The Russian Join is starting to become my most favorite way to join ends of yarn. In this example, I am joining sock/fingering weight yarn that I am using for my Lace Leaf Shawl. It seems to work very well.
- Here are the 2 ends of yarn that you want to join
- Thread a tapestry needle through one of the ends
- Weave the needle in and out of that same end for about 1 – 2 inches
- Insert the other end of yarn through the loop formed by the first end
- Pull the needle through
- Thread the tapestry needle through the other end of yarn and repeat weaving the needle through that strand of yarn
- Pull needle through
- Now pull both ends of the yarn till the loops disappears
- Clip off the excess yarn and there is your join. Very neat and almost invisible
Pros:
- Very neat join
- Very strong join
- No ends to weave in
- With color work, you can almost pick exactly where you want the first color to end and the next color to start
- There will be a double thickness of yarn where you weave the yarn onto itself
- Works well for thinner yarns but will start to become too bulky with heavier weight yarns
16 comments:
Thank you. That was one of the most clear explanations I have seen.
That is really great Kenny. I have never seen that done before!!!
Glad to see you're still alive...everything going well?
Thanks for the tutorial, Kenny. I've never seen this type of join before. I must try it. I hope that you continue to feel better.
I've never seen that before either. You are a wealth of information!!
thanks
Hey Kenny~~~
I have been dyeing yarn for a week...I want to send to some my hand dyed sock..Make you feel better!!!
What Your address? Iam sending matt(celtic knitter) also!!!!
Email me!!!!
Thanks so much for the excellent pictures! I've read about this technique before, but couldn't quite picture it. I look forward to trying this join.
This is cool! I haven't heard of this one before, so I like this so much better than the spit n twist or the tie a knot. Maybe a tad more labor intensive, but it looks like it's worth it in the long run! Thanks for teaching me something new!
(and my word verification was "wyoplys", as I said it as "why-oh- plies". Plying, Russian twists, get it?)
Good to hear from you again, Kenny. And thanks for the pics on the Russian join. I've read about it, never actually done it myself... but I can see that it's pretty cool, and would work very well with most yarns. Now you know I have to go and try it the next time I have a join.... Oy Vey!!
Oops, I just wrote about Russian Joins yesterday as folks were asking me how to measure how much yarn I needed to make the joint when changing colours.
To reduce thickness, you could remove a/some plies from a multi-ply yarn.
Your tutorials are great!
ditto. i'm printing this out.
What a cool idea and an even cooler tutorial. I hope you teach. The world needs teachers like you.
Thanks!
Very nifty - like a spit splice for yarns that won't felt! (Found your blog via a link from NonaKnits)
now that's kewl! I came here via Zimmermania!
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