and happy knitting!

Susan Evans 🤗🤗🤗

Thank you Andrea for making my day. I truly appreciate your kind comments - thanks again : - )

Well Mrs. Chippy, you just made my morning enjoyable with your lovely comment. Thank you 🙏

That is great to hear Wendy and I certainly appreciate you taking the time to write such a nice comment. Good for you for getting those Christmas gifts done and I hope your friends know how lucky they are to receive such nice gifts. Happy knitting!!!

Thanks so much Nancy. I`m using two strands of yarn held together so that the slippers will be thicker. I can`t wait to knit more afghans with a border knitted, and sewn on separately. They will look so much nicer the way you taught me rather than the way I usually whip stitched them on.

I'm so happy to hear that....Thanks for watching my videos and taking the time to write a comment ; - )

Thank you Angela. I'm so happy to hear that my video helped you out. Happy knitting ; - )

Thank you Rose 🌹

Thank you Wilma for tuning into my channel. I'm glad my video helped you out!

Clare Moriarty Bless your heart Clare. I’m all for it and if it’s a potluck, let me know what I can bring❣️🤣 🧶

@@WynnKnit Excellent! I'll get to work on my money-making scheme. In the meantime, I have used this stitch to do the seams on a child's coat. Will post a pic when she's finished. Thanks again

That's great Kathleen - I'm glad my video helped you and thanks for watching :-)

+Kathleen Ursenbach That's great Kathleen, I'm happy to hear that. No doubt your baby sweater is beautiful and thanks for commenting on my video : - )

That is good to hear and I'm glad my video helped you. By the way, I love the pouch in the picture. Is that your dog? Looks like a German Shepherd which is one of my favorite breeds. We had them when I was kid!

Knitting with Cheryl Brunette Thank you Cheryl for your thoughtful comment as I appreciate it very much. I recognized your name and was especially pleased that a peer in the knitting video world enjoyed found my content helpful. The Afghan you’re seaming sounds lovely and I totally agree that a gentle seam is far better then the thick ones. Happy New Year Cheryl! 🧶🤗🧶

Thank you Nancy. Happy New Year to you too! I think I'll make a video showing the afghan when it's finished and demonstrate how this seam works with 2 colors. I will certainly credit you as the person who taught me this particular variation of garter seaming!

Knitting with Cheryl Brunette Thanks Cheryl and I’ll give you a shoutout too. We can link them together so my viewers can see the beauty of the Afghan. We’re a dying breed Cheryl...we talk gauge swatches and how important they are...younger knitters often disregard them all together!!!

That's great - I'm always happy to hear that my videos help someone! Thanks for watching and good luck with your cardigan. By the way, be sure to keep an accurate count of your rows for your fronts and back. If you don't have the same amount on each piece, your stitches will not match up when seaming ; - )

+Sue Johnson Thank you so much Sue, I'm glad you enjoyed my video!

+Queen's Monsters I am so pleased to hear that your seam worked out well for you because a seam done correctly should never been seen. Good luck with all your knitting projects! : - )

Esther, you put a big smile on my face with your lovely comment. Thank you and I’m glad my video helped you out. Happy knitting and Happy Holidays to you and yours ‼️🧶🎄

Amy Bristol Yes Amy, this seaming method should work out beautifully for joining 2 different colors. Thank you for commenting and for supporting my channel. Happy knitting 🤗🤗🤗

You are so welcome!

+Leslie Fuller Thank you so much Leslie and yes, I have lots and lots of videos. The best way to find them is to visit my website "Knitting with Nancy Wynn" and click on the video tutorial tab. There you'll find 105 of them all categorized. Thanks again! : - )

Thank you ; - )

Thanks for watching Jacky ; - )

+fishlaugh Thank you so much : - )

Thank you : - )

Ikr

It's because we're all de- stressed from knitting lol :)

Yes 😉

Well, at least 95%+ on these videos are women, and knitting makes happy

You are most welcome and thank you for watching my video!

@@WynnKnit It's a very clear and easy to understanding how-to video. Thanks again Nancy.

kcbknitter Great! That's just what I like to hear. I need gimmicks to remember things so I'm happy that the smile vs. frown will work for you too!

As it should be! Thanks for watching ; - )

That's good to hear......Thanks Alex ; - )

Noted and the next time I shoot video, I'll redo it and show both sides : - )

Good luck 🧶❤️

It will be somewhat invisible on the opposite side however, I do have a suggestion. When you are doing the seam, rather than reaching over one stitch in to grab the smile stitch on the right piece, work the very edge smile stitch instead - just as you do for the frown stitch on the left side. This is super invisible because you are basically bumping the edges together - no overlap! The down side is that it's a bit of a flimsy seam so what I do is work it again on the wrong side. Hope this makes sense and I answered your question - Good luck!

Nancy Wynn Wow, this was super helpful! I'll definitely try it this way. Thank you so very much!

Angela Kawai Chan Hi Angela, if you could be more specific, I’ll be happy to shoot a video demonstrating the technique. Is it the top edge you’re interested in?

+Amanda Free I just sew them in!

