How to Graft Your Knitting

[@lindaayala6541]

After 2 days of frustration after learning 3 different ways to graft I finally came across this ingenious way to graft that I can wrap my brain around! I am knitting my first pair of socks and it is also my first graft. I was considering that maybe knitting socks is not my thing when you turned it all around and I’m already making another pair with a grafted toe! Thank you! Bless you! ❤️🙏🏼❤️

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I'm so happy I was able to help you Linda and thank you for taking the time to post this kind comment.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome and I'm dellghted that this helps you. And thank you for the lovely comment.

[@Clouded3D]

Cheryl you're the best! Your videos are so clear. Gaining the ability to read knitting so clearly is the single most important skill I've learned as a knitter, it changes everything.

[@mariat299]

I love it. I have been knitting for more than forty years and never thought of this way of grafting. It is never too late for learning new things. You show it so clear and easy.Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@sandrachater4105]

My dear Lady, I am finally over 80 and have been knitting/crocheting for over 60 years and I guess I am finally getting a little careless. I was putting a sweater jacket together when in my HORROR discovered the extra long back I had made for a tall son, was forgotten when I made both left & right fronts. Ok manager to take one apart and extended same to fit but how to reattach? I must have looked at my project for at least 4/5 days, trying different options, knew there had to be a way but never having messed up so well in all my years, I had no idea how. Cheryl you saved me. Not only a full explanation but a wonderful clear video which was very easy to follow and it did the trick. Not used to all the internet has to offer yet so out of desperation I typed in "how do I join two pieces of knitting" and you were there to save me. The best example of all the articles listed. Thank you hardly covers it. If I ever get stuck again, you will be the one I come looking for. Your name is now "saved". LOL Thanks again.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Sandra! Thank you for this lovely comment and I'm so grateful this helped you out. I worked one day a week in a yarn shop for 10 years and people graciously brought me their worst problems. I learned a lot that way, though I must say, I frightened a few people by taking my scissors to their work. But it all ended well. :D

[@Jo1066milton]

Lol, I mess up all the time. The sheer amount of unpicking I've done over the years is horrendous. I get furious at myself, but it has to be done. Lace and aran patterns can't be reasoned with. Miss a row here and there and it's glaringly obvious. At least you CAN unpick knitting. Tatting is a swine. I usually cut out the bad bit, join in the ends and have a lot of sewing in of the ends to do when it's finished.

[@BengHafner]

I can‘‘t thank you enough for this tutorial. I have searched and watched several videos about this but all except yours are so complicated. You saved me :)!

[@a96agli]

I spent hours trying to figure out how to do an invisible joint on the front and back pieces of a sweater, until I found this. Finally! I bless you - this is simple and informative.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+a96agli Thank you or watching and commenting. Have you signed up for my free email newsletter yet at cherylbrunette.com? Please consider it.

[@carmenpaternohertel9443]

I have been knitting a long time but avoided the kitchener like the plague. would do toe up socks just so I do not have to deal with that. Then I had to do it for a flawless design and wow, I cannot believe that you showed the method so simply that it happened!! I am thrilled.... Thank you so very much

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Carmen. I'm delighted this method helped you. I figured it out because I never could remember the Kitchener myself. And thank you for watching and commenting.

[@greenlaneallotmentassocgla3927]

Hello Cheryl, I have just taken up knitting at 62yrs old, and wish to thank you for your helpful videos which I now search out to assist me with progressing my new hobby. thank you from Alison UK

[@marilynlocke589]

At last, the best video explaining clearly and concisely how to do this stitch-many thanks and much gratitude!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Marilyn! Thank you for commenting and have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please consider joining us. You'll get lots of good information.

[@katiegrav]

Thank you so much. I have worked Kitchener successfully but like you I have to look it up too and I find this grafting easy and I like how you look at your knitting and see your stitches and follow pattern. I'm looking forward to learning so much from you

[@penelopew6155]

Thanks for your video for showing me how to graft my mitten closed at the top. The Kitchener stitch is difficult and I like this grafting technique better. In fact I realized as I was working with your video on my mitten, I already knew how to do this from sewing shoulder and side seams together on knitted sweaters. Thanks for taking the time to create this KZbin video. Penelope

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome and, of course, you always know more than you think you know. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.

[@lindaayres6936]

I am so glad to have seen this video. The moment you said that you forget how to do Kitchener every time - I was hooked. I knit a lot of socks and every time I get to the toe, I have to look up how to do kitchener stitch every time! Thank you for this very simple method of grafting, I will certainly use this when joining a band to a summer sweater I am about to finish. You have been most helpful and I will certainly look out for your other videos. With best wishes, Linda

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for this lovely comment Linda. I'm so glad this video helped you.

[@418nella]

I just finished my scarf and the work came out beautiful. Thank you for this simple and understanding way to do kitchener stiches.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome!

[@cloudydaez]

This is the best one I have seen I wish I had seen it before grafting two shoulders seams together with another tutorial. It was a mess as it was done in a dark coloured yarn so it makes it even harder to unpick. This is simply explained and it looks just like a row you knitted. So glad I persevered and found one that is super easy so thank you!

[@starcrossedknits]

This was so much more intuitive than other methods I've tried, thanks so much for sharing!

[@juliethomas8517]

Thank you so much for this ....for someone who absolutely hates the making up process, I actually didn't mind this one! Very clear instructions, video and process. Thanks

[@shanazshariff]

Great Video. I have been building courage to use Kitchener stitch for a pair of socks I knitted but so far have not done so. Your instructions are so much easier and simple. I very much appreciate you taking the time to post the video. Grafting seems so much simpler than Kitchener stitch and achieves the same result. Thank you.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+srs Thank you for this kind comment and for watching. Come to cherylbrunette.com and sign up for occasional email so that you know what new programs are coming when.

[@kathleenburns1201]

This is the best explanation and presentation ever.

[@sunayanaroy3824]

I'm in the process of adding several inches to my son's jacket and have a lot of grafting ahead of me! I finished the back today using your tutorial. It took me a while to get the hang of it but you're right, it's quite simple and definitely easier than Kitchener's. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so freely. It made a big difference to a harried newbie knitter in Bangalore this weekend!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Sunayana. I'm glad this helped you. And thank you for watching and commenting. Please come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.

[@emilyanderson4359]

After MUCH searching... I have found the Holy Grail! You, my dear, have the best grafting tutorial. Thank you so very very much.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are very, very welcome Emily, and thank you for commenting. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.

[@nicojones9411]

I cannot explain how instrumental this was to helping me finish a huge project that I'd made an error on. It was tricky at the end because I was knitting in the round, but I figured it out well enough to satisfy my rather critical eye. Thank you so much!!! :)

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Emily!! This is such good news. Thank you for telling me and you are so welcome. Are you on my newsletter mailing list yet at cherylbrunette.com? If not, please join us.

[@consciousliving5163]

That was SO awesome! I just wish I had found this before casting off the two edges that needed to be joined because there is no way in heck that I'm going to attempt to cut the knitting after all that work. I will certainly use this for the next pieces thought. Thank you!

[@caroljenkins587]

Thank you Cheryl. I did as you suggested and my cowl turned out perfect. I will use your kitchener stitch whenever I need it.

[@delightedinsummers]

Thank you very much! I'm working on my first sweater and ended up having to take apart the ribbing on the sleeve and redo it and I had no idea that grafting was a thing so I'm very grateful you saved my sleeve from me just sewing it back together and it becoming uneven!

[@claudiacarr5194]

Thank you for the grafting lesson! I'm making a football scarf with one team's colours at one end and another team's colours at the other end. Now I can make two pieces and graft them in the middle so that the scarf ends are both cast on and identical: the 'Push Me - Pull You' of scarves. Perfect!

[@madamc3458]

Hi Cheryl! This is such an excellent tutorial. I am halfway though knitting a jumper and realized I had to graft the sleeves and shoulders. I have never done this before. I looked in a couple of books and got very confused. I then found some "in and out the window" techniques on KZbin (confusing) - then I found your page! Makes such sense, thank you so much. Makes me want to graft lots of things together now!x

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Madam C Thank you Madam C and you are so welcome. Did you see the one for "grafting knitting at right angles? (I'm thinking about your sleeves.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIm1gZWci7V6irM And have you joined my knitting group at cherylbrunette.com? Please do. I'm loving having this more interactive group.

