FINISHING STEEK EDGES

IF YOU’VE knitted a project in the round and then cut it open with a steek, you’ll be left with a raw cut edge. These are typically hidden on the inside of the project – for example, if you’ve picked up stitches along the cut edge of a cardigan to attach buttonbands – but many knitters don’t like the untidiness of an unfinished steek edge, even if no one else will ever see it!

Tidying up these raw edges not only gives a well finished look to a garment – particularly where