They are great dogs but I'm sure you already know that ; - )

Hi Jo! I would use the garter stitch seam but because it will be somewhat flimsy, flip it over and do the same on the inside. If you do another sweater similar to this style, do a stockinette edge on the body pieces. It gives you a nice edge for seaming. Hope this helps :-)

Hi Adreia and thank you for your very nice comment. Question: is the striped piece you are referring to stockinette or garter stitch? Let me know please.

It's garter stitch! Only 2 colors. 2 rows for each color. I'm making some boots. I cannot believe you answered so fast! You are great!!!

I try to answer in 24 hours because I always assume someone is just sitting there stuck and in need of help. Okay, here is how I handle stripe seams and I call it "wiggle and jiggle" and this is how it works. Shift your color rows ever so gently to match the sides as best you can. This means that at times you will need to go under two ridges instead of one to create the illusion that they are lining up. This task is a little easier on stockinette but I've had great success doing it on garter stitch as well. Please let me know if my explanation has made sense or if I need to clarify. I'm thinking I should do a video on this at some point.....

I'm not sure if I understood... But I'm gonna try later, when my kid is sleeping. A video would be perfect! I'll give you a feedback when I try! Thank you very much!!!

Andreia Bittencourt Oh yes, I remember those days! Okay, what I’m trying to say is when you’re seaming and come to a new stripe, you may have to go under 2 smiles and 2 frowns to create the illusion that it’s lined up. Doing that will bump the rows just a bit without disrupting the flow of the seam. Play with it and I think you’ll get it. Keep me posted. 😉

Hi Pamela and thank you so much for contacting me with such a good question. If you don’t want your sewing thread to show, you will have to do the traditional mattress stitch seam as demonstrated on my “Invisible Mattress Stitch on Stockinette.” Unfortunately, doing that type of seam on garter stitch will form a dent on the right side and a selvage ridge on the wrong side. Another option would be to do the garter stitch seam but add a pop of a contrasting color to sew the seams. I’ve seen this done and it really adds something to the design. No doubt whatever method you chose will be lovely. I hope I answered your question. ☺️🧶

Phyllis Stevens Hello Phyllis. Thank you for contacting me. Yes, I still make videos but I don’t do loom knitting. From my understanding, it’s pretty self explanatory and no doubt someone has an instructional video out there. Good luck and happy knitting! 🧶

Karena Lofton Hi Karena and thanks for contacting me. The first thing I would do is give it a try and see if you like how it looks with the colors meshing over each other. If you don’t, I would instead use the mattress stitch in stockinette method which uses the the running thread that falls between the selvage stitch and its neighbor. By doing it that way you’ll have more of a seam ridge on the backside but you won’t have colors crossing over. Experiment and see what looks better.

Ok, thanks you!

Hi Jennifer! Technically, you can, but you mustn't pull the seam too tight. That said, there will be a subtle, visible ridge on the wrong side. Therefore, I have been known to duplicate the seam on the opposite side. Yes, it's an extra step, but it's worth it if the wrong side will be visible. Another plus is that it adds more stability to the seam. A “correctly” done garter stitch seam floats over the stitches, whereas a mattress stitch seam pulls the pieces together, resulting in a more visible ridge on the wrong side. Sorry for my wordy response. I hope I answered your question.

Toñy Izquierdo 🙏🙏🙏

Good to hear!😉

You always have the right sides facing you when doing mattress stitch.

thanks

Right Side

Hi Pam, yes it would! Thanks for watching my video! 😉

Hi Suzanne and thank you for contacting me. With regard to your question, it will make just the tiniest ridge on the back side. If you want it totally flat (I'm assuming this is for a blanket), work the same method however DO NOT move in one stitch but rather work the very edge smile and frowns that are literally on the edge.This will not produce a ridge and is virtually invisible however there is one drawback to doing it this way: flimsy seam. To make up for that, you will need to flip it over and do the exact same thing on the reverse side. Kind of a pain but the affect is lovely. Hope I helped. : - )

Please watch the Invisible Horizontal Seam AKA Faux Kitchener video that I did a while a back. I think it will help you ; - )

Ok, thankyou so much!

Do I do the exact same thing with the garteerstitch as in your video?

annazt11 Yes. Always try to match the "points".One other thing, when I have to do this, I make sure that my rows line up in a way that allows the "valley" to be in the correct position before I bind off. In other words, if you are joining shoulder seams, you may have to work an extra row of knit to maintain the pattern over the shoulder. Does that make sense or am I confusing you?

Samareh Boag It’s just a yarn needle that can purchased anywhere. I hope that answers your question.

If you don't use the end stitches, it will become bulky. May I ask why you slipped the first stitch of the row? That's never a good idea on edges you need to seam.

Cause I'm a circular needle knitter and occasional scarf knitter lool. I found it strange that my first sweater was coming out with no problems :/ Do you think it won't come out as bad on a stockinette? Cause only a small part is garter but the main body is stockinette

Nicole Coppini - It's still going to be off a bit because slipped stitches are only worked every other row/round. That's why in the future you may want to only slip the edge stitches on scarves or similar garments that have an exposed edge.

Aahh well something had to go wrong in my first try :/ Thank you so much for your help and your tutorial :) Now at least I'll know what to do when I start my second sweater ;)

Nicole Coppini No worries, I'm sure whatever you make will look great!