[@evadoggen6323]

Finally grafting makes sense!!! Being slightly dyslexic, I never GOT Kitchener, but now I watched your video only once and I got what I'm supposed to do. Can't wait to get to it hahaha.

[@GoldieHoffmanComedian]

BEST vid on this! tried other 'easy way' vids, nope, came out all lumpy (thankfully this time I overcame the laziness to just make two tiny 7 stitch swatches to practice -- good thing, cuz it did not come out lol). THIS is the one. thank you!!! subscribing just to say thanks as I know it helps your channel/revenue, YT algorithm and all that jazz. :)

[@alzorama2876]

This is the best tutorial for me and how my mind works. I looked at several other videos, and, yes, they were helpful in explaining the concept of kitchener in a way I understood. However, when it came time to execute the work, I just could not 'see' it. It didn't help that my yarn was fuzzy either. As Cheryl explains, it helps to have the work flat so you can see the pattern of the stitches. I couldn't do it with needles in, so I ran a contrasting thread of yarn through the stitches. This way works best for me and I look forward to doing this type of grafting for my next project. Thank you for the upload! Very helpful indeed.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome and I'm glad it helped.

[@alzorama2876]

@@CherylBrunetteTV :)

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are most welcome mariat299. I'm glad my way of presenting the subject was clear to you. And thank you for your kind comment.

[@corak.1347]

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!!! No more sewing & memorizing the kitchener stitch!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! I make a lot of infinity scarves & have to graft all my scarves....and, of course, I am saying the "manta." I will use this method from now on. I am a visual person, so you explained this so clearly....easy enough for me to understand. Thank you again for a great & valuable tip!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are soooooooo welcome. And thank you for watching and commenting. (I always have to look up the mantra, hence, this method.)

[@HappyHeathen-JD]

Oh wow - THANK YOU!! This is the best demo of grafting I've seen - you make it seem so simple! And now I need to watch the video you referred to about cutting sweater sleeves... This (and that cutting one) is EXACTLY the help I needed to finish (and alter slightly) a project I'm hoping to finish up today. Now it looks like I might actually be able to! :). Thank you for such a helpful and clear demo!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+MsJM You are so welcome and thank you for watching and commenting. Are you on my email newsletter mailing list yet? It's where I give more info and it's at cherylbrunette.com

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

"Aran knitting" is a very big category. It depends of the edges you are joining and how they were prepared. As for sewing together seed st, it absolutely can be sewn together to look good. Go to my Sweater Finishing 101 series. It shows a stockinette sweater being sewn together but you can do a variation of the mattress st (a whole or half stitch "weave" I call it) on most edges.

[@niffer62]

Didn't ever use Kitchener's but always heard groans in my knitting group when people needed to use it ... this was pretty straightforward, thank you! It definitely worked better for me to use a different color lifeline. That made it very easy to see what hole to put the needle back in to, especially when you're knitting with a dark wool or something similar.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for this sweet comment and you are so welcome. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters. I want you in the loop.

[@carolyngriffin1093]

Thank you for this video on flat grafting! I'm delighted that it was still available. It has rescued the Fair Isle sweater I'm knitting for my daughter where I somehow omitted 8 rows by misreading the pattern and was heart sick to think I had to frog back 42 rows to fix the omission. Thank you a hundred fold for continuing to recommend "looking at the stitches!"

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Carolyn! That's a great use for this technique, to add a horizontal section or subtract one. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us. I couldn't find your name.

[@drmwvrsquilts]

I've always thought the Kitchener stitch was making this process way too complicated! Good to see that I'm not alone, and thank you for the excellent video tutorial!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome and thank you for commenting.

[@nancyincanada5553]

Wow, that's an amazing knitting technique! Thank you! I've been struggling with the kitchener stitch, but it's never as flat as I'd like. Your technique is perfect every time! Thank you!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Nancy in Canada. So glad this works for you. I like it because you can really match the stitch size to those above and below the line of stitches you're creating. Thanks for commenting and are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com Lots of good information will come your way and it is where I stay in closer contact with knitters. I don't send out that many emails but the ones I do are more personal.

[@nancyincanada5553]

Thanks Cheryl:) I will check it out.

[@epsoldestone]

I have been knitting only a few years. recently tried socks and learned the kitchener stitch. didn't like it much. found your grafting video today..so much easier. I am adding you to my list of tutors/.mentors! thanks for taking your time to make these videos Jeannie in Georgia

[@kitgar61]

I knew there had to be a better, more intuitive way to graft than the insanity kitchener stitch. Thanks for proving me right! You have no idea how happy finding your tutorial for this technique makes me. Thank you a million times over!! :-)

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are very welcome kitgar61. Thank you for watching and for this lovely comment.

[@vholland6785]

Thanks! This is great. Clear instructions with good close ups. Now I feel more confident about finishing my cowl and adding pockets to a cardigan.

[@lieselemay]

You are a goddess,Thank you! I could not kitchener stitch to save my life. I really have to understand stitch formation to make anything work. Your video was just what I needed thank you!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Liese Lemay Oh Liese. Thank you for this sweet comment. And you are most welcome.

[@catharinebragg7229]

Thanks so much for showing me how to cut and graft my knitting. It really does look good. I have been able to rectify my mistake without having to knit the whole back of my jumper again. Thanks so much. Keep up the good work.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Catharine. It's so gratifying to be able to fix a mistake without having to do a complete redo. And thank you for your kind comment.

[@michellescott5301]

Thanks! Using thick yarn and close camera made it easy to grasp. Also taking loops off the needles made it clearer. 😊

[@j2cool2]

OH MY Cheryl, where have you been all my knitting life! This is wonderful! Thank you. I recently had to fix a hole in a sock and it was very hard for me to follow along a how-to to graft using the Kitchener stitch. It was even more confusing when a right handed person was doing it and I am left hand. I need to figure out how to go in the opposite direction upside down. In another vid I tried to learn how to do this and it was much harder to understand how to follow the pattern. This was great!

[@lilianh9454]

Absolutely works! I shortened a machine knit jumper using this method and it was a complete success. Thank you

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Lilian H Yea Lillian! I am delighted to hear this news and you are so welcome! Thank you taking the time to comment. Have you joined my newsletter group over at www.cherylbrunette.com yet? I don't send out that many emails but I like to think they are worth reading. That's where I connect to knitters in a closer way and they get to tell me what they need. Please join us.

[@michelewelk2751]

Your depth of knowledge and experience shines :) ...thanks for being "out there" when needed

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

michele welk Thank you for this sweet comment Michele and you are there. There are members of my family who think I'm "out there" too. :)

[@mihaeladog7187]

Finally a logic explanation. Thank you sooo much , this will stay with me forever no need to look it up all the time. Follow the patern and look back , this is genius.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you! I only did it because it's easier for me. I'm a visual processor for lots of things.

[@emmamelton4872]

This was incredibly helpful! My Kitchener stitch resulted in a bump in my mended sleeve, and this is perfectly flat! Your videos are my favorites to learn new skills. Thank you!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for watching and for your comment Emma. I'm so glad this helped you. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. (I didn't find your name there). That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.

[@anirbassabrina123456]

This is my first comment ever on youtube but I just wanted to let you know how much you helped me with this video. Finally it's soo easy. Thank you.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Sabrina Total Verhext Thank you for this lovely comment Sabrina. I"m so glad it helped you and you are so welcome. I invite you to join my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com if you want to be among the first to know what I'm cooking up and to have input.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Great Carol! Congratulations and thanks for getting back to me and letting me know how this worked for you.

[@yvonneduseund7911]

Oh thank you so much for this! I have been struggling with the grafting under arms when knitting, always getting those irritating small holes, but I finally understand now thanks to this video. Thank you!

[@MrFerroceno]

Thank you so much!!! You are a great teacher. After struggling with several other videos and photo tutorials, I found yours and it's simply the best. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Video saved in my "Knitting" list. Greetings from Mexico :)

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome and thank you for your kind comment.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I'm so glad this worked for you. Your learning style happened to mesh with my method of teaching. Now that's a win-win! And thank you for your kind comment.

[@yvonnefreeman618]

Oh wow! I love this explanation....so much easier...I will continue with my first sewing project and not stash it away in the drawer now! Thank you. You've got me hooked now! Thanks from downunder x

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

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[@teddiesbe]

Hurray , after 5 " Kitchener Stitch " videos , I stumbled over yours ! It makes sense to me ! Thanks a lot , will try it on a Hood , tomorrow .

