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Weaving In Ends As You Go
Playing with color in your knitting is all fun and games until you have dozens and dozens of tails to weave in… GULP. That’s when knowing how weaving in ends as you go comes in very handy! Whenever you change colors so much that you’re headed toward a ton of tails, weaving in as you go saves you that hassle, as well as time and even yarn. The Incredible Blanket is a perfect example of striping that really benefits from this technique, and we demonstrate weaving in your ends as you go on that project in our video below!
Here’s the same information as our video, but shown with a photo and text…
Usually, you’ll weave in ends as you go at the beginning of a new row and when joining a new color. It’s also good to remember that this technique works best when it’s worked along with a knit stitch and a stitch or two away from the very edge of the fabric, so work one or two stitches in your pattern, and at the next knit stitch, begin weaving in your ends as you go as follows…
To weave in ends as you go, hold the tails of the new and old color together, bring them over the working yarn at the wrong side of the work, and knit the next stitch; then, drop the tails and work the next stitch as normal. Continue knitting in tails every other stitch for approximately 1 inch.
And that’s Weaving In Ends As You Go!
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since you are showing this method on a blanket, I’m assuming it looks ok on both sides?
I’m looking for a good way to deal with ends on the Double Seed Stitch Blanket in Super Soft Merino.
What do you recommend?
Thanks!
Hi Tricia,
You can definitely try this method on both sides of your work but if you are feeling unsure, we always recommend trying new techniques over a small gauge swatch just to make sure you are happy with your fabric.
Happy making!
Gavriella
Would you recommend a wet splice for Super Soft Merino? Would it be sturdy enough in a blanket?
Thx
Hi Tricia,
Thank you for writing in! Since Super Soft Merino is a non-superwash wool, you can definitely wet splice it if you’d prefer!
All the best,
Gavriella
Would this technique work for super wash yarns or should it be reserved for just feltable yarns like 100% wool?
Hi Laura,
Thanks for writing in! You can absolutely use this technique for superwash yarns! It’s a pretty secure way to weave in ends for any type of yarn.
All the best,
Lili
I would have liked to see the back side of the weaving in! I am halfway through my blanket, have been weaving in all along, and I feel like it is a little cluttered looking. It would be nice to see both what it looks like while working the piece and then after it felts.
Why do you skip a stitch rather than crossing the ends over the working yarn every stitich (when all the stitches are knit stitches)?
Hi Jean,
Since this pattern specifically is a knit and purl stitch type pattern, we only worked the ends into the knit stitches so they lay at the backside of the work.
All the best,
Gavriella