Comments on: Tuesday’s Knitting Tip – Hiding Your Ends

By: Julie Littlejohns

Julie Littlejohns — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:56:00 +0000

Yes, thats exactly what I do, I weave it in behind on the back of the knitting, just twisting it around the working yarn once to make sure the tail end is caught in the back of the stitch as it is knitted. This is the same technique as carrying the second colour. It is so much easier than weaving in the ends afterwards.

By: denise

denise — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:00:00 +0000

I hate sewing up and weaving in ends. Consequently, I also join in ends this way, and knit from the top down on circular needles or dpns so no seams either!

By: ritainalaska

ritainalaska — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:44:00 +0000

i carry the ends as i go, across the row, on the diagonal or straight up. still have to weave the cast on end in, darn it!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:25:00 +0000

Hi, I have been carrying the tail for several stitches for a long time now. I really find that for the majority of my work it really doesn’t show unless one really looks for it. I agree that each yarn/project needs to be treated individually. The other option is to weave the yarn in as one goes, so that at the end of the project you are already done.

By: Sunshine Knitter

Sunshine Knitter — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:51:00 +0000

I always join at the edge of my work too. I can usually determine by looking at the length of yarn left if there is enough to complete another row. If not, I go ahead and join then. The left over length can be used to stitch the garment together.

By: Meadow Campbell

Meadow Campbell — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:24:00 +0000

I did this on my own when I started knitting, and like Egozko mentions, I figured it was a cop out and that eventually I’d learn the ‘real’ way to weave in ends as I go. I personally don’t care for the results, though. I prefer to carry the tail for several stitches, and sometimes again on the next round for good measure, as Jocelyn suggests. I’ve never had a problem with unraveling and I don’t have the bulk on the first few stitches…just my preference though

By: Mary Frances

Mary Frances — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:17:00 +0000

I always done this on my my top down socks. First low is a little thicker but it looks great.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:05:00 +0000

I’ve seen (but sadly don’t remember to do) a technique where you weave it the end as you would carry the second color in a fair isle project. That’s not a very good explanation, but hopefully that makes sense.

By: Egozko

Egozko — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:06:00 +0000

I am pleased to hear that I am not the only one who uses this technique. I thought of it one day and wondered if it would be too unorthodox of a procedure. Thank you for sharing!

By: Knitterdeb

Knitterdeb — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:01:00 +0000

With wool, I’ve been using the Russian join. It depends on the yarn though.