the blue blog archives: scarf ends

The first mutssjaal is coming along nicely. The left side of the scarf is done, but look at all those yarn ends to weave in. Aaack! I think I'll have to take a little break from the knitting and just weave in those ends on that part right away. Otherwise, I'll never be able to muster up the strength to knit the right side of the scarf and then a-whole-nother mutssjaal!

I love stripes, but man are they a lot of work. How do you all deal with so many ends? Do you do them as you go or wait until each piece is done? Know any secrets for weaving the ends in so they won't be seen on a reversible scarf, like I'm making? Know anyone who's willing to do it for me? Ha, ha!

posted by alison at 9:07 am | in mutssjaals

Comments

The muttsjaal is going to be so cute! Wish I could help you with the loose ends but I don't know of any way to completely hide them on the visible reverse side. Usually I weave the ends in as I go, weaving them as I add the new color, but that won't help hide them. Someone may have a better idea, but I would probably weave them in by just skimming through the yarn, maybe about half way across, and then trim the end as close as possible.

Posted by: Larry at December 21, 2002 10:13 AM

I weave in the ends as I go. Do so as if you were doing 2 handed fairisle knitting and catch the end you are weaving in on every other stitch. It saves a lot of time later and is pretty secure. There is no invisible way to weave the ends in a flat piece..but you could just trim them, then knit an I-cord selvedge on the edges of the scarf in a single color...but that is more work than weaving in ends. If you really didn't want the ends to show at all...you could knit the scarf as a tube. Elizbeth Zimmerman has a scarf knitted in a tube with a sock-like end at either end which you could "punch in" and wear as a hat. Now I'm thinking that I want to look at those scarves in the Gap and see what they did with the ends!

Posted by: Valerie at December 21, 2002 5:01 PM