You think you need a glass of wine after that?! Good work there - can't wait for the full tutorial.

pass the bottle!

Thanks for this! I've never had to kitchener anything other than stockinette stitch, but your great explanations and photos will come in super handy when I do!

hmmmmm... this all makes perfect sense to me.

Does that mean something? ;-D

The indepth tutorials with lots of photos were planned for the book.... and so shall be a complete meany and keep it that way ;)

Great tutorial which after looking I really need as my kitchener doesn't look anything even remotely like that....lol

Excellent tutorial which I've saved to print, for next time I need to graft something!

Could I come for a visit for a hands on tutorial from an expert? I won't expect a roast dinner this time ;-)

Yes, yes yes! That confirms what I had to do to patch a hole in a piece of readymade cardi with a garter stitch edge. I just used my 'WYS THIK ' method i.e What You See, Tells How It Knits.......and I didn't bother to look up anything on the net thank goodness as my disaster would have ended up in the bin. I just copied exactly how the yarn had been threading through to make the stitches and got there in the end. Nice to see it written down though, I like that, can I link to it?

Fantastic tutorial. I've only ever done regular ss Kitchener but now know where to look if I need to do the others.

Thanks for posting this.

U R my hero!! Will totally be referring to this very very soon for the garter stitch graft!
Denise
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can you please let me know if there is a place that has DETAILED and possibly PICTURES of how to do a 2x2 rib kitchener? Im grafting the crotch of a soaker and its in a 2x2 rib. Ive been told there is a way to do this with a combination of knit and purl kitchener, but for the life of me I cant find any instructions anywhere.Ive only regular kitchenered up to this point. I would hate to ruin a beautiful soaker from lack of instructions. Help??!!

Jamie - yep, there is a way to do it but to the best of my knowledge, there aren't any clear instructions available anywhere. Even Montse Stanley only includes one simple illustration for 1x1 rib.

If you let me have your email address and give me a couple of days, I can write out the instructions for you. Either email me to the address in the sidebar above or leave it in a comment.

HTH!

Thank you, THANK YOU!!!
I've just spent the good part of 2 hours googling how to graft kitchener stitch, and found conflicting instructions, tried three times without success, and was practically crying tears of frustration.

I thought it was ME, but your comment on the contention re reverse stocking stitch/garter stitch kitchener really rang bells for me. Once I followed your instructions it all worked fine. The others are going in the bin!
:-) :-) :-)

Thank you for this wonderful set of instructions-- very helpful.

Thank you for this...you have the best set of pictures on the garter stitch grafting....just what I needed being a visual learner!

It's great that this tutorial has helped so many people - thanks for the feedback! I was originally quite nervous about posting my thoughts, so it's great to be reassured :)

Just to say that there is a book in the works, all about kitchener (call me a loon if you like...) How long it will take, I don't know.. but it will get there.

I get lots of emails about how to kitchener different stitches, and these will be included in the book. I know that's not much help now, and I'm sorry for that, but it will all be revealed in due course, I promise!

I see you offered private instructions for kitchenering a 2x2 rib - my guess is that you alternate the regular kitchener and the reverse stockinette kitchener. I personally find kitchener to be not a problem - people seem to dread it (along with turning sock heels) for no good reason.

Am I on the right track? I do have a cowl in 2x2 rib that I plan to try it on.

Thanks.