Tutorial: Making and Using Knit Tape
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- It’s time for another Sunday Sew Along Tutorial! Last week we covered bias binding and today we are doing knit tape.
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For reference: I am 5’2” and my measurements are as follows, upper bust 36”, full bust 40”, waist 33”, hip 40”
Awesome tutorial! I’m just beginning to sew with knits and all your tips are so valuable. Thanks!!
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Thank you so much for fixing the lens problem. Great Video, as always. Very helpful and informative. Thanks so much.
Sorry about that! It looks like the fancy lens was the problem so I'm taking that to get fixed!
Wow! Will sewing wonders never cease!?! Lol. I’ve never heard of this. I can’t wait to try this. I love using bias tape on wovens. Knit tape is a game changer for sure! Thanks so much. I’ve been sewing some summer projects for myself, which includes dresses and tops, so this is timely. Take care Whitney!
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Thank you for another great video! I am learning so much. I am jealous of how well your sewing machine sews on knits. I am having the hardest time getting my machine to sew with knit fabric.
I know last demo video (bias binding) you were asking if people liked the camera angle at the sewing machine, and I liked it very much. I think this time you changed the angle and we are seeing more of the top of the machine and less of the presser foot, needle plate area.
Thank you again for a great video!
My son got the original angle. I'll have to have him mess with it again 😂. For sewing on knits with a sewing machine, do you have a walking foot? On my regular home machine, I used a walking foot every time I sewed on knits and it was a game changer!
Such a great follow-up to the bias tape video. I'm glad you mentioned the t-shirt week videos. I look forward to watching those, also. Thank you!
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Wonderful tutorial. It is great for all the Spring and Summer sewing we will be doing. Woven and knit tape. I actually used knit on a woven blouse about 2 weeks ago simply because I had the knit within arms reach. It is wonderful. So soft around my neck and armholes. I have that pattern (Hysop) for the top. Since I am older, I mixed it with the Belize shorts. 🩳 😉
That's such a cute idea! I bet those two patterns look great together!
Perfect! I was looking exactly for this advice and couldn’t find a good tutorial. Thank you, Whitney!
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I've sewn with a lot of knits. The only place I've ever used woven bias binding is at the shoulder seam. It's not used to finish off necklines or armholes. Instead, you use knit ribbing or self knit fabric to finish off these areas.
I would agree.
Loved this video and I love your conversational style. Your enthusiasm and love of sewing is infectious! You are a great ambassador for all of us who love sewing and garment construction and also have some fitting issues.
What a lovely comment! Thank you so much!
Looks great!!!
Ps I spoiled myself and got the good scissors you recommended!!
Oh good! Those scissors are amazing and they are a small business, which I always love to support!
Thanks Lindsey that was great and now I have to go watch T-shirt week 😁. I really enjoy your videos
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This was great. Thank you. I agree with you about the difference in accuracy requirements for sewing vs. quilting. I’ve done (and taught) both, and I generally say that sewing is to quilting as cooking is to baking. Of course, that analogy doesn’t help as much as it used to, since they eliminated that part of the SATs. 😂
What a great parallel! I definitely agree 👍
@@creepyed Thank you 😊
That is a fabulous parallel!
@@TomKatStitchery Thank you 😊
Thanks! It makes sense knit armholes don’t have stretch, or a lot of it, but pointing it out was useful. Thanks for this tutorial.
My pleasure!
Very clear tutorial, thank you. I don't have problems with knit bindings, I only have difficulty with bias bindings on fine fabrics like challis. I have never mastered binding with those.
Did you see the tutorial from last week? While it was a rayon poplin and not a challis, its the same technique I use for challis.
@@TomKatStitchery yes I did watch last week's video. I know the technique and I have the tape makers, I just can never get challis to behave. It doesn't crease nicely like poplin. I have tried Terial Magic as well, that didn't help either
@@brenholmes4894 I did have a quilter suggest lots of starch with a dry hot iron (no steam). She said it made working with the tape makers much easier.
This was great :)... after sewing several knits for my "capsule" travel wardrobe this looks much more stable for the arm holes and help with those difficult curved and high/low hems... and I'm definitely going to look at the video for facings because many of my necklines were not as smooth as I would like them... just going to say my favorite item I made was the LN sunday romper... but that v-neck knit neckline gets the best of me %)
I LOVE using topstitched facings on my knits if the neckline doesn't need to stretch!
Thank you. Great explanation 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
Love the tutorial, thank you for sharing! A couple things:
1. I thought the regular camera lens looked just fine! However, I do have an untrained eye 😂.
2. Question about understiching and the final edge stitching, if I did want the armhole to stretch a bit, could I use the lightning stitch on my sewing machine?
Yes, if you want it to stretch, you could use the lightening stitch and be good!
Thanks you so much for this great video.
My pleasure!
Really appreciated.
My pleasure!
I love your channel. I recently found you on UTube and am going back in time watching a number of your older posts. Thanks. Over the past few weeks you have covered making a TShirt smaller, bias tape and this week knit tape. My question is - is there a video, or can you tell me how to change the neckline on a purchased TShirt?
I have a number of event, and travel Tshirts, and because I am a plus size lady i always have to buy the 3X in the mens tshirts, and they always have a high crew neck. I have a larger bust and crew necks do not do me any favours. Is there a way to cut the neckline down to a shallow V or a slight scoop, and how would I finish the edge.
