After designing a sweater using left over yarn to make stripes, I spent HOURS weaving in the ends. I’m writing up the pattern now and for the required skills it will say: know how to knit, purl, and WEAVE IN ENDS… lots of ends. It’s not complicated, just time consuming. Stay tuned for the pattern. It should be up in a couple of weeks.

On the “tedious meter” my other hobby ranks higher than knitting. When it come to weaving in ends, loom bead work is tedious. Even with a fantastic magnifying light it’s hard to thread the little needle I use for beading.

To finish the piece, one needs to take each thread and carefully hide and secure it in the piece. I’ve been spending hours doing this. In the end it’s quite satisfying.

Back to the knitting… I’m breaking several of the “weaving in rules” on the left-over sweater. I’m tying knots because the piece is so heavy it will pull a hole into the space I’m trying to close. I’m weaving in as I go because I’m not pulling this sucker out for any reason. Also, I can see what I’m doing better with some of the tails gone. I’m weaving in before blocking. I went with my gut on that one; it just seems like the right thing to do. Sometimes you got to break the rules.