Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Grafting is not limited to stocking stitch situations. Here I show how to use waste yarn to securely hold your stitches and act as sewing guide in a stitch "heads to feet" rib situation.
The initial waste yarn flap is 5 or 6 rows of stocking stitch. (The last of which may be made in with disconnected yarn in a slippery fiber.)
The pattern is worked as usual in the main yarn into the waste yarn flap from Row 1, finishing one row short of completion in the main yarn. Cut off the main working yarn with a tail 4 times the width of the fabric.
Work the FINAL row of pattern in WASTE YARN. Conclude the waste yarn flap with 4 or 5 more rows.
When the two edges are united with sewn stitches this row will form the final missing row of the pattern.
This is a brief overview of the process, for even more extensive and detailed videos on this subject try my Craftsy class Fearless Knitting.
You can find all of my virtual products, both DVDs and tech rich patterns at LittleBarnStudio.ca and patterns only on Rav. Many happy stitches to you!
Grafting is not limited to stocking stitch situations. Here I show how to use waste yarn to securely hold your stitches and act as sewing guide in a stitch "heads to feet" rib situation.
The initial waste yarn flap is 5 or 6 rows of stocking stitch. (The last of which may be made in with disconnected yarn in a slippery fiber.)
The pattern is worked as usual in the main yarn into the waste yarn flap from Row 1, finishing one row short of completion in the main yarn. Cut off the main working yarn with a tail 4 times the width of the fabric.
Work the FINAL row of pattern in WASTE YARN. Conclude the waste yarn flap with 4 or 5 more rows.
When the two edges are united with sewn stitches this row will form the final missing row of the pattern.
This is a brief overview of the process, for even more extensive and detailed videos on this subject try my Craftsy class Fearless Knitting.
You can find all of my virtual products, both DVDs and tech rich patterns at LittleBarnStudio.ca and patterns only on Rav. Many happy stitches to you!
