Great Ways to Weave in Ends

I confess I’m not great at weaving in ends. Sometimes it’s hard to decide exactly where to put them, or it can get tricky in colorwork knitting to hide them in the right places. And I suffer from end creep. A lot.

Jane Richmond is clearly much better at weaving in ends than I am, and she shared her tips and tricks at Very Shannon as part of her summer sweater knitalong.

You should click through and check out all her tips, but her hidden ends are basically worked in duplicate stitch, which is a great way to do it.

She shows how to work in ends on both the knit side and the purl side, using contrasting and matching yarn, so you can see how to do it and also see how much you can’t really see it when it’s done.

In addition she has a great visible way of weaving in ends that gets them out of the way but makes them really easy to pull out if you find you need to rip up the knitting at some point.

How do you weave in ends? I do sometimes do the duplicate stitch method but have never gotten into the habit of doing it all the time. Maybe I need to try harder!

[Photo via Very Shannon.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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