I know that there are a lot of Kitchener Stitch tutorials out there, but since MANY of my patterns use Kitchener Stitch (Mythos, Migrations, Circulate, Beaded Cuffs, Aile, Eventide, the list goes on...) I like to teach it in my classes. So, I've decided I want to show you how too!
Why do I love Kitchener Stitch, you ask? Really because there is a Zen to it, a peaceful rhythm that once achieved helps me find that quiet place we all strive for. (OK, can you tell I read Eat Pray Love AND saw the movie recently?) Think Karate Kid, "wax on, wax off", and chant the words in your head as you do it, I promise you'll get your groove on soon enough!
What is Kitchener Stitch?
What is Kitchener Stitch?
Kitchener Stitch is a method of grafting two separate pieces of knitting so that they are seamlessly connected by a row of stitches that you've created as you join the two pieces together as one.
Kitchener Stitch
Hold your two needles parallel to each other with wrong sides together
First SET UP like this:
2. Go into 1st st on BACK needle as if to KNIT, pull yarn up and leave st ON needle.
4. Go into next st on BACK needle as if to KNIT, pull yarn up and leave st ON needle.
Repeat steps 1 - 4 until all the stitches have been worked, the big trick is how much tension you use when you pull the yarn up through the stitches, you want to have enough tension so that the stitch being created isn't saggy, but not so much that it's tight and distorts the line of stitches you are creating.