So I’ve finished two projects so far, and both times, I’ve done the basic bind off. Piece of cake! At the end of the row, everything looks gorgeous and so I take the last of my thread, pull it through the loop and pull, nice and snug. Then there’s this tail. In the past, I’ve merely cut it down to the loop, which ends up making it look kinda messy.
When you’re done your bind off, and the tail is pulled through the loop, what do you do with the rest of it? Weave it in?
Thanks!
yes, just weave it in.
You will have a lot of “tails” of yarn to work in on things, beginning and end, when a ball is added, etc.
Everyone just says, “Weave them in”, but hardly anyone tells you what they mean by that. (No offense to Kellee, most books etc. do this) I think there are probably a lot of ways to do it, but here are a couple.
A lot of the time I thread the tail through a tapestry needle and then run the needle through only part of a thread in the back (IOW divide the yarn). I’ve read go this way or that, but I have to say I don’t do it very scientifically. I am liable to go most any direction. LOL Some things work better in some situations. Sometimes you go diagonally, sometimes in a staight line. Keep an eye on the public side of whatever it is and if you can see what you are doing, carefully undo it and try a different approach.
If you have a seam you can hide them in the seam.
But I want to tell you about a really neat method of working in ends that I haven’t known all that long, but love. It’s a little tricky to learn, but if you read all this carefully and practice on some light colored yarn, a variegated can sometimes help you see things when you are just learning (but it is not necessary). Don’t try it on black or other super dark yarn until you are an expert. This works really well on standard stockinette stitch or garter even but I don’t think it will work (or at least not so easily on complicated stuff or lace). Give it a look. It is a duplicate stitch technique. Good luck.