"Weave in ends."
Why is it patterns rarely, if ever, say more than this? Can anyone help me out here? What is the best way to weave in ends on a delicate lace piece like Birch? I can't seem to find anything online, or in any of my books, about this.
As for blocking, I'm planning to use the Yarn Harlot's string-blocking method.
Posted by jess at March 7, 2006 5:12 PMOh, I can't wait to see it!
Posted by: Veronique at March 7, 2006 5:51 PMJust to let you know if you haven't already know. Eunny is planning to address everything lace from tomorrow onwards. So go ahead and ask the master lace knitter. Hahaha.
Posted by: Jade at March 7, 2006 6:09 PMI've always wondered the same about lace - hopefully you'll get some good tips!
Posted by: Melissa at March 7, 2006 6:16 PMI just try to work my ends in along the edges, where they won't be as visible. It helps to split the plies if it's a really slippery yarn.
Posted by: Natalie at March 7, 2006 6:47 PMI generally weave the ends in along the edges or in the denser bits, if there are any.
Posted by: naomi at March 7, 2006 7:09 PMI forget where I read this, but for when you join a new ball of yarn (I think this was referring to KSH), they said to just over lap the two strands (old yarn and new yarn) for a few inches and knit them together. I did that for my birch and it's not noticable at all!
Posted by: Angela at March 7, 2006 7:09 PMSusan (ma2u) would be a good person to ask, or Margene - she's made lace recently too. Or, hm, probably Stephanie/Harlot, Kate Gilbert mentioned that she made a lace shawl to wear at a wedding and had woven in the end so well that she couldn't unpick it to fix a stitch that she messed up but didn't notice until later. Good luck - I'm looking forward to finding out where you get the info/guidance. :)
Posted by: Laura at March 7, 2006 9:51 PMUm, in the two lace things I've done... In the all wool piece, I spit spliced. In the wool-silk, I used the Russian Join. The cast on and cast off edges are always easier to deal with - then I just usually split the plies and weave each in in a different direction.
Posted by: Chris at March 8, 2006 12:04 AMKidsilk Haze is so furry and sticky that you'll never even see the ends if you just run them under the purl bars of the edge stitches. Run one end 'north' and one end 'south', trim if necessary, and no one will be the wiser.
Can't wait to see the finished shawl!
Posted by: Beth S. at March 8, 2006 1:25 PMI'm curious to hear what other folks do too... I've tried several different methods to handle those pesky ends in lace. What seems to work best for me is to essentially duplicate stitch on the wrong side. In any lace pattern there are portions which hide this better than others, so I frequently check how it looks on the right side and try to stick to the portions of the lace which are easier to duplicate stitch. I don't clip the ends until after blocking -- this helps avoid the ends working loose during the bit stretch.
Posted by: Jessie at March 9, 2006 11:08 AM