Weaving Ends As Your Knit Question

akornblau · 09-03-2011, 10:45 PM

Greetings,

My preferred method to work in my yarn ends is generally duplicate stitch which I learned on KnittingHelp.com.

Recently, I have watched a couple of video demonstrations by Eunny Jang on how to weave in ends as you knit. One demo is available on a Knitting Daily TV episode (505) from the Series 500 DVD. The other demos is accessible in this Knitting Daily TV segment on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtkY0JU9WA).

I know there are other ways to work in ends while you knit, but what I like about this method is that there is no bulk where you are weaving in the yarn ends. This method also works for same color or new color yarn joins.

The demos show this technique with the knit stitch. Does this mean this method will not work with purl stitches or ribbing?

Other than any stitch limitations, is there any other reason not to use this method for weaving in ends with the exception of a reversible item such as a scarf?

Thank you,

Amy

akornblau · 09-04-2011, 03:17 PM

I can see this morning that I was more tired than I thought when I wrote this message last night. In addition to the typos, the example in the You Tube video is a scarf. In my message, I wrote that this technique would not be used for a scarf. However, the center of the scarf in the video is closed at the end so there is no wrong side showing. I was referring to not using this technique for a scarf that is not closed at the center. If there was any confusion regarding my message, I hope this clears things up.

Thank you,

Amy

Originally Posted by akornblau

Greetings,

My preferred method to work in my yarn ends is generally duplicate stitch which I learned on KnittingHelp.com.

Recently, I have watched a couple of video demonstrations by Eunny Jang on how to weave in ends as you knit. One demo is available on a Knitting Daily TV episode (505) from the Series 500 DVD. The other demos is accessible in this Knitting Daily TV segment on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtkY0JU9WA).

I know there are other ways to work in ends while you knit, but what I like about this method is that there is no bulk where you are weaving in the yarn ends. This method also works for same color or new color yarn joins.

The demos show this technique with the knit stitch. Does this mean this method will not work with purl stitches or ribbing?

Other than any stitch limitations, is there any other reason not to use this method for weaving in ends with the exception of a reversible item such as a scarf?

Thank you,

Amy