Sewing with knits 101 - a crash course
Sewers seem to have a love-hate relationship with knits. I will admit when I first started sewing I avoided knits as everyone told me they were hard to sew with and I didn’t think I was ready. I started sewing when I was 10 years old. My mum was a home sewer and taught me to sew on her old Janome sewing machine. I was immediately hooked and have been sewing ever since both professional and for myself. It was a few years before I attempted to sew with knits and once I did I was surprised at how simple it was to sew with knits. Anyway I got side-tracked, lets get back to some tips on sewing with knits. Knits are amazing to sew with. They are easier to fit than woven and are a lot more forgiving too. There is such a variety in weights, fabric construction, composition and prints that they are really amazing to sew with. We will start out with tips on setting your machine up to best handle knits and then move onto some techniques for sewing. For first time sewers of knits sel...