Sometimes the title has to be more exciting than the post. I’m afraid this will be a bit of a dull one.
And yes, that is my freckled thigh. And no that is not the sexy knitter trick.
The last few shawls I’ve knit that required multiple skeins presented an extra challenge to me. One of the skeins contained a knot. It happens. I knew this when I wound the balls but planned ahead. I knew I wanted to try joining my skeins and I thought I’d try wet splicing them together. It would eliminate knots or having additional ends to weave in.
I took the ends and gave each a trim with scissors to remove the wee bit of the knot that was undyed. Then I spread the individual plies apart like little fingers sticking out at the end. I dipped these into water (if I’m honest I’m lazy so I dipped them into my ever present glass of spring water) and then laid the fingers from each end into each other like the way the cut ends are in the photo above. The two pieces of now wet yarn were placed in the palm of my hand and I rubbed my palms together vigorously to produce a bit of heat.
It’s pretty hard to tell once the yarn is felted together exactly where one piece ends and the other begins.
So far this has worked perfectly for me. The key thing you have to remember is the yarn must be wool. Cotton and acrylic will require other joining methods. Here is a great link to a bunch of joining options. What is your favorite way to join skeins in your projects?
