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5 years ago
I'm knitting very soft cotton to make many chemo hats, WITHOUT an irritating seam ridge.  Does anyone know a technique to get a smooth flat seam so I can knit these on the machine?  Currently hand knitting them all. Would love to use my knitting machine, but don't want the mattress stitch seam. 
TIA, barb palmer

5 years ago
HI Barbara!
The flattest seam is the Bickford ... here's a link

[QUOTE username=Barbara Palmer  Barbara Palmer userid=6383397 postid=1308943936]I'm knitting very soft cotton to make many chemo hats, WITHOUT an irritating seam ridge.  Does anyone know a technique to get a smooth flat seam so I can knit these on the machine?  Currently hand knitting them all. Would love to use my knitting machine, but don't want the mattress stitch seam. 
TIA, barb palmer[/QUOTE]

5 years ago
Barbara, I just used Bickford seams (for the very first time) on a pair of socks and they were nice and flat and comfortable.  I didn't find this seam quite as easy to do as mattress stitch, but not too difficult, really.

Jenny