I hate weaving in ends. I mean hate it. If I could avoid them altogether I would. Since I can’t hire someone to sit there in weave in my ends for me, I’m left to weave them in myself as I tell myself I can finish this before the baby wakes up.
Finishing a project feels great, well finishing the knitting portion of a project feels great. And you can see that light at the end of your project tunnel. Then you see all the ends you have to weave in and that light turns into a small flicker. It’s so tedious and can be so time consuming. It feels never ending. When you’ve finished one end there’s still thousands (maybe an exaggeration) left to go. The only real accomplishment comes when you’ve weaved (woven?) in your last end and you look at your work in amazement because you’re finally done.
I hated them so much that I used to avoid projects with colour work so I could keep my weaving to a minimum. I’ve also stopped weaving in ends for stuffed toys. It seemed pointless. After a few washes they would start to seep out of the poor toy. Now I just make sure they are secured and won’t unravel my work (knot them really well) and leave them to hang out with the fiberfill stuffing.
I don’t shy away from projects with a lot of colour work anymore. The end result is just to beautiful. And the beauty outweighs my hatred for weaving in ends.
This is how I weave in my ends. She has a few videos on weaving in ends for different types of stitches, and I use them all.
I know there are some of you out there that don’t mind this part or even like it because it means you’re close to finishing. And I wish I felt that way. I want so much not to dread ending each project because I have some darn ends to weave in. Hopefully in time I’ll become a super speedy end weaver and it won’t phase me at all. A girl can dream right?
Do you like weaving in your ends?
Happy Knitting,
Ashley