[@jillrodgers3212]

Thank you this is exactly what I needed to graft a picot finish to the top of my baby shawl. It's only 2 ply and a very lacey pattern so I will run the safety line first! Thank you - brilliant.

[@dyanjennica09]

Thank you so much for this! I have two knitted infinity scarves that I would like to sew together to make a longer one. This is really helpful. Thanks a bunch!

[@LindaStettler]

This is exactly what I needed to fix a scarf I'm knitting! Very clear, easy to follow. Thank so much!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You're welcome Linda. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@marymaarse7327]

It worked perfectly! My sweater is now the right length and it looks great. Thanks so much for this great tutorial.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I'm so glad it helped Mary!!

[@ruthbomback7245]

Thanks Cheryl, enjoyed your video very much and can't wait to try it, I'll knit then cut , then craft the pieces together. Your #1 in my book. Thanks again Ruth

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it Ruth! You are welcome and thank you for your kind comment.

[@katiegrav]

Thank you. This looks very good to me. Can I use this for the toe on socks instead of Kitchener stitch?

[@lindapearce9987]

Oh, man! This was so easy and clear to follow. What a relief from that horrible Kitchner stitch. Thank you, Cheryl!!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Linda Pearce You are so welcome Linda! And thank you for watching and commenting. And thanks for joining my email newsletter group.

[@artbygilda9557]

Finally ! I loved this technique (and the way you explained it) ! It's so visual and much easier than the traditional. I tried another 2 explanations (that didn't work for me) before I got to yours. Thank you ! I would love to see how you finish it.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for watching and commenting Gilda. And you're welcome. I'm glad this explanation helped. Browse my videos going forward and there's one about working in yarn ends with the "spider web" method. Then the latest one about fixing a hole shows the whole process. I can't give you a link here because Google doesn't allow it but you'll be able to find them.

[@artbygilda9557]

Thank you so much for answering. I watched the suggested videos. Still, my doubt about the edges is: it seems to me that one less stitch (than the original number in the needles) is created, being half less in each edge. I'm getting very comfortable with the process, but it seems uneven in the edges (your technique and the standard too). Am I doing wrong ? (your videos are amazing ! very encouraging and helpful !)

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You're not doing anything wrong. When you're bringing 2 pieces of knitting together that have been knit in opposite directions (at the toe of a sock, for example), the knitting will be jogged 1/2 st off and one simply "fudges" at the ends and hides that fact the best he or she can. In this video the knitting was all going in the same direction so the pieces went together perfectly.

[@artbygilda9557]

Again, thank you so much !! Exactly, I was grafting 2 pieces of knitting that had been knit in opposite directions (2 sides of a baby girl bonnet). I found your videos by chance, because of my "grafting" research, and I'm so glad I did it. I watched all your videos of this series. You're an excellent teacher ! Tks again.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

ART by GILDA You are so welcome.

[@christinehash5712]

The best explanation I've found, and the first one that made sense to me. Thank you!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I'm so glad it makes sense to you. Sometimes we just have to change the angle on something in order to get it. This flat way makes more sense to me than the traditional in-and-out of the rabbit holes. Thank you for watching and commenting and Please come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.

[@tylercosten8645]

Grafting your knitting .

[@Khamomil]

Hi Cheryl. I have bought your book on sweaters and love it. This grafting method is very clear. I don't know why Americans (I'm not one) use ditties to memorize procedures, I don't think it helps, it only brings more confusion. What's a rabbit hole doing in a piece of knitting? More effort is brought to connect the text with the work than with doing the work itself.

[@berdiegrey]

Hi Cheryl - This was terrific! Kitchener videos that kept repeating "knitwise" and "purlwise" were driving me crazy because my natural self-taught method approaches the stitch post reversed from normal English and Continental knitting (but it gets the job done...) This was super clear and - of course - it is so much better to look at your knitting and understand what you need to accomplish - then do it!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thanks Berdiegrey! Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and you'll get lots of good info.

