Joining

7 Small Shawls: T - 206 days and counting down.

I bound off Maia today, and about halfway through the bind-off...well, you can see below. I ran out of one of the two balls of yarn. Luckily, there was still some left on the other ball!

So I cut the other ball off and got out my needle for a Russian join. My fav! I use a Russian join when the yarn is not feltable and cannot be spit-spliced.

I threaded the needle with one of the strands, and then wove back through the yarn.

Here's a close-up.

I left a loop.

And then repeated with the other piece of yarn, looping it through the first section.

I gently pushed the loops closed, but left them a little bunched up.

Then I separated the plies and broke strands off. I find this makes the join less lumpy.

I smoothed it all out.

Here's a close-up.

It's a fabulous and strong join, and works great even on silk and other slippery fibers!

More on the bind off tomorrow. :)