Thursday, December 7, 2006
splicing
Very exciting moment, knitting tonight. I'm making a cable scarf and, as usual, was dreading coming to the end of the first skein because I loathe weaving ends in since they never disappear the way I want them to. So I decided to try the wet-splice method I've read about. First I made sure both ends were the same place in the variegated color sequence, then I unspun a couple of inches on both ends. Then I dampened the six pieces of each strand. Then I overlapped them and gently twisted. It looked pretty good but the test was in the knitting, done a bit gingerly. And it worked like a total charm. Yet another reason to be a wool purist, right?! It's a terrific technique and if you haven't tried it, you should.
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