Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago
Learn how to sew a sleevehead into the armhole on a pieced sweater with mattress stitch.
This technique is used on the Unite Sweater and Reunite Cardigan, both from Something to Knit Together Winter Edition. The collection includes five cable patterns designed by Natalie Warner and supported by tutorials from A-C Knitwear. The eBook is available to purchase on Ravelry ravelry.com/patterns/sources/something-to-knit-together-winter-edition
Our books can be purchased from our retailers: actechniques.co.uk/retailers
Other tutorials in this series:
Joining Sleeves and Side Seams in One: youtu.be/sXDYZDubAWo
Joining Shoulder Seams with Back Stitch: youtu.be/llhhIH_gk_E
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Matching up your sleevehead with armhole
2:57 Getting started with the mattress stitch on cast off edges
5:45 Mattress stitching on row-end edges
6:40 What to do if your seam isn't lining up
9:24 Handling the top of the sleevehead
11:40 The finished result
Learn how to sew a sleevehead into the armhole on a pieced sweater with mattress stitch.
This technique is used on the Unite Sweater and Reunite Cardigan, both from Something to Knit Together Winter Edition. The collection includes five cable patterns designed by Natalie Warner and supported by tutorials from A-C Knitwear. The eBook is available to purchase on Ravelry ravelry.com/patterns/sources/something-to-knit-together-winter-edition
Our books can be purchased from our retailers: actechniques.co.uk/retailers
Other tutorials in this series:
Joining Sleeves and Side Seams in One: youtu.be/sXDYZDubAWo
Joining Shoulder Seams with Back Stitch: youtu.be/llhhIH_gk_E
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Matching up your sleevehead with armhole
2:57 Getting started with the mattress stitch on cast off edges
5:45 Mattress stitching on row-end edges
6:40 What to do if your seam isn't lining up
9:24 Handling the top of the sleevehead
11:40 The finished result
