Re: Did anyone ever knit or crochet with ....

Apr 23, 2006 2 Replies
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"craftydragon1951" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...



One way is to just overrlap the two ends for a few inches and
> knit/crochet. This gives some extra bulk. I don't find it a problem
> usually. If I were doing a lot of it in a small piece I'd try the
> following way. Trim each end for a few inches so it is about 1/2 as
> thick as normal, overlap the two ends and then knit or crochet the > ends
> at the same time. that way you don't have a lot of extra bulk.
> Shana

I agree with you!!! But if you are knitting loosely, I often feel that it is not good enough (maybe I'm wrong) I usually knitt the two ends together 3-4 sts, but then I weave them, if I knit a "looser" pattern.


In crocheting I am much more clever to get rid of "my ends" while working! AUD ;-)

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Shana and Aud,

Thanks for your answer! I've done the knit-together routine but wasn't happy with the bulk it created (I'm extremely critical of my work!!) and chose instead to just weave the ends in afterwards. I never thought of trimming them so that they'd be thinner! SO smart! Thanks very much for that answer. I will definitely try it the very next time I join a new piece. :o)

Aud, I'm much better with crocheting too and never have ends to deal with 'cause I work 'em in while I go. I'm still getting the "fine points" of knitting down 'cause though I learned as a child and knitted some things over the years, crochet was my passion so that I never learned the little tricks to knitting. I'm learning TONS here! :o)

Smiles to ya both, and thanks again! Eve :o)

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I do the THINNING wheni put threads together in weaving , never did it in iknitting ,,,, mirjam

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