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Skinny Rabbit Slideshow Productions Presents: "Free-Loop Backstitching a Collar, Bay-bee!." (Alternatively titled, "Is it too early for a margarita?", and "Day-UM this neckband is loooooooooooong" starring Rabbit with Morning Bedhead and Twisty Sweater.) |
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Pictures taken with my nikon coolpix 3100. Copyright skinnyrabbit.com |
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(Tip: Use cotton yarn for the provisional rows. Easier to unravel.) |
There are three basic steps for this technique. This is the first step. (Tip: I leave the tail of yarn from the last row of the neckband REALLY long and that's what I use to do the sewing.) |
This is the second step. (Tip: I place that seam at the center back of the garment - where I always start when sewing on a collar - and use the yarn tail you see at the top to close the seam of the neckband later on.) |
This is the third step. | What's that? A closeup? Alright. One... | Two.... | Three... |
Ta-da! (Tip: Don't pull the working yarn too tightly while sewing and check every once in a while to make sure that the stitches you're making are even. Oh, and be patient. If the neckband is as long as this one and you don't want a sloppy job, you're going to be doing this for a while.) |
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