Love The Felted Join!

General Knitting
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When the first skein ran out on this sweater I used a normal join for the next one. I never even thought about a felted join.

I just had to do a join for the third skein and decided to try the felted join this time. It really works great!

I just quickly dipped the two ends into some water and then laid them overlapping each other and rubbed them quickly between my palms. Wow, a nice strong join! I gave them a little tug just to test it and they held. It’s great!

This is the same color join I’ll be using for wool fibers from now on. Love it.

I’m going to let them rest for a little while just to make sure they dry enough that they don’t shrink up or anything at that point after they’re knit.

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Glad to hear it worked. I’ll have to give that one a try when I’m using wool fibres. Right now I’m using a cotton blend.

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I know! I love that one, no ends to weave in!!

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The Russian Join is fantastic for non-wool. I’m knitting with Knit Picks Comfy (cotton + acryilc) and the Russian Join works really well. There is a video of it on here under two colored joining but it works great for same color join using yarn that won’t felt.

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I’ve tried that one. To be honest I’d rather just weave in the tails.

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It’s funny how we all have our preferences :slight_smile:

I am making an afghan and just thinking about having to weave in 35 balls of yarn makes me feel nauseated - though I suppose I could be proactive and weave as I go, but since I love the Russian Join, I’m pretty lazy about weaving in.

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Yeah, that’s why there are so many ways of doing the same thing. I find that join too fiddly and, well, to be honest my close up vision just isn’t that good.

Of course I could just put on my glasses, but who wants to do that? :mrgreen:

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:rofl:

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Hi Mason,

Is your “felted” join still holding? what a great idea!

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Yep, held just fine. Solid as a rock.

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If you don’t have any water handy, you can spit on them. Honest. It works.

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mimi, I use spit, too !

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Thanks I haven’t tried that one. If there’s an easier way to do something then I’ll try it. Not having to weave in later would be a bonus.

Is it a strong hold?

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I love the Russian join too… haven’t had much luck myself with the felted join. I don’t know - I must be doing it wrong. I’ve found the Russian to be an excellent join, I used it in my angora sweater and it seems to hold well for me.

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I love the felted join too! I discovered it early when I have knitting a blanket made of Manos del Uruguay- I had about 2 or 3 knots in the yarn every skein! I also use spit…it adds a personal touch to you knitting.

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Oh, that is the coolest thing in knitting! Glad you discovered it!

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Are felting and the Russian join really strong?

I usually throw knits in the washer & dryer on delicate, and worry about the ends unravelling. Would be great not to have tails to weave in though.

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The felted join is strong, assuming the fiber felts.

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Well, you know what they say about [I]assuming[/I] things.:wink:

Will it stay strong through years of regular washing?
I think I bought too much wool for dh’s sweater. I’ll have to make a hat to test it.

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For a garment that has the felted join, I would assume that you would not be throwing it in the washing machine - cause then the entire thing will felt, not just the join…

If you’re using machine washable wool - i.e ‘superwash’, a felted join will not hold, as it’s not meant to felt.

A handwash garment will hold up just fine with both joins.

As for the Russian join, I haven’t put anything with it in the washing machine. I would think if it’s on gentle cycle it would be fine, as the join is pretty strong - when you’re making the join, you’re literally weaving the 2 ends into themselves.