{"id":46,"date":"2015-03-12T00:16:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T05:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.wordpress.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2015-03-12T00:16:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T05:16:04","slug":"sewing-with-knits-a-story-of-trial-and-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Sewing with Knits….a story of trial and error"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had been working with knits for about six months when I finished this skirt. \u00a0I felt very accomplished. \u00a0For the first time ever, people liked my product and commented about how much they liked it. \u00a0I felt FAMOUS! \u00a0Let me tell you, this didn’t happen overnight. \u00a0Lots of things can go wrong when sewing with knit fabric. Hopefully my mishaps will be a blessing in disguise and help you avoid those same issues.\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Knit can be two way or four way stretch.<\/strong> \u00a0This doesn’t really matter, it all stretches right? \u00a0I used to think that too. \u00a0Then I spent about an hour or two making the ultimate tee shirt. \u00a0It looked amazing! \u00a0But, I sewed it with the stretch going vertical instead of horizontal. \u00a0In case you’ve never made this mistake, it means I couldn’t fit into the shirt. \u00a0It had no stretch at all in the areas that need to stretch. \u00a0But, I could probably pull it down far enough to wear it as a dress. \u00a0Funny, unless it’s your shirt. \u00a0haha<\/p>\n

2. Leggings work best in a four way stretch.\u00a0<\/strong>Yes, you can make pants to your heart’s delight in two way stretch fabric. \u00a0But, chances are the knees will bag throughout the day. \u00a0No, that is in no way flattering. A four way stretch ensures the fabric maintains a proper fit all over your legs. \u00a0It looks very professional. Maybe no one will even know you made them yourself. \u00a0Okay seriously, no one will consider you made it yourself unless you tell them.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Heming\u00a0<\/strong>Isn’t really an issue, or so they say. \u00a0Most people do not hem their knit garments. \u00a0To me, this never really made sense. \u00a0I don’t find clothing at the GAP that is not hemmed. So, I have always hemmed my garments. \u00a0I’ve tried several ways.<\/p>\n

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  1. Rolled hem, this is a hem created using a rolled hem or cording foot. \u00a0This works well for some knits. \u00a0I have found it works best with those containing a little rayon. \u00a0I tried it recently with jersey. \u00a0This did not work so well.<\/li>\n
  2. Double hem, is primarily used in the ready to wear industry. \u00a0Lots of articles and websites will tell you this cannot be done without a double needle. \u00a0Simply not true! \u00a0I have done them since day one with my normal sewing machine. \u00a0When it’s time to hem use the standard 5\/8″ seam, then go over it again using the 3\/8″ seam. \u00a0The same look is achieved. Now, when you tell people, because you will want them to know, you made this. \u00a0They will not believe you! \u00a0Added BONUS, no extra equipment required.<\/li>\n
  3. Cut edge hem, again this is one I do not use because I’ve never seen it in ready to wear and it makes me self conscious. \u00a0If you like it or need to put that just finished garment on and head out for the evening. \u00a0By all means do it. \u00a0It is a time saver for sure. \u00a0This would probably be easiest to get away with when using tissue knits.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I had been working with knits for about six months when I finished this skirt. \u00a0I felt very accomplished. \u00a0For the first time ever, people liked my product and commented about how much they liked it. \u00a0I felt FAMOUS! \u00a0Let me tell you, this didn’t happen overnight. \u00a0Lots of things can go wrong when sewing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5,9],"tags":[44,40,45,46,47,48,49],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}