The first blocking is finished. Now I just need to do a bit of damp blocking to fix that top line.
I wish it was easier to get a picture of this! The halo makes it look blurry, even though it’s in focus.
Last year at the fair I had noticed that the judges’ comments said knotting two strands together at a join was frowned upon.
I knew this in general, of course. But I just can’t get over this fear that if I don’t tie them together I’ll be walking along one day, and the whole thing will suddenly unravel.
But I was good, and I didn’t knot the yarn once, for either the Cabled Feather Cowl or the Waterfall Lace Scarf. And if either item one day just falls apart out of nowhere, I absolve myself of all responsibility for that.
Spit splice! No knots, no ends to peek out, and practically no way to tell where the join was in the first place (as long as you were not eating chocolate/licorice/other colored things just before splicing!). It won’t unravel either, because the ends are totally felted together. Best method for animal fibers.
Spit splice is nice, but I like Techknitting’s back join so much better http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2007/07/back-to-back-join.html
That looks wonderful. The white makes it look so lacy and delicate.
Beautiful! Looks like a ribbon-winner to me!
I love spit-splicing. Totally changed my life…
Your cowl is lovely! The judges would be *mad* not to give you a prize for its wintry perfection.
(Long-time lurker outing herself–love your blog and your sense of humor. ^_^)
Beautiful cowl!! First place for sure.
And yes, spit splice as the other commenters say or even dry splice as I prefer. I unravel half the ends of yarn for about six inches and re-wind half old and new, then darn in the ends carefully on the back side. But no knots in the knitting please.
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or Russian join for fibres that won’t spit splice