How to Seam Up a Hat Using Mattress Stitch

[@matchmother]

This is one of the best how-to videos I've watched: gentle voice, no music, clear instructions. Thank you.

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Thank you so much, Penny. I appreciate it!

[@HandiworksbyClyne]

Ya agree

[@carolynnjanzer7294]

Very clear instructions and a calm voice video with no background music. Thank you for showing me how.

[@Yarniversity]

Glad you liked it

[@JanaHorak]

Very helpful video just what I needed. Was getting very frustrated until I found this. Thank you

[@Yarniversity]

Thank you for watching! Let us know what else frustrates you about knitting. Perhaps we can help! You can send requests to: [e-mail].

[@SueTaylor-l3c]

Thank you Cynthia, what an excellent video. I echo @matchmother below. Quiet, unhurried video, no background music, clear, very helpful instructions.

[@Yarniversity]

Thank you so very much!

[@mixedandknot5911]

First time here, and I love your technique and also that you went straight to the instructions. No time wasted. Thank you very much.

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Yay! So glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.

[@lorrainechristian2138]

Brilliant tutorials Cynthia - well explained & easy to follow. Thank you

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@moochiwuvschachi]

Thank you for this!! I had a pattern that called for making a hat not in the round and so I needed this resource.

[@Yarniversity]

I hope it was helpful!

[@pamelavanstralen8419]

Thank you….I have been doing this incorrectly…..now I might try a seamed sweater

[@Yarniversity]

Thank you for watching!

[@natashalucas3975]

I enjoyed your tutorial. Now I will be much more confident doing seams. Thanks.

[@Yarniversity]

You can do it!

[@slestie]

Oh thank you thank you! Seams and weaving in are my sore spots but this really helped me work this tiny hat I'm making for my sister's stuffed toy. Now I might try a flat worked hat in earnest (I usually round knit) just to practice the seaming. You have a great teaching method.

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the comment. Making stuffed toys are a lot of fun... no need to do a flat hat when you've got toys to keep you in seams.

[@cheekypiper512]

I am a good knitter but I hate the sewing part because its ny Achilles heel. Subsequently I have lots of projects waiting to be sewn. Now I feel as if the light has gone on and I can go back and finish them beautifully. My deepest appreciation. .

[@Yarniversity]

So glad to hear that!

[@christinefieldhouse7343]

I can't believe how iv learnt to seam my hat just be watching this video, thankyou.

[@Yarniversity]

Excellent! Seams are your friends. Keep it up!

[@suzanneseidel3833]

Wow,thank you so much,I have been struggling with this,such clear instructions 😃👍

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it helped!

[@HandiworksbyClyne]

Yes!! Very informative. Thank you. I really need this coz I'm gonna be knitting a hat. Thanks and GOD BLESS

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chan58]

Thanks so much, just finishing a flat knitted hat and needed to know this 😊 Great video!

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pamelavanstralen8419]

Thank you…I have been doing this incorrectly. Maybe I will now try a seamed sweater

[@Yarniversity]

Check out some of the great finishing classes we have, too, Pam. There's always more than one way to do something!

[@trystencook5807]

Thank you for this, I just perfectly sealed my dad's beanie!! Before watching this, I had no idea what I was doing so my seams were terrible!

[@Yarniversity]

Glad I could help!

[@Hypohair]

Very good video, wish I was as neat at edges as I was as a teenager, just restarted my crafts so this was really helpful. Thank you/

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@amym9744]

Hi Cynthia! Thank you for the video and helping us build our skills!!!

[@hechapalante84]

Awesome Cynthia! Very fun to watch that pink yarn disappear! 🤗 hugs!

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Mary Bucci right? I love to watch it just disappear! Thank you for joining us.

[@hechapalante84]

Yes Mary Bucci! 😉 love tuning in and seeing all the yarn goodness. The tutorials are great too. Keep them coming!

[@wvamoviemaker4188]

If I do this on the right side rows of my hat, but then my brim is turned up, the brim shows the backside seam. To solve this problem- would I do the mattress seam with 2 different pieces of yarn, first doing the mattress stitch on the WRONG side (working from the cast-on brim up), then doing another mattress stitch on the RIGHT side of the hat, (from the top of the FOLDED brim on through the top)? My husband keeps his hat brims always upturned, so I have taken to using a sewn stitch in 3 or 4 place to keep it in place, but then that mattress seam always shows. Is there another way you can think of to not have the seam show on the upturned brim? Thanks again for such a clear concise explanation of this stitch!

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Hello! You are absolutely right. If the brim of the hat is turned up, then the right side changes part way up the hat. I do just what you're describing, except that I still start at the bottom, with the hat "inside out" and seam the brim first. Then, I push the yarn needle through to the other side, turn the hat "right side out" and continue to seam up to the top. When you're done, and you fold the brim up, the seam will be inside the fold. Does that make sense?

[@sandygrogg1203]

Very nice... And so easy to follow.. Thank you!

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Thank you, Sandy!

[@marylougarofalo7279]

Excellent video, very easy to understand. Thx so very much.

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Thank you, Marylou!

[@annemacdonald2516]

Loved this tutorial. Your help is amazing and timely just now. Thank you SO much!

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Thank you, Anne. I'm very glad it worked for you!

[@sandygrogg1203]

Very cool, It looks great... I make lots of hats...always in the round... But I willl try this... Thank you...

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Well, making hats in the round means you don't have to seam, so that's a step you don't have to do. Mattress stitch is a handy technique for many things, though. Not just knitting! You can use it with crochet and on fabric as well.

[@barbchristensen6051]

Great video! A lot of videos out there show only a few stitches and you're supposed to pick it up from that. Thanks.

