Do you use different weaving in end techniques for different types of yarn?

Hello - new poster here. When I knit with acrylic yarns the ends sometimes come loose because the yarn is slippery. Does anyone else have that problem? Do any of the experienced knitters have any tips to prevent this?

Hiya, I always use a sharp needle and follow the path of stitches on the wrong side, splitting the yarn, and changing direction. This way, even the bulkiest yarn doesn’t show on the right side. Changing direction also allows you to skim through the yarn tail, as well as the back of the stitches, which keeps it extra secure. Following the stitch path also makes the tail stretch with the fabric. It can pull out if it’s darned in in a straight line.
Here’s an example from ysolda.

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Thank you. I will try that technique in future when knitting slippery yarn. I have a seamed sweater that has one end that works its way out - I will redo it with a sharp needle.

Now that my knitting skills are improving I am not afraid to purchase more expensive yarns. I have just bought some Shetland wool and I am looking forward to my next project.

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Ah, that should be great! Shetland is nice and sticky, and you can probably spit felt it so you don’t even have ends to darn in!!

I have never heard of spit-felt. It looks so much easier than weaving in a bunch of yarn tails. Thank you again. It is so nice to learn new techniques. My mother tried to teach me to knit when I was a teenager but she gave up - she said I knit backwards - so I didn’t really take up knitting until I was a grandmother. I have learned so much from reading this forum.

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I knit most of the time with merino and tend to either use the russian join - https://youtu.be/NHx9AyRnM4A?si=gYwIemctIiG9C54D
Or this way (sorry, lights not great and just took a picture from my handy things folder)


There’s also this I use on multi colour shawls https://youtu.be/Fz292NAjH2M?si=S5iEGK32rdHDWQAH

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I join yarn only at the beginning of a row and hold the tails while I sew the seams. I hate finishing work of any kind and this relieves a lot of time and effort. I pull out enough yarn to work two rows, pulling with one hand and running the yarn through my other hand so that, if there is a flaw in the yarn, I cut it out and pull fresh yarn. Then I just hold the ends while I sew the seams and lap my sewing yarn over them.

I looked for a video showing spit splicing and decided this one showing other useful tips would be good. When I join new yarn that won’t felt (my current WIP is 100% cotton) I knit one stitch with both ends then weave in tails later; knitting one stitch with both doesn’t show and avoids the hole as I continue knitting which bugs me no end (no pun intended). When I can spit splice I do that instead, and yes I’m nasty enough to use spit because it just seems to work best for me. Joining new yarn of the same color anywhere in the row or round doesn’t present a problem for me.

On my laptop below the video are links to jump to different parts of the video. I don’t know where they are on other devices.

Thank you everyone for all the suggestions. I will try them all.

Im using same invisible knot to join yarn but didn’t know technique for multiple colors end. Thank you very much for video, downloaded it in my “knitting tricks” folder. Very good waving ends technique, learning some every day😃

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I use only 100% cotton yarn. The technique for weaving in ends for cotton - a very slippery yarn - is totally different. You weave the end in for a couple stitches, then the yarn is split in two – and those two ends are woven around and then TIED together in a very small knot. This technique is the only one I use. And I knit with LOTS of colors, so I have woven in TONS of ends. Here is a Video by VeryPink Knits

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Thank you Jahneen - I will try that technique next time I knit with cotton.