Seaming a Sleeve Cap: Tutorial, Part One

Seaming A Sleeve Cap Tutorial: Part 2

What's on Sandi's Needles? — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:28:11 GMT

If you want to know how to stitch a sleeve into its armhole, this is the tutorial for you. Well, actually

re: Seaming a Sleeve Cap: Tutorial, Part One

monstermushroom — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:02:23 GMT

Gods bless good advice, and the people who give it. Thanks!

re: Seaming a Sleeve Cap: Tutorial, Part One

lynnel38 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:37:17 GMT

Sandi,

I'm the kind of knitter who reads wonderful blogs like this in order to avoid seaming the last sleeve on her CPH!

Glad to find both of your blogs today! Missed you!

Lynne

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SBiswas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:48:03 GMT

Hi Sandy, I am not expert in knitting I just learn the technique how to seam sleeve cap.Thank you for your nice pictorial.

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LindaM@3 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:09:41 GMT

Hi Sandi, You make me want to hurry with my little grand daughter's sweater so I can put it together. And you do explain things so clear and make it look so easy.

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Aunt Gert — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:36:43 GMT

Sandi,

This comes at a good time as I have a spring cardigan ready for seaming. I hate to admit it, but in the past I have often given up on hand seaming the sleeves and done them on the sewing machine. Hopefully, next week will give me the confidence to try again.

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ArtfulSoul — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:09:25 GMT

Thank you Sandi. I have no fear of seaming sleeves to body, find it pleasing as is all finish work. Call me weird, it's okay.

I have to admit that I approach it, literally, in a different direction than you though. I start at the bottom edge and work toward top center, and end there. Another yarn to work the other side from bottom to top center. This way, I can ease toward the top if I need to (where ease belongs), and then I can adjust tension when finished from both top and bottom edges, to make sure front and back are the same length.

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Kathleen Cubley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:49 GMT

This is great—a much better method than my "hope for the best" approach! Thanks, Sandi.

Kathleen

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Lpatrick_99 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:46:51 GMT

Hi Sandi,

Your photos and explanations are very clear. Starting at the center top and working down one side is so logical and I never would have thought of doing it that way. Thanks and can't wait until next Thursday!

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Sara@20 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:36:23 GMT

Thanks so much Sandi! Your explanations make anything seem so logical and doable! Great illustrations too. Can't wait til next week...

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ALA — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:27:45 GMT

Beautifully explained. Nice, clear pictures, too. Thanks! Seaming isn't the bugbear for me that it seems to be for a lot of people, but sleeve caps scare me, just a little. Not as much as steeks, more than cabling without a needle.