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Felicity2121]

It is usually sewed up from the top down. I’m a nervous beginner but I have straight needle knitted a few hats. I will try this way next time

[@Yarniversity]

I think you can seam from the top down or the bottom up! It shouldn't matter. As long as you're happy with your finished result.

[@Felicity2121]

@@Yarniversity easy way for me! I am going to try this way. Thanks & Take Care

[@mandyjanis]

Super helpful 👌 thank-you!

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@orileyful]

This is brilliant. Thank you so much.

[@beccabgood1]

How did you finish the top of the hat? Did you bind off the stitches? The patterns I've seen say to weave the yarn through the last few stitches and pull tight, then follow with the seam from the top down. If I use that technique with this approach, how do I secure the stitches at the top?

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Sorry about the long delay in replying! This is an excellent question. I generally do what you've been instructed to do, which is to thread the remaining stitches onto the tail yarn with a wool needle and then pull tight. The trick is that, if you can, you should thread your yarn through the stitches one more time, to fill in the hole at the top and to make it more secure. Then you pull your tail into the inside of your hat (use your wool needle) and weave in the tail along the inside of the top of your hat. Weaving the end in keeps the stitches at the top secure.

[@beccabgood1]

@@CynthiaHyslop Thanks :)

[@karenmcdoanld8805]

My Mom just passes away and she was the knitter, so I finished a ribbed hat, and it says to start at the top and sew down. Do you have a video on this, or do you do it the same way you are doing this hat? Please let me know. Thank you!

[@Yarniversity]

I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom. Yes, you can sew from the top down or the bottom up and the technique is the same.

[@kamakhtar3861]

I’m very forgetful so each time I sew a hat using this magical mattress stitch I click on & have to follow you 👈🏼doing it each time 👍

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Well, we sure don't mind! Glad you find the video helpful. :)

[@chynasparks1]

Great tutorial. Thank you

[@Yarniversity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joycetessman]

Two things: 1) What stitch did you use for knitting the body of this hat? 2) Do you have a pattern for this hat? I have the hardest time calculating how many CO’s even when doing a sample swatch! 🤷‍♀️ BTW, This was an excellent teaching video!

[@Yarniversity]

Thank you, Joyce. The body of the hat is made in stockinette stitch (knit flat). There is a pattern for the hat. You can find it here: rivercityyarns.com/products/freepatterns?variant=31199614533705.

[@elainebos]

How would you seam it if you had a turned up brim of hat?

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Great question! You always seam with the right side facing, so I would seam up the main part of the hat just as I did in the video but leave a nice, long tail. Then, flip the hat inside out and use the rest of the tail to finish seaming the brim. When you fold up the brim, the seam will be "inside" (inside the fold).

[@robertamillar3482]

I love what you do but I’m still having trouble so I’m going to bring all my slippers and maybe some one at river city yarns next Friday can show me great job

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Yes, Roberta. That's a good plan.

[@gnome1645]

Hi, what do u mean by u make use of a purl on one side and a knit on the other side because I see both sides are exactly the same?

[@Yarniversity]

Ah, I think what I was referring to is the knit stitches (on the facing out side) are purl stitches (on the facing in side). In this case, with the hat, by "other side", I mean the inside. Does that help?

[@julietierney2516]

Thank you for this!

[@Yarniversity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kayhowden6865]

Brilliant I will try this x

[@Yarniversity]

Thank you!

[@maudiecollins8760]

This is wonderful help

[@Yarniversity]

Excellent. That's what we like to hear.

[@tyriellehunter]

What to do with the rest of the red string ? So it doesn’t come apart

[@Yarniversity]

Hi there. You will weave in both ends of your yarn (I used red yarn so that it will show up well for the video). Just use a wool needle to tuck each of the ends of your sewing yarn into the edge of the seam you've just created. I hope that helps!

[@dawnbriere-paul4439]

How would you do this seam with multiple colors in a knit flat hat?

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Great question! If it's a striping yarn, you put your locking stitch markers or pins in to help you line up the stripes and then you seam (mattress stitch) the same way. If the stripes are mis-aligned, just pull back your seaming yarn and adjust the seam a little to get it more aligned. If it's a variegated yarn (just lots of colour), I just seam the same way (no special attempt to line things up.) Does that help?

[@beverlydiehl4319]

Need to show this with a light color yarn. Can’t see the dark yarn.

[@Yarniversity]

Good point! It's one of our tutorial videos that is on the "redo" list.

[@iuliadelisor8024]

I am so grateful.Thank you beautiful

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Thank you for watching. We're very glad if the video helps!

[@iuliadelisor8024]

@@CynthiaHyslop wow

[@kennethbird4656]

Everybody uses dark yarn to show you there projects and you can't see what there doing.cute hat though

[@CynthiaHyslop]

Hi Kenneth. Thank you for commenting on the video. Were you having trouble seeing the steps? Would you like to try this hat? We have a free pattern for it on our website here: rivercityyarns.com/collections/rcy-original-designs/products/freepatterns

[@karenmcdoanld8805]

Thank you!!

[@Yarniversity]

You're welcome!

[@ginagina9236]

Sl1 and knit edge seaming?

[@Yarniversity]

Are you asking about slipping the first stitch of each row? Do you like that approach better for seaming? I find that my slipped edges don't have enough "give" for stockinette stitch, so I prefer to knit each stitch in the row. How about you?

[@ginagina9236]

@Yarniversity I recently knitted a hat with SL1 edge, and a knit edge. I am unable to identify where to create the whip stitch seam to close the hat(it was knitted on straight needles). Videos on KZbin don't seem to cover this topic/tutorial. Thank you.

[@YK-gu9xo]

👍🏻

[@chandrapal1906]

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[@Yarniversity]

Hello! Do let us know if you have any questions about the video. :)