Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Sure!!! Go for it. I took a class from "Stretch N Sew" MANY years ago. They recommended NOT using the stretch stitch on the machines (not sure they still have that). It's a nightmare and a waste of thread. Simply give the knits a slight pull to stretch and sew. It'll pop back to shape really well and has the "give" that knits need.
Lengthen the stitch length - and then do the stretching and sewing. If one uses tiny/short little stitches, the stretch stays stretched.
Experiment a little - knits have varying amounts of stretch - some are almost as rigid as a woven - and others will stretch to over twice their original dimensions. Many of them have more stretch in one direction than the other.