[@shelleydraper-luchini8254]

Brillant! I appreciate that your videos are clear and easy to watch. Your explanations make the process so rasyu

[@christinamleedesigns6908]

Great video. Thanks. Just finished my first loomed sock and wanted a nice way to close the toe. This will work fantastically.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Christina M Lee You are so welcome. Please come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you'd like to hear about my current work. There are sample emails there so you can see if you like them.

[@moorethanable]

where have you been all of my knitting life- great video

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are too kind Anne. Thank you. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us. You'll learn a lot over time.

[@shawnaleewhitney6630]

I discovered a problem with the heel of a sock I had been knitting. Because I was actually getting close to having enough length on the foot, I didn't want to unravel. I decided I'd do a little sock surgery and put the foot on waste yarn, unraveling the heel, gusset, and heel flap. Once I got the heel flap, heel and gusset reworked, I was really worried about grafting on the foot. I've used Kitchener stitch many times, but it's always a challenge. I came across this video and feel like this explanation is the best I've seen on a grafting! Thank you, Cheryl.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I'm so glad it worked for you! And thanks for commenting.

[@DelgadoMaritza]

All other videos on this technique just made my eyes spin with confusion and unravel my brain but your video just makes so much sense. Thank you for grafting my brain together again, Lol. This technique doesn't look so intimidating now. Now I'm ready to graft my cable hat. :)

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Maritza! :)

[@liliawebb9377]

Thank you! I've been struggling with Kitchner stitch and this looks so much easier to read.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Lilia. Are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com I'd love it if you joined us.

[@emmaishmael4568]

Thank you! This was exactly what I needed!! I had knit a sweater in the round from the bottom up, and somehow it ended up too short. So I had to undo the bottom and add more. Very clear, easy to follow tutorial.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Glad it helped.

[@dlk6g]

I've never seen this before. I love it! Thanks so much for the instruction. I always have to look up Kitchener too and I can have no interruptions when I'm doing it either or I forget where I am!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

That's why I taught myself this method. It was self-defense. :D I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.

[@daquiet2007]

Thanks so much this is the best "better Kitchener" I've used. My finishing looks great!!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Denise Alexander I'm so glad it helped you Denise and you are most welcome. Have you subscribed to my email newsletter group yet? It's where I communicate most closely with people. It's at cherylbrunette.com and I hope you'll join us.

[@sharonnaylor1493]

Thanks so much for this video. I have had several projects were I used a 3 needle bind off where this would have worked so much better. The lifeline tip is a really good suggestion. I have a cowl pattern I will be starting today. I plan to use a provisional cast on and then use this method to join the ends. Can't wait to try it!,

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Sharon. I still like a 3-needle bind-off where I need structure like a shoulder seam, but this technique has lots of applications. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@adibashazi4219]

this is the best explanation grafting two parts.......bundles of thanks

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Bundles of you're welcomes back to you. Are you on my newsletter mailing list yet at cherylbrunette.com? If not, please join us.

[@maureenfanderson5261]

Great video! Your techniques and explanations are clear and I know I can graft without tears!!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Maureen F Anderson Thank you! And thank you for watching and commenting. Please join my mailing list at cherylbrunette.com for news of new videos and other great stuff.

[@kseniasibileva]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. As a beginner knitter this was so useful and easy to follow.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome and I'm glad it has helped you. You might sign up for my very occasional newsletter at cherylbrunette.com or for my free 15-part class that will teach you how to make a sweater using my method. The class project is a child's size 1 sweater. It's at howtomakeasweater.com

[@FrenchKnitter]

Hi, that was much easier than trying to use three needles! Could you please do a tutorial on seams for Aran knitting? Also; I have knitted a Chanel jacket in moss (seed) stitch. The finishing is awful. Is there a way to sew moss seams together or should I unpick and reknit with an extra stitch at each end of the row to use for sewing up?

[@Stretch1003]

I'm actually quite comfortable with the Kitchener stitch - which I prefer to 'knit' off with my needles rather than 'sew' off with a tapestry needle - but I love this technique!! It would be a bit more tricky to visualize when grafting the toe of a sock, say, but for flat knitting or circular knitting that's not tapering significantly, this is great stuff!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thanks! Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.

[@KellDoll1]

VERY helpful! I was struggling to get the grafting technique via printed directions. THANK YOU!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are welcome, and thank you for watching and commenting.

