Fearless Cut 'n Sew - Replay Live Archive
A quick alternative to shaping sweaters is to use Cut 'n Sew.
- Forget shaping with complicate stitch patterns
- Fast results
- Use sewing patterns
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Fearless Cut 'n Sew ClassroomMitered Neckband
Use DAK to calculate neckband pickup
From serged edge .....

To a beautiful, enclosed finish

Cynthia P Years ago I went to a seminar on cut and sew. we had to mek up yards of fabric. with help from the instructor i wound up with a 2 piece suit. skirt and sweater. it was so much fun |
Cynthia P I missed it since we had a holiday yesterday |
Cynthia P hi from Oshawa, |
Nancy M I've used a 2/24 or finer in the upper looper of my serger with successs |
Kelly C I'm renewing too soon |
Sue Jalowiec :grinning: |
June H Thanks!! |
Sue Jalowiec thank you everyone ! hugs... |
Nancy M I'll be renewing soon... its my birthday gift to myself. |
Mary Ann B Thanks again for a great session. |
Silly Sue! |
Sue Jalowiec :grinning: |
Lyn R Looking forward to next week |
Barbara P So worth my subscription. Thanks, Sue!!! |
Lyn R Thanks for sharing a your knowledge |
Carol D Thanks, Sue. Really interesting. I've finally completed the afghan KAL and will send you a picture soon! :grinning: |
Cindy Minota I'm going to try this--I see how it could be a really valuable skill to have! |
Wilma T Thanks for everything, hopefully until next week. Enjoy the little baby girl |
Nancy R Great webinar = thank you |
Phyl in Raleigh, NC Many great new ideas, thank you Sue! |
VERY inspirational ... thank you, Sue! |
Erin P Thank you Sue! |
Jacqueline O Great new stuff in the learning videos. Thank you Sue. |
Dawn W Always learn something interesting, thank you! |
I like the idea of practicing on doll clothes - for my granddaughters |
Marie-Jo C Ok thank you, Sue, I'm no longer intimidated and I'll give a try !! |
Nancy M making the band deeper would help with the bulky yarn |
Nancy M I'm considering using cut & sew for pet sweaters. |
Marie-Jo C With a bulky machine, aren't the two pieces of the collar too thick ? |
Cindy Minota On a 'real' project, to seam on your serger do you use a special thread? I am a seamstress first and this is intriguing to me to cut and sew! |
Kelly C can you miter? |
Barbara P Shouldn't we join 1 shoulder seam first, then hang that combination on the needles. Otherwise how to you finish the shoulder seam. |
Phyl in Raleigh, NC You could also use a strip of fabric to make a binding similar to quilt binding. |
Nancy M you haven't seen my stash |
Nancy M practicing cut & sew would be a great way to use up ugly yarn.. |
A round neck seems doable... what do you do for a V or square neck? |
Phyl in Raleigh, NC Probably could mark the center of the garment and hang that at zero. Then make sure each side has the same amount of stitches hung. |
Barbara P If you are using DAK to create your garment, DAK will calculate the number of sts you need for your band. |
Carol D you just poked the stitches over the hooks? Correct? |
Nancy M I would recommend blocking first just do the stitches are set |
Wilma T I love your video on the DAK neck line template. Never knew how to do that. Thanks!! |
Barbara P Use a favorite garment to trace to make your template shape. |
Sharon S Sharon S. in Israel here |
Dawn W Does the fabric have to be blocked first? |
Nancy M she was the girl in one of the Indiana Jones movies) |
Nancy M I 've done some cut and sew. I know that Karen Allen (she is an actress that has her own machine knitting business and uses cut and sew for her wonderful. garments. |
Mary Ann B I made a sweater with my garter carriage and did the cut and sew neckline. It turned out great! |
I agree with Marie-Jo - pretty intimidating |
Kerri P in Colorado here |
Nancy M Nancy Mangeri in Kansas here. |
Barbara P Greetings from Batavia, IL |
Jody A hi from Alaska |
Karyn B Hi from the Eastern Shore of VA! |
Dana T I plated a gorgeous baby blanket on my LK150 - first MK project |
Nancy R Hi from Cape Cod |
Scott V Looking forward to mittens |
Joan W Good Wednesday morning from New Zealand |
Carol D Yea, mittens! |
Phyl in Raleigh, NC Your tutorial was a big help, thanks! |
Phyl in Raleigh, NC Using my LK 150, I tried plaiting for the first time and it's going great. |
Scott V Hello Iâm from philly area |
Carol D Good Afternoon from the cloudy, warm Catskill Mountains of New York! |
Dana T Good Morning from California! |
Lyn R Went to demo of cut and sew at my knitting guild and looking forward to trying it |
Mary Ann B Good way to make a dent in that stash. |
Wilma T Yes, it does!!! Love it too |
Dawn W Finishing first machine sweater. Has been a humbling experience! Certainly not giving up on garments though. |
Mary Ann B They are donated to local schools and groups in need. |
Jenny M B Hi all, from North Wales! Don't know why I'm here as I won't even ATTEMPT cut'n'sew! |
Lyn R Good morning from texas |
Cathy R Good morning from Tacoma, WA |
Wilma T Tried out my empisal 360 and am going to knit a baby sweater too. Also a girl, grandchild from my good friend. |
Mary Ann B I've been knitting hats for our Guild challenge. 2 per week for the year. |
Marie-Jo C ... too intimidating !! |
Marie-Jo C I never tried cut and seww |
Mary Ann B Mary Ann from Minnesota here. |
Wilma T Hi Sue and Matt, Wilma from the Netherlands. I have sound now :) |
Marie-Jo C Hello from France ! Perfect sound here !!! |
Matthew F and its great! |
Matthew F We got sound |
Erin P Good afternoon from NE Ohio |
June H Good morning from overacted western Washington! |
Matthew F Still no sound |
Matthew F No sound |
Marelda C Hello from overcast northern California! |
Dawn W And a sunny good afternoon from Ohio! |
Sue Jalowiec Good morning! We'll get started in a few minutes |