yