Sewing Running Stitches along the Cast On Edge

I know this sounds like the simplest thing ever and that it’s so easy that how could there possibly be a tip about how to do it, but there is.

I use this instruction usually at the tops of limbs and sometimes on things I want to make into ball shapes. The pattern will say something like, "At the cast-on edge, sew a row of running stitches and draw up".

I have noticed that when I do this at the base of the stitches that sometimes it can make more of a pouting lip finish rather than the finish when you thread and draw, which is the look we're aiming to achieve.

I have been experimenting and I have found that when I do my running stitches over the edge of the cast-on edge (in a more of an over sew or whip stitch way), I end up with a much more professional looking draw up without the pout.

Just a small tip for a better finish.




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