Joining eyelash yarn

How-to Questions
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One of my first projects is a scarf using Lion Brand’s Fun Fur. I’ve come to the end of my first ball and am trying to figure out the best way to join it to a new one. I’d like it to be fairly durable as I’ll probably give it away when it’s done (I’m not really into muppets anymore and it looks like I’ve dismembered Grover and made a scarf from his arms and legs), and the yarn doesn’t seem to be thick/heavy enough for a russian join. Basically, I don’t want the giftee to have it start unraveling on them after a washing.

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You can just pick up the new yarn and start knitting with it or you take the tail of the old yarn with the new yarn and knit with both for a couple of stitches. Later you can go back and weave in your ends. Amy has a video herefor joining yarns :thumbsup:

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I’ve made a ton of scarves from that stuff and would do the join a bit differently. Yes-- just start knitting with the new ball for a few stitches to anchor it, but with these differences:

  1. DON’T change balls at the beginning of a row. Usually that’s a good idea, as in the side of a sweater, because you can hide the join there in the seam. But with a scarf, doing it at the side will make the join more obvioius.
  2. When you go back to deal with the end, I would go ahead a just knot it. Usually that’s not a advised, but with eyelash yarn, the sin is well covered. Just tie a square not with the 2 ends, 3 or 4 times and then trim the ends down to a bit less than the length of the lash. Plus, eyelash is often slippery and when you just weave it in, I’ve found that it can indeed pull apart when washed. You might also tell your giftee that if they ever do need to wash the scarf, to do it in a net lingeree bag so that it doesn’t get whacked around in the washing machine-- even by hand-- a net lingeree bag makes all the difference when washing scarves.
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I agree, with this type of yarn, the knot won’t be noticed and will hold it together much better than any other join.

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Thanks for the replies! I watched the joining videos in the tips section, and I thought that knotting might help secure the ends, but I thought I’d ask people with more experience, just in case I was on my way to developing a bad habit.

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Good thing to know you’re trying to not develop bad habits- I also say tie a knot in the sucker with floofy yarn like that. You will never see it, and it will stay put!