The Zipper Stitch--dedicated to my friend Dorothy

OK you start with the pieces you want to join next to each other with the wrong sides up.


Then you thread a darning needle with yarn the same color as the pieces you want to join..I used a different color, just so you could see where the stitches were going.


Start as close to the corner as you can. From underneath, put the darning needle through both threads that make the top stitch of your piece. Pull the needle up, and pull the thread through most of the way.


Next, still from underneath, put the darning needle through both threads that make the top stitch of your second piece. You can see how there is a little hole already there.


So the thread comes under and up through the first piece, and then under and up through the second piece. Find the next set of threads in the first piece, and pull the thread up and through. Just remember you are always coming from underneath.


Continue back and forth until you come to the end. You also want to keep track of how your pieces are matching up...sometimes you won't have exactly the same number of stitches..so just fudge it a little by skipping a hole or doing two stitches into the same hole.


Pull the thread tight as you go, because it will be hard to do later..this stitch doesn't really slide through very easily, as it cinches down so tight.


Just a few more stitches...first piece


Second piece....


Pull it tight....


When you turn it over, the stitching is pretty much invisible.


Especially if you didn't use a different colored yarn!
Happy Zipper Stitching!