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]

[Marnie]

happyskrappy,
I don't have the book so I'll have to guess here.
I'm thinking they are suggesting you work in intarsia. If the piece is worked in the round you won't be able to do an intarsia pattern in the normal method, instead, you would need to cut the yarn each time.

If you are not to work the piece in the round, I would suggest you wind some bobbins and not cut the yarn each row. There are lots o