Hemming
Hems can be done several ways. The Backstitch gives an elastic quality to your work. Work it as follows: Insert a threaded tapestry needle through an open loop, catching a stitch on the knitted body, then back through an open loop two stitches down and pull the yarn through. Count back one stitch and repeat.
Knit-in-Hem : This type requires no sewing. Work the hem and turning ridge of your choice. Then continue with the body until it is the same depth as the hem, ending with a wrong-side row. For a regular cast on, use a separate strand of yarn and an extra needle and pick up one loop on the cast-on edge for each stitch on the main needle. Cut the extra yarn. (Alternately, use a smaller knitting needle and simply insert it into one half of the cast-on edge stitch, thereby eliminating the need for extra yarn.) For an invisible cast on, clip out the waste yarn, placing each open loop on an extra needle. For both cases, fold up the hem so that wrong sides are together and the needles are held parallel to each other with the stitches for the main body held in front. Knit one stitch from the front needle together with one stitch from the back needle. Continue across row to secure the hem in place.
—excerpts from Knitting Companion
Editors Note: (Every knitter should own this small but huge information book which is very portable)
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