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Thread: Finishing: Multiple Colors
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10-27-2015, 09:12 AM #1
Finishing: Multiple Colors
Any secrets to finishing a stripped pattern?
4 different colors/stripes are only 4 rows each. Have a (zillion) ends.
I know I could try crocheting them in but they really don't stay that well and it always shows. If I sew them in as I am going, I would have to stop every 4 rows. If I do neither I end up with a mess i.e. a zillion ends to figure out what to do with. Hum...now I remember why I don't usually do multi colors...
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10-29-2015, 09:56 AM #2
Don't know if this will help but I sew ends in when there are 6 -8 to do. Doesn't take long and I am back to crocheting. That solves doing so many at the end.
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10-29-2015, 05:39 PM #3
I don't have much luck with crocheting over my ends so I prefer to sew them all in with a tapestry needle. I don't wait until I'm completely finished to start sewing in my ends. I like to sew in 4-6 ends at a time. It works for me.
Shelley
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10-29-2015, 06:18 PM #4
Pixieglitter,you and I are on the same page with the tapestry needle and with doing ends every few rows. I even purchased a needle with an extra large eye for working with bulkier yarns.
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10-30-2015, 10:16 AM #5
Thanks Everyone: Had New Idea?
Was thinking about cutting long strands of each color I am working with, twisting them together and weaving around the edges (encompassing all the loose threads). What do you think?
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10-30-2015, 08:10 PM #6
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10-30-2015, 11:24 PM #7
I prefer to thread a tapestry needle and sew the ends in, and it doesn't take long to do it, either. I find when I crochet over the ends, they always peek out or come loose in the wash.
---HarriEtta
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10-31-2015, 12:05 PM #8
Was thinking about cutting long strands of each color I am working with, twisting them together and weaving around the edges (encompassing all the loose threads). What do you think?
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10-31-2015, 01:06 PM #9
I usually weave in ends with a tapestry needle after I get about 4-6 at the most on a row end, they drive me crazy knowing they just keep adding up if I don't! I use long tails & weave over, under and back and forth... no way are my ends gonna come undone, lol, and if I happen to need a color change or add a ball in mid row I partially hold ends down to crochet over them, and weave them too.
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10-31-2015, 01:09 PM #10
Hey lady, how r u?! She mentioned that but I think she was just thinking of trying something different so ends wouldn't be seen on edges, I suggested weaving and then adding an edge. Depending on my yarn I use a steel needle or a big blue plastic one that a very nice lady sent me when I tested a lovely turquoise wrap pattern for her!
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