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I am making my first Full-Sized Afghan and I am having trouble with adding a different color. I sure hope and pray it will look good in the finished project. :-( Any help would surely be welcomed.
Plants: 1 | From: Southern, Oregon | Registered: Dec 2005
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Are you crocheting or knitting? I know with crochet, I tie the two colors together, leaving about 2 inches and then weave the ends into the pattern as I continue to hide them.
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When I do color changes, I do not tie any knots. With the hook having the first color already in place, I pull through a loop of the second color that has already been slip knotted as one would do to start a chain. The pull through makes a tight joining without the hard knot left in the texture of the piece.
Later, like Triss, I weave in all the ends, pulling them slightly before snipping so that the very tip of the cut end springs back into the stitches where it is completely hidden.
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"In the midst of winter, I learned there lives in me an invincible summer" Camus (maybe a paraphrase) Plants: 9229 | From: Maine | Registered: Oct 2004
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