I've finished the two fronts of the kimono sweater, and am thinking about the binding or trim I will be putting on it. My original idea was that I would use the shiny, rayon yarn alone in the trim. So after I knitted the second front, I knitted another swatch to use for the trims. I tried hanging the bound-off edge with right side facing, knitting a row, turning it with a garter bar, and knitting a 20-row hem (turning on row 10) using a slightly slighter tension because the yarn is a finer yarn. I did NOT like the result. The bound-off edge was stiff, but the tighter tension made the edge wavy. I unraveled it.
I re-hung it with right side facing again, added a second strand of the rayon and used a larger stitch size, knit 2 rows to compensate for the roll of the fabric, then knit 5 rows and hung the hem. Again, this did not work.
I unraveled it again.
I thought about using a "binding" knit and folded in half. I tried it, and didn't like it either.
I am going to have to get out a trim book. I have several. I have hardcopies of Mary Ann Oger's Band Practice and 50 Ways to love your Knitter, and I also have two in my Kindle library by Bonnie Triola "Machine Knitted Trims and Edges." One is for single-bed machines, and the other is for double-bed machines. Probably I have others in my library, but those two (or four, actually) come to mind right away.
I am thinking that perhaps my next step will be to experiment with an industrial rib, since the fabric of this sweater is heavier than the lighter-weight trim. That will mean moving to a a different machine, since the 930 I am currently using does not have a ribber installed. Or, alternatively, installing a ribber on the 930. Decisions, decisions.
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