A COOL YULE YARNIE TOOL

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Marg (looking forward to a wintery weekend of hot chocolate and knitting)

ATTACH AND ADD ATTITUDE!

MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED ABOUT AN EASY WAY TO ADD YARN TO YOUR PROJECT WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED USING ONE BALL AND NEED TO CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER.

WHEN YOU NOTICE YOU ARE GETTING LOW ON YARN - THAT'S THE TIME TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO THE END OF THE ROW. YOU CAN DO THIS BY CHECKING THE LENGTH LEFT AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AT LEAST 3 TIMES THE WIDTH OF YOUR KNITTING.

TRIM THE YARN (LEAVE ABOUT A 6" TAIL THAT YOU CAN EASILY WEAVE INTO YOUR KNITTING). TAKE YOUR NEW YARN AND LINE IT UP EVENLY WITH THE TWO TAILS. HOLDING BOTH STRANDS OF YARN, KNOT THEM TOGETHER LOOSELY AND TIE AN OVERHAND KNOT. AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN SLIDE THE KNOT SO THAT IT HANGS AT THE EDGE OF YOUR KNITTING.

THIS TECHNIQUE CAN ALSO BE USED WHEN YOU ARE ADDING STRIPES WITH DIFFERENT COLORS - VERY COOL. ;)

I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU WITH THOSE HOLIDAY PROJECTS YOU HAVE LINED UP. PUT THOSE NEEDLES TOGETHER AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO ADD DIFFERENT COLORED YARNS OR TEXTURES TOGETHER for KAPOW effect.

YOU'RE FEARLESS!

MARG

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