Thread: Sewing with Tricot Knit???
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Old 08-29-2016, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by SewingSew View Post
I know this sounds obvious, but if you don't have a serger, make sure that you use a stretch stitch to sew your knit fabric. If you have acess to Nancy Zeiman's show on PBS, "Sewing With Nancy"--she has a two-part segment called "Sew Knits With Confidence" that you might benefit from. If you have a Roku, you can access PBS easily.
All great suggestions. I don't know if this is the one where she demonstrates the "wobble" stitch for knits. Longer length, very subtle zigzag, if you have a machine that will zig and zag!! I used it for knits on clothes for the 18" doll and worked great.

Let us know how it all turns out!!
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