Argyle

[happyskrappy]

I'm making a pair of slippers that have an argyle pattern on the top. I found them in a book called Weekend Knitting. It says not to carry the yarn behind the work, and instead to cut it.

two questions:
how do i make sure it stays together?
how do i keep my brain sane when looking at each row of dangling strings?

and a third: where are all these strings going to go!? i know they belong woven into the fabric when it's done, but i have no idea how they're all going to fit.[/u]