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RE: NeedleworkMonday: Of Socks and Yarn Bras [De/Eng]
As @phoenixwren I assumed you made a woolly bra :-DD I thought: 'ok, why not, but perhaps a bit itchy' But ok, I now understand you made your wool a bra :-D I never have heard about this and have to admit I always use the outer thread (I am too lazy to fumble the inner one out of the skein)
And your socks look amazing and I am very curious how you secure the yarn-ends (I am hoping you have a secret technique which makes sewing unnecessary)
I'm lazy - of course I don't sew ;)
There are two ways. One is the "Magic Knot" ("Frankfurter Knoten" auf Deutsch, Elizzz shows it), the other way is with securing the old yarn with the new and vice versa. When I've only 20 cm left of the yarn I start with the new yarn. I wind the new yarn around the 'active thread', make a stitch, wind it again around the yarn I'm knitting with, next stitch. I do that for about 6 stitches and start knitting with the new yarn while wrapping the old one around the working thread for the next 6 stitches. When the sock is finished... well - it might be a kind of sewing. With a darning needle I pull the yarn end back throught the overlap, cut it and that's enough. That works especially with socks and other things where the inside tends to stick together or felts itself a bit. I can add a photo later :)
hach, ich bin beruhigt... Shortly I was frightened about a new found love to sew knitted things :-DDD
I think I already tried out the magic knot but did not trust its stability. And with the second technique, I am not sure if I understand it (mein Räumliches denken ist nur mittel ausgeprägt)
But I would so like to use all the yarn rests without sewing all the 💩 in. I still have two!! whole cardigans lying around which must me finished (buttons and yarnends....). I really don't like to do this.
Me neither. I hate it with the passion of a thousand fiery suns... For my old Singer sewing machine I had a thingie that could sew on buttons. Ask me why ;)
So strange that something so simple like sewing on buttons (or sewing in yarn ends) can arouse such strong feelings. I still have hope to convince Silvia (the artist friend who is sometimes on my photos) to sew my cardigans. She hates to wash the dishes and I offered to wash the mugs in her studio (huge number of mugs, from her students) if she finishes my cardigans.... we will see....