Knit-Along Clue 5 (Week 6): Spoilers and Photos

[Shandeh]

We can yak away while hands are busy with repetitive work! But she wasn't home. So you're all invited over! Bring your own brownies!

Sweet! Let the seaming party begin!

[Shandeh]

I just had to join in and post my picture too!

Great progress!

[Kikibatt]

I thought it was going to take so much longer to put the squares together, but wow I just finished! I decided to go with a different design. Thanks to Bernat for this KAL. I've learned so many valuable lessons...most importantly gauge/tension. I just need to weave in all the ends once I'm sure it's safe to do so.
I hope everyone is enjoying this as much as I am!

I am still working out how I want my design before I stitch it together today. I think I really like yours! Thanks for the great idea and you have a beautiful afghan. Please repost pics once the border is in place!

[Mayvalley]

I'm sewing away! I have over half of my blanket sewn together! I'm "sew" glad I'm getting it together now and it won't be too much longer until I can start knitting the border. I'm really glad that the border is decorative and not just plain knitting!!

Me too, me too! But I'm not quite halfway yet. Taking advantage of a girl's night in (I'm the only girl in this household so it's a little lonely!). Phoned my mum the quilter to say, "Now I know why you often phone me to chat when you're piecing a quilt!". We can yak away while hands are busy with repetitive work! But she wasn't home. So you're all invited over! Bring your own brownies!

Here is what I've accomplished in the last hour with invisible seaming method:
Right side:

Wrong side:

Maybe you already said it somewhere but I can't find it... Could you explain or point me to the directions for the "invisible seaming method" you are using? Thanks!

[K1P1quebec]

you already said it somewhere but I can't find it... Could you explain or point me to the directions for the "invisible seaming method" you are using? Thanks!

Sure thing! This is thanks to Shandeh's posting way back. Guess it's called the matress stitch in English. It's usually illustrated in absolutely every knitting design pattern book. It really IS invisible and creates a seam with rolled back selvedges, much like sewing with a sewing machine. Those rolled back edges cover the stitching and you get nice clean lines with evenly distributed bulk. What I like about it with knitting is that you take the yarn through loops that are more embedded or behind the main ones, and it keeps those main ones that you want to see in the foreground. Don't know if I explained the idea very well, but it's easy to see when looking at an illustration. When joining any two sides, I'm using the darker of the two shades so you aren't going to see any lighter yarn peeking underneath the dark. The darker yarn just blends in with its colour on its side.

Here's Shandeh's link:
Your other option would be to do a mattress stitch on the right side, which really is invisible...but takes a bit more time and attention to complete. If you use that stitch, you can just choose the color from one of the squares if they are not matching.

[Mayvalley]

Ah thanks. I am familiar with the mattress stitch. I just didn't know if it was a technique I hadn't heard of or tried yet. I'm just exploring all my options before I seam. I think I'm going to go with this technique:
http://www.knitpicks.com/tutorials/How_ ... _D312.html
It is for joining blocks with garter edges.

[K1P1quebec]

It's coming together!
Right side:

Wrong side:

The afghan is turned widthwise; i.e. The shaker ribs are going to be vertical lengthwise.

[K1P1quebec]

Ah thanks. I am familiar with the mattress stitch. I just didn't know if it was a technique I hadn't heard of or tried yet. I'm just exploring all my options before I seam. I think I'm going to go with this technique:
http://www.knitpicks.com/tutorials/How_ ... _D312.html
It is for joining blocks with garter edges.

Just viewed. Will use that if I have any straight edge garter stitches that line up together. I'm looking at what I've done so far and every edge with garter stitch has been on the bias so not a straight edge in terms of stitch count. And the direction of the loops is opposite, not the same, so I think this will be hard to do for this particular project.

[Marilyn58]

It's coming together!
Right side:

Wrong side:

The afghan is turned widthwise; i.e. The shaker ribs are going to be vertical lengthwise.

Looking good!!! Great pictures along the way too.

[K1P1quebec]

Hey everybody.... I'm so excited! I now have a borderless lap quilt! I never thought I'd get this far in just a day. I'm going to make the last two strips of 4 tonight yet but attach them tomorrow because the natural daylight is easier on my eyes. Hope it doesn't rain tomorrow! Tonight I'm going to sit and watch a movie with my blanket on to see how warm it is. Maybe even start the borders, but I think I can wait another day before !