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Just Keep Grafting

5 tips for maintaining your tension across a long graft.

After my escape from sleeve island, it was time to graft (and graft.... and graft...) the sleeves onto my sweater. Even though it took some time and patience, I have no regrets about knitting the sleeves separate from the sweater body and then attaching them at the end.

Not too long after I finished my grafting adventure I received this message.

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Do you have any tutorials on how to maintain good tension for a very long Kitchener Stitch join? -Vera H

Although I don't have any video tutorials about maintaining tension across a long graft, with my recently attached sleeves fresh in my mind, I do have some tips to help you.

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