Thank you, and keep the posts coming, I love them
I’ve done this many times! I have a basic t-shirt block that I know fits me well, and I use it to estimate everything from length, curved hem or straight, to sleeve and neckline design. Depending on end use, you can go as simple as a serge, turn, and sew edge, or something more complex, such as a RTW type binding, or even bias binding (purchase or knit) such as Whitney just shared. Sometimes you can get enough fabric from the extra length of the original shirt, or a sleeve (if not using). I’ve also been known to purchase 2 shirts of the same fabric, and combine to get just what I want! Sometimes the 5x-6x big and tall shirts are a better fabric investment. My mantra is “fabric is everywhere!” I recently purchased several beautiful “bandannas” at a national park gift shop. They won’t look like bandannas when I am done with them!
I'm so glad you're enjoying the channel! Yes, you can adjust the neckline on event and travel t-shirts. I prefer to finish my necklines with knit neckbands and I find that quite often the shirt fabric isn't stretchy enough for the neckbands. In that case, you can either use a jersey (cotton/spandex is my favorite) or ribbing (make sure there is some spandex in it) in a complementary color to finish your neckline. I cut my neckbands 85% smaller than the neckline so that you have to stretch them slightly when sewing them in. It makes them lay nice and flat! I have a video of doing various t-shirt necklines here: czcams.com/video/BDvtg80SCaA/video.html
Great video! Thank you so much! Do you have a video talking about the machine you used up in this video? What machine is it?
The machine I'm using in this video is an industrial Juki DDL9000b and it's a really great machine!
How about …. Jersey Bias binding . Cross grain strips , SO GOOD U MENTIONED THAT 🤪!! Thank you 🙏
I love it!
I think you could do this technique with a light weight fold over elastic to decrease bulk.
You could definitely use FOE as well!
Great tutorial. What stitch are you using on your serger and what position is the needle in? Is it a three-thread narrow with the needle to the right?
I almost always use a 4 thread serged seams. I just like the extra security of having the two lines of stitching.
This seems to put a lot of bulk around the arm hole. I like to use is Judy Kessinger’s method of sewing a single layer binding to the right side and then turn it and the seam allowance to the inside and either stitch in the ditch or edge stitch the seam, then you trim away the excess fabric from the binding. I think I also prefer to do the binding in the round once the side seams are finished, to hide the top of the seam.
The underarm was definitely bulky on this one (mostly due to the overlapped seam that also included folded over facings on both sides) and, to be honest, I would do one layer with the coverstitch most of the time. I had some requests to show more knits using just the regular machine, which is why I went this route on this one.
How would this differ doing it with a coverstitch machine?
You would have two lines of stitching on the front and the loop on the back. If I'm going to use the coverstitch, I wouldn't double over the tape. I would sew it the same, but just use the one layer of tape (does that make sense?) and then "top stitch" with the cover stitch. The loop on the back would finish the raw edge that would be on the wrong side.
Great tutorial. I'm just curious why you bothered folding the start of the strip over double like that instead of just sewing the beginning and end together like a regular knit arm band... to finish it off before folding the whole mess over. It's a fake placket anyway that won't be opened up.
If I were sewing an actual side seam, I would have done that, but because this one lays over the other, it was either sew it in the round or do it like I did it.
Would you do the same for a stretch woven fabric? I’m sewing a sleeveless blouse using a stretch woven fabric and I don’t know how I’m finishing the neck or armholes. I thought about making bias tape but wasn’t sure which way to cut it. 🫣
If I were using a stretch woven, I think I would still cut it on the bias and sew it like bias tape.
@@TomKatStitchery ok. Thank you
As always great info! I have a question to throw out here. My daughter purchased a couple of remnants from JoAnns for pj's. I'm not sure but I think it is a brushed poly knit. Super soft and a bit fuzzy. I had no trouble with my serger but my regular machine, a Babylock, doesn't want to feed the fabric smoothly. Using a stretch stitch with and without an even feed foot is just not working well. Trying not to stretch the neckline and armholes out and pull, push, tug to get the fabric to move . . . Urg.!! I did try a tear away stabilizer that seems to help but by the time it is removed the stitches don't look as good as they should. Any thoughts or ideas? Thank you so much!
That is so frustrating! Are you using a stretch (not a jersey or ball point, but specifically stretch) needle? That won't help the feeding, but it might help the look of the stitches. You might put the walking foot back on and adjust the pressure of the presser foot? Let me know how it goes!
@@TomKatStitchery I will give it ago! Thank you so much for your advice. I have sewn for a very long time but am mostly self taught in the says before you tube! I have signed up for Tailor Academy as well. I am determined to up my sewing game. Very exciting to learn new things!
@@TomKatStitchery Would sandwiching the fabric between tissue paper help? I saw that trick on CZcams but don't remember the scenario
@@debbiewhite3270 that could definitely help! You could also just try sandwiching between toilet paper!
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Loved it, however would it be possible for you to please stop referring to us as "guys". That seems ti be the youtuber trap, doesn't it. It is evry inappropriate and tacky.
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This is simply a figure of speech. I don't find it offensive and simply appreciate the content Whitney creates.
What?>? Better than saying ladies or gals. I love this channel and she can call me anything she wants.
I do try and keep the channel my regular talking voice (I find it a bit more natural and comfortable). While I do notice that I use some phrases a bit too frequently, I would disagree that using "guys" is inappropriate or tacky. It could also be my midwest lexicon.