Turning Heads

Have you noticed that you pin the head in place facing forwards and by the time you have finished sewing it on the head has turned?

The process of sewing the head on makes my heads turn through about 45 degrees to the tea cosy's left. Sometimes its ok that they aren't looking dead ahead, but it is nice to have the choice.

Because I know my head will turn, I take this into consideration at the pinning stage. I position it where I want it to be, then turn it 45 degrees to the tea cosies right and pin. Then when I sew, its more or less in the first place I positioned it.

I have spoken with other knitters about this issue, and they said that their heads turn too. One lady said that to pin her heads on, she uses the knitting needles she's been working with instead of pins so that the head can't move, which I thought was a neat idea.


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