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| Beautiful Inside of my Lisbon Cardigan |
This Classic Beauty from Itch to Stitch
patterns can be as beautiful Inside as Out with just a little investment of your time.
And lets face it, the Inside of Cardigans are often seen when worn unbuttoned or when slung over a chair or such.
I love the various Cardigans I have sewn but sometimes the Inside can look 'homemade'.
They all have lovely serged seam finishes...the problem is the color of thread used to serge does not always look as nice as it could.
Of course, one can buy serger thread in every color under the sun but it is not always realistic for the home sewist to buy lots of colors.
There is another option though....
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| Now, isn't this Inside Fabulous! |
I was thrilled to read about how one could do the Hong Kong seam finish on knits in the Lisbon Cardigan Pattern instructions!
The Hong Kong seam finish is not difficult to do. It just takes a bit more time.
The secret is in what fabric is used to create the Hong Kong finish on knits. It needs to be a very lightweight knit.
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| Love this slightly deeper Coral on the Seams |
Well, I happened to have the Perfect Color of very lightweight knit fabric for the Lisbon Cardigan I was planning to make. Time to try this out on knit fabric! ( I have done the Hong Kong seam finish on woven garments)
It was Love... no problem at all..in fact I found it slightly easier to do in knit fabric.
The only place I found a bit too much bulk in the seams to be an issue was where the side seams meet the bottom band.
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| Smooth Soft Hong Kong Seam Finish |
In future makes I will try ending the Hong Kong finish on the side seam bottoms about 5/8" from the end. That should eliminate the bulk where the side seam meets the bottom band. Once the bottom band seam, with its Hong Kong finish, is pressed upward and tacked down no raw edges should be visible.
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| Look at all those Beautiful Seams |
So when you see this Lisbon Cardigan, remember, it is just as Beautiful Inside as Out!