[@dannyfabianoconnor4065]

Just finishing my first EVER piece of knitting, a beehive tea cosy. The grafting scared me to death but I did it easily following this video....onward and upward.......Barbara , Yorkshire, England

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I generally don't recommend using this method for shoulder seams Dinah because they perform an important structural job in keeping the shoulders and sleeves from drooping. I recommend the 3-needle bind off. I can't give you a link here because KZbin forbids it but search for "How to Knit a Sweater Part 6: Join the Shoulder Seams" on my channel and you'll find it.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Yes, you certainly can use this technique. It yields the exact same result as a traditional way to work Kitchener.

[@lorienwinslow7532]

Thanks so much for this video! I gave up on kitchener because I could never get it to look right. I can't wait to try this new method!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Lorien. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are very welcome jiab thai. Thank you for watching.

[@evelynbecky]

Wow this is so easy and perfect!! You made my day thanks sooooo very much for sharing!!!

[@f.s.h.g.9763]

SAME! thank you! God bless you in Yeshua

[@carolyngriffin1093]

Good Morning, Cheryl. I need to join two halves of a garter stitch shawl collar before attaching it to the back neckline for this Bluebird Jacket by DROPS that I've been (struggling) to knit well. Last evening I tried the grafting process in your video which I've been successful with previously, but I may have done the in and out with the loop "holes" process poorly or maybe because it is in garter stitch. I'm going to undo the graft today and try to graft using two facing sets of purl loops to make a stockinette row in between to continue the garter stitch look...I thought that might work. Your suggestions when you have a moment. No rush. Thank you.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Carolyn. That's absolutely the right approach. You need either 2 knit rows or 2 purl rows to join together with the alternate type of row. Let me know how it works. p.s. You must be excited to be so close to finishing your Bluebird Jacket. It's such a beautiful pattern and I'm sure you've done a lovely job.

[@carolyngriffin1093]

@@CherylBrunetteTV thank you so very much for your hepl and encouraging words!! I am continuing to move this long overdue project along. I've had such crazy things happen since I began it in September of 2018 as the project to focus on since I had closed the clinic on the 31st of August. I'll send a photo if I can figure out how to attach one. I'm rather digitally clumsy...but my grandchildren are so helpful with those applications!! 😃 Blessings!!

[@neil3953]

I have what might well be the craziest questions you've ever received. I was completely inspired by what you have shown in this video and your wonderful videos on the fixing a hole and reclaiming yarn and thought there might be a possibility to fix a series of problems I've created in my knitting rather than starting over. THE SITUATION: I've begun my first top down sweater and am at the place of working the sleeves, which involve carrying forward a pattern of 11 seed stitches that run from the collar down the sleeves. In assessing my knitting, I found the seed stitches look excessively tight and I had knitting errors close to the top. As I went about correcting them - not a quick fix - I noticed the result looked even worse. I watched a simple how to purl video and realized that I had unknowingly created twisted seed stitches, which answered the question of why the stitches looked tight and also gave reason for the different look of the corrected stitches and those I had been creating. Additionally, I have been using a two-ply wool yarn, which became somewhat mangled/worn out in my over-handling during corrections. THE QUESTION: Is it possible to isolate the 11 stitches, pull them all out to their beginnings, put the live stitches from which they began on a stitch holder, soak them in a warm bath or saturate them with warm water spray, wrap them in a towel, hang them to dry, and recreate the columns in correct knit purl to form rows of seed stitches again? If not, would it be possible to keep the body of the sweater, which is all nicely knit and graft it to a newly created top? Do I win the prize for craziest questions ever? Thank you for considering my situation and for your lovely and amazing videos.

[@RarahOG]

thank you Cheryl you saved my friends sweater ❤❤

[@caroljenkins587]

I am ready to do the kitchener stitch and like your method. My pattern is YOs, K3tog, etc. Can I still do your kitchener stitch

[@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

I have just found this video Cheryl and it looks like a great tutorial. I shall try it later today as i am finishing my first ever sock

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

+Cherie K And I just found this comment. Good grief! I'm so glad you found this and will try it.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You're so welcome Maria See. Yes. This is a great method for joining two infinity scarves.

[@JunieBug35]

I have been trying to figure out a way to pre-knit Christmas stockings for my hoped-for greatgranchildren, but since I don't know the names I wanted to knit the bottom portion and separately the top portion where I could add the name and then join. I think this is the way to do it. I am thrilled. Thank you so much. Now to put the info where I can find it. BTW Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

What a great idea June!!! You are so welcome and thank you for your kind comment. Merry Christmas and Healthy Happy New Year to you!

[@munisharana7148]

June Wumkes x i iit fun inkling jhol

[@drumbliss2011]

Thank you for making it look so easy, especially for a beginner! Can you use the Kitchener technique to join the end row to the cast on row of a infinity scarf? So only one row is still on a needle, as opposed to the 2 needles as shown in your video.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

drumbliss2011 Yes. It's especially good for that. Just work "over" the cast on edge on the right side. And come join my special knitting group at cherylbrunette.com. The goal is to help me to understand your knitting problems better.

[@bsfb3ar]

I love it ! I have attempted to do grafting and always have to give up because I knit mostly the extra fine cashmere yarn and it get unravel . Thanks

[@jodyhynek3415]

Can you use this grafting technique in the place of the kitcheners stitch for sewing up the ends of socks.

[@sukubo313]

Hi Cheryl! I really like this. If I'm not wrong, this is mattress stitch used through the live loops instead of the edge stitches. Is that correct? I didn't even know it would work on the tops of the stitches. I don't know why I never tried it, in fact, just to see what would happen. But this makes me wonder why anyone still uses Kitchener when this is easier and just as invisible and effective. Tubular bind off, here I come!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Shirikawa. I would not call this a mattress stitch as that refers to a type of join for vertical edges. I would call this grafting which is really a flat Kitchener. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.

[@sukubo313]

I see, thanks. I probably didn't phrase my comment well as I look back at it now. I'm referring more to the knitter's mental approach, how s/he thinks of it, and that your method is similar to mattress in working through 2 stitches at a time, rather than to the actual name of what's what. For instance, after knitting for about a year, I "discovered" (finally?) that a knit stitch is also "slip k-wise, yo, psso" (or SYP as I call it). That change in my mental approach and how I viewed knit stitches made a dramatic difference in my knitting, but nothing actually changed with how I make a knit stitch. And yes, I've been on your list for a couple years. I simply changed my name here on YT.

[@transhepherd7137]

Thanks you for your Tutoring . I knit the shoulders for a vest. I so glad to find this video Do you have your web side for watching another video?

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

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[@bethanypearce6239]

Thank you, Cheryl, for all your wonderful instructions and advice. I'm wondering if you could help me with a problem regarding a sweater I just finished for my husband. My gauge seemed to be correct, but when I finished with it, it is too big for him. So, now I have a choice, pull it all apart and start again, or alter it. Even though it is too big, he's been wearing it because it is warm. So, now that the weather is warmer, I can work on it. I need to both shorten it and make is skinnier. It is a raglan pullover with a zippered placket. I made it in Lion Brand's Wool Ease. I figure I will use your grafting style above to shorten it, but am wondering if using steeks to bring the size in would be the best way to handle that? If that is so, which should I do first? Or, would there be a better way to do this? Thank you!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Bethany. It's really hard to give altering advice without seeing the specific sweater both on and off the owner. You certainly can shorten it by cutting it, ripping back and grafting together. As for making it narrower . . . Was it knit in pieces or from the top down and circularly? How do the sleeves fit? How about the underarm area? I have been known to reshape the sides of a sweater with a sewing machine and cut off the excess but it took us several hours to decide what to do and how to do it after the owner tried it on multiple times and we pinned it to fit the way she wanted it. I would be concerned about the underarm junction.If you got gauge then why is it too big? Is there an error in the pattern? Did your gauge change as you knit? Did you plot it out before starting to double check the measurements with your gauge plugged in? (This is what Linda Skolnik, founder of Patternworks, calls "The Sweater 101 Sanity Check" because there are so many errors in patterns.) If you're going to rip it out and reknit it you'll want to know why it came out too large.Sorry, but this is something I can't help with unless I'm there. Do you have a good seamstress/tailor nearby whom you can consult? I wish you good problem solving.