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Tacking Instead of Grafting or Joining a Knit Fabric

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An alternative to a stitch-by-stitch hem.
An alternative to a stitch-by-stitch hem.

Oftentimes when we join fabrics in knitting we either graft our live stitches (aka the Kitchener stitch) or use the mattress stitch or back stitch to create a seam. However there are times when those techniques aren't feasible and tacking our edges is a better alternative.

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