Tutorial On Sewing Sweater Pieces Together
This tutorial will be how to sew set-in sleeves and sides of a cardigan or pullover. Today, I will show you how I sewed the sleeves and sides of my Mia “Farrow Rib Cardigan” from the Interweave Knits Winter 2007 magazine.
First off, I have already sewn the shoulder seams of the front and back together like this:
Here I bring the front and back together
right-sides together.
Pin top and bottom edges of side.
See where I’m pointing? That’s the very middle of the sweater’s seam.
Pretty basic, right? After you’ve pinned top, bottom, and middle, fill in with a few more pins.
Now, using the same yarn you made the garment with, thread a large yarn needle and start a running stitch in the side stitches.
See, just go back and forth….
Here we are with the side all finished, and
here’s a look at the finished seam from the right side.
Here’s the sleeve, notice how it’s not been sewn together (in a circle, so to speak) yet.
Fold sleeve in half and mark it (I’ve marked mine with a safety pin).
Here I’ve pinned the middle of the sleeve to the shoulder seam, then you’ll see a green pin at the bottom, and I’ve pinned the middle, too.
I’ve finished pinning the one side of the sleeve with more safty pins. I find this is better on a curvy surface so I don’t poke myself sewing the sleeve in.
Sew back and forth just like the side was sewn.
Here’s one side of the sleeve finished, and now pin and sew the other side, finishing at the under arm once again.
Here we are, back at the under arm and now all that is left is the sleeve to close up.
Here’s the finished project.
Now all that is left is to weave in my ends, sew on buttons, and I’m finished.
I hope this tutorial helped someone out there understand this technique. If you have any questions, leave comments and I’ll answer them to the best of my knowlege.
Keep those needles clickity-clacking!
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