How-To’s Day: How to Steek Fearlessly!

Steeking is when you knit the body of a sweater in a tube, and then reinforce and cut open where the armholes (and quite often the neck).  I just finished a test knit that involved steeking and really it is not as scary as it sounds! In fact I think the steeking was the easy part! So here are some suggestions for you to steek fearlessly. This is a great technique for loom knitters too by the way!

• Read everything you can on the subject!
• Gather your supplies…

• You might need some of these… if you are really faint of heart!

• Then make the cut!

Really it’s not as scary as it seems! Make a mini sweater and try it out! Practice makes perfect!