How to put a name on child’s sweater

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I made a child’s sweater in garter stitch, and I would like to put their name on the back of the sweater. How would I do this ?

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If it’s already knitted I guess embroidery? Or you could knit or crochet some appliques letters to sew on… :thinking: Or sew knitted appliques with a decorative embroidery stitch :joy:

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Hi Remi Thank you for answering . I’m knitting a long chord will try to figure this out . It’s a long name, Georgie.

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Garter stitch is so stretchy, I think it will be a bit tricky. Best might be to knit the letters in garter stitch, and sew them in place. There are charts here–you could make each letter a separate block, with the color of the sweater as the fill. You might need to change the number of rows/stitches, or use a lighter-weight yarn.
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/personalize-knitting-with-knitting-alphabet-2115642

Or here’s an inlay embroidery technique that might work:

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Thanks this will be tricky. I was going to make one long knitted chord, but I think I should knit each letter separately. What do you think ?

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Icord sounds nice.

You could use surface crochet, there are heaps of images (for ideas of how it can look), tutorials and videos to help here is just one

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Thank you ! I looked at the video, Not sure what kind of stitch they are using. I only know the basic chain stitch.

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Its a simple chain stitch through the fabric, heres another video, i suggest watching several to get different ideas of how it might look

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It’s basically a slip stitch. You can map the name out with sewing thread if that helps.

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It really is just the basic chain stitch, but you hold the yarn under the fabric, and then put the hook through the fabric to pull a loop through the chain. I’m not sure how well it will work on garter, though. I see swatching in your future!

I-cord seems like a good choice.

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If the garter is really stretchy and hard to work with it might help to baste it with a few running stitches to hold it in place. You can make a temporary grid that allows you to secure the tension of the fabric to where it looks natural… I haven’t tried it on a hand knit but on a super fine industrial stretchy fabric it helps a lot…

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Right. The baby sweater is knitted in garter stitch . Are the any examples of how this would work on garter stitch ?

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I don’t have any example to show, but I think any hole you can get the basting thread through is probably fine, the lines don’t need to look nice, the important point is mostly to make sure to flatten the fabric properly and adjust the tension after every line? Again, I don’t have extensive experience with it, just a thing I thought could help :face_with_tongue:

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Thanks, Remi! I think I might have to forget it! What about knotted flowers on garter stitch? Do you have any idea of how to do this ?

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Thank you Maybe I need to forget it. And, it’s a long name , too .

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How do you think this would work on a garter stitch sweater? I’m not sure how to do this.

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This video shows a kind of duplicate stitch in garter (see 5:00min) but it also shows the chain in garter (7:00min).

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Here’s an example of surga e crochet on garter stitch but it really doesnt matter at all what stitch you place it on , you will work into any available hole to ‘draw’ in yarn the letters.

Heres another

You can map out the name on squared paper first or just free hand it.

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The easiest is to duplicate stitch (also known as Swiss darning) once the sweater is completed. The letters are embroidered over the original stitching in a different-colored but matching-weight yarn. This allows you to have a lot of control over the font and placement and if you ever need to get rid of it, it’s much easier than re-knitting part of the sweater. Because the sweater is in “garter stitch,” the letters won’t be as neat and tidy as they would be in stockinette stitch, but they can still turn out great. If you don’t want to work the knit stitches exactly, you can embroider the name with a chain stitch or backstitch style embroidery instead. For a finished sweater using garter stitch, embroidery is typically easiest and forgivingest, although if you are knitting a sweater from scratch, you may be able to knit the name as you go with intarsia or duplicate stitch. I would suggest a small garter stitch sample to try to see what kind of letters do you prefer before adding them to the sweater.