Hi there and I hope that someone can help me with a technique or advice.
I am knitting a hat, just plain ss or double rib. I want to 'weave' an extra strand of yarn into the inside of the hat for extra warmth. eg: hat body will be of one type of yarn while the inside yarn will be possum yarn or merino.
Does any one have any ideas on how to do this? I do not want to make a double layer hat *long sausage and turn it doubled* but on like I have described.
Many thanks and awaiting your advice.
The way I've seen it done is as follows: Assuming that you start from the top of the hat, when you get to the length you want for the hat, change yarn to the one you want for the lining. Reverse the pattern (so that the number of stitches per row matches) Bind off. Turn the lining inside the hat. Baste down the lining. That sounds pretty confusing. Sorry. Shana
Rach, please look at the responses to your previous post asking this question.
This would create a double layer which is not what she wants.
Hi both, and Jonathan Lady is correct, this is NOT what I want. I want to weave into a hat, another yarn. Maybe I should just weave it in, as I would if it were a tail of yarn at a join??
Rach
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Yes, exactly. When you weave it in, leave it slightly loose so it makes loops. If you were doing it with short pieces of unspun roving it would be called "thrummed". Look at pages for "thrummed knitting" to find hints.
=Tamar
Or, you could "Swiss darn" a pattern on the outside.
Aaron
OK as I see it.......not sure i'm right though...
Every other row, put your needles in to knit the stitch, and loop some ends of fleece or thicker yarn around the needle, so that the cut ends hang down onto the wrong side of the hat, and the hoop or loop bit is around the needle....now knit the stitch...do this every other stitch or more or less as you think is thick enough for what you want...
Hope this is what you mean...cheers....Cher
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