{"id":2249,"date":"2015-01-25T21:56:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T01:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2015-01-25T21:56:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T01:56:59","slug":"knitting-how-to-joining-2-skeins-of-yarn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/knitting-how-to-joining-2-skeins-of-yarn\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting How-To: Joining 2 Skeins of Yarn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know about you, but I really dislike weaving in ends. I\u2019m lazy and when I\u2019m finished knitting I really want to be done with a project. And also, I\u2019m always afraid that my weaving in won\u2019t be enough and the ends will come undone and my entire project will unravel.<\/p>\n

What I do is probably \u2013 if I did my research \u2013 something common. Here is what I do, especially with the fluffier yarns. The join with the smooth yarns (especially bulky) is more noticeable. But depending on what you are knitting and where the join is, it might not make a difference.<\/p>\n

When you are about 6 to 8 inches from the end of a skein, fold the yarn in half.<\/p>\n

\"2<\/a><\/p>\n

\"New<\/a> \"New<\/a> \"Old<\/a><\/p>\n

Take the new skein and do the same thing (fold in half) looping the new through the old.<\/p>\n

\"Joined<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Old<\/a> \"Old<\/a><\/p>\n

Knit the folded yarn like you would any other yarn. Just be careful when you knit back over the join to pick up both strands as 1 stitch or you will increase accidentally! Or worse pick up an end which isn\u2019t knit in and it will come undone creating a hole. So just watch then next row and you\u2019ll be just fine!<\/p>\n

\"Knit<\/a> \"A<\/a> \"A<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Knit<\/a> \"Starting<\/a> \"Working<\/a> \"Knit<\/a> \"Joined<\/a><\/p>\n

Tah-Dah! You are woven in without weaving. And because your join is actually knit into the fabric you don\u2019t have to worry about it coming undone.<\/p>\n

\"Knit<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Snip<\/a> \"Snip<\/a> \"TahDah<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know about you, but I really dislike weaving in ends. I\u2019m lazy and when I\u2019m finished knitting I really want to be done with a project. And also, I\u2019m always afraid that my weaving in won\u2019t be enough and the ends will come undone and my entire project will unravel. What I do …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216,240],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-knitting","7":"category-tips-and-tricks","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}