Turning tightly

The simplest form of cornering is to simply turn, with inclinations going around the turn. When making a hard corner, this results in stitches pivoting around the inside corner of the turn. If you’re going to turn this way, try beginning to ‘lean’ the stitches into the turn, and when coming out of the corner, give them some chance to ‘lean back up.’

Surprisingly, most of the time, professionals prefer to simply turn corners instead of using more complex corner styles, which we’ll describe next.