Give us this day our daily dilemma.....
I'm happily knitting along on the feather and fan scarf of silveriness....and YIPES! Time to join a new ball of this tapey glitterspun. What to do, what to do....I'd like to be zen and practice non-attachment, but because of the laciness of the pattern, and my refusal to accept less than perfection (it is a GIFT after all for someone who has been steadfast and faithful in the face of humongous obstacles for 25 YEARS!) the join will show if I tie a knot and the tape seems too slippery to simply make a loop and weave in the ends...
(sigh) Anybody have any "how to invisibly tie tubed tape" hints?
Speaking of hints, (thank you blue blog alison for answering my question before I even ASKED it)...I just got back from the crafts store with my handy new pliers, so I'll be able to remove the extra teeth from the two way separating zipper, replace the upper stop, and then sew it into the ribby cardie which is FRED. I'm going to do a hand-picked zipper because I'm too freaked out to run him through the sewing machine.....
I took FRED to Quilt Ladies last night...he was fondled within an inch of his life. Everybody had to try him on and oooooo and awwwww over his incredible lightness of being.
Then we ate Fudge brownies and pawed through six grocery bags of fabric.....
A Good Time was had by All.
I'm sending out extra prayers for those who are still without power and/or water from Isabel....
xox
How about overlapping the new yarn with the old and knitting with both for 3 stitches in a row. When you are done, do your best to invisibly weave in each end. Let me know if this isn't clear.
Posted by: Loose Ends Melissa | September 23, 2003 at 07:20 PM
I can't tell from the picture of the shawl how tapey the yarn actually is, but maybe a russian join would work? PDF file: http://www.knittingfun.homestead.com/files/rus_join.pdf. I can't find the original site I went to for this, but it was also helpful. Here's another one, even though it's for machine knitters, the pictures are good: http://www.knittinganyway.com/freethings/russianjoin.htm
I have tried this with mixed results, and it did look the best with Takhi Ravello, which I would describe as kinda tapey, but maybe in a different way than glitterspun.
Posted by: Em | September 23, 2003 at 07:47 PM
I knitted a sweater which had alternating rows knit in a slinky kind of ribbon. What I did to join a new ball was overlap the ends an inch or so and take a needle and sewing thread and sew the two together. The "thickened" stitch or two which resulted wasn't noticeable and I didn't have to worry about the ends sliding out. You might want to try this.
Posted by: Charlotte | September 23, 2003 at 07:57 PM
Sorry, I don't have any advice on joining slippery yarn (am interested in reading it though).
I wanted to let you know I found the Berroco poncho pattern - it's on it's way to me. Yea! After I ordered it, I remembered my kiddo detests turtlenecks. I will probably make a rolled neck or something. She thought she wanted greys...and then I showed her jellybean in Lion Brand (which is a bright colored multi) and she saw another with purples she liked. I will take her with me when I actually pick out the yarn (probably at Hobby Lobby) so it may change again by then.
Posted by: Bliss | September 24, 2003 at 06:48 AM