It always seems like a good idea...

[ErinBird]

I knit lots of longies and am currently stashbusting. I had a few ends of balls of Cascade 220- not enough for much of anything. I had a wonderful idea to do small longies in a striped pattern- 5 rows blue, 2 rows black, 5 rows purple, 2 rows black....

These things are taking fooooooooooorrrrrrrever. And oh my, the ends I'll have to weave in:

Now, why didn't I think about this before I "planned" out the project?

[3for3hb]

I had to do that with a soaker (tons of ends to weave in) because it was made out of knotty recycled yarn and instead of knitting with the knots I left ends to weave in. By the end of knitting it, the soaker looked like it was throwing up out the top!!!
Maybe stop knitting every few rows and weave in as you go along. I wish I had because that soaker had ends for a while.

I made ds longies with contrasting waist and cuffs and three stripes over the knees last year for his 1st birthday. It took me an entire year to weave the ends in!! Just plain didn't wanna do it!Luckily I made them big enough and they still fit!

[blazfglori]

I hate weaving in ends with a passion!

On the other hand, just think how cute your longies are going to look when they're done.

[purplemama]

Is it possible to knit it like you are alternating skeins, and just drop that color yarn and pick up the next one, without cutting the yarn? I've read about alternating skeins so colors don't pool, but haven't actually done it, so I don't know if it would work with what you're doing (forgive me if it's a dumb suggestion!).

I bet your longies will be so cute when you're done, be sure to post a pic!

[Beth-TX]

last time I made a striped soaker, I spit joined the ends. I liked the way it looked, and I really liked not having to weave in ends.

peace, Beth

[frogger]

have you seen the hudson pants

just knit whatcha got and then change to a diff color, just randomness but turns out cute.

[3boobykins]

I'm doing a top-down raglan cardi right now for myself (pattern is from cosmicplutoknits.com. I didn't have enough of any one color of yarn for a solid sweater, and I can't afford new yarn right now, so I grabbed a bunch of stash Patons and Wool of the Andes, and ended up with 8 colors (blues, greens, greys). I'm doing a sort of FIbonacci striping: 2 rows, 2 rows, 4 rows, 6 rows, 10 rows, keeping the color sequence in order while keeping to the number sequence constant. It looks great, but I am NOT looking forward to all the weaving I'll have to do. I told myself I"d weave in every time I went thru all the colors, but that good intention fell by the wayside fairly quickly. It's going to suck most of all on the sleeves!

I'm going to find a good audiobook from the library and listen while I weave in.

[tboroson]

Russian Join

[cinnamonamon]

I always carry my yarn up the inside. Simply drop the "old" yarn and twist the new one around it once, then start knitting with it. When you get back round to the old color, twist it around the new stuff again to keep it against your knitting (you can actually do this every other round/row). You'll have what looks kinda like a candy cane stripe running up one side when you're finished. Just make sure to keep your tension -- too loose will make it floppy & too tight will make it bunch.

[momoen1]

You could always weave in the ends as you go.

[flapjack]

Someone, I forget whom (I thought it was cinnamonamom) shared a simplification of the russian join a while ago where you just break the yarn a few stitches short of the end of the row, fold it in on itself so that you're knitting with the yarn held double and you've created a loop, do a stitch or two. Now thread new yarn through the old loop (same kind of proportions, use trial and error to find what works for you)and create the mirror image on the opposite side of the round end. Bingo, no ends to weave. It sounds fiddly, but if I can do it anyone can.

[3boobykins]

Will these above two techniques work in the round?

[cinnamonamon]

Originally Posted by 3boobykins

Will these above two techniques work in the round?

Both of the methods I use would work in the round easily (thanks flapjack -- I forgot to mention that one!). Not sure about the other, I haven't looked at it in a while...

[Leilalu]

Originally Posted by tboroson

Russian Join

now that is cool. I will do that.

I have loads of scraps and wanted to do some scrap pants as well.

I agree though, that just dropping colors and picking up new ones can work. Then they just run down the insides of the leg.

Aren't the hudson pants still striped?

[rootzdawta]

Originally Posted by frogger

have you seen the hudson pants

just knit whatcha got and then change to a diff color, just randomness but turns out cute.

Those are fabulous . . . I'd be too afraid it would look crazy but those look great! Think I'll give it a try.

[3boobykins]

Originally Posted by cinnamonamon

Both of the methods I use would work in the round easily (thanks flapjack -- I forgot to mention that one!). Not sure about the other, I haven't looked at it in a while...

Great! I'm going to try one of them on the sleeves. I wove in a ton of ends on the front last night while talking on the phone to a friend and it really wasn't too bad. Kind of like doing dishes or folding laundry while talking on the phone--I get really absorbed in the conversation and before I know it the kitchen is clean and I hardley remember doing it--I love it when that happens!

[momoen1]

Originally Posted by 3boobykins

Will these above two techniques work in the round?

I did the one I mentioned above on a sock and had no problems. The only difference is there is no purling back when working in the round so after you wove in the first yarn end you keep knitting as you normally would until you get back around to the next yarn end and repeat the process.

[janaya]

erin, i bet the results are going to be worth the pain, once you finally get to that point.

[finn'smama]

I just did my first pair of longies ever using up scraps and it was torture! I can't wait to knit a pair with just one colour now, it should go nice and quick. The colours looked cute when it was done, but it took so long they were too small for ds when I finally finished!

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[JennP]

I like to just carry the yarn till the next change. the russian join looks easy too.

I second hating weaving in the ends.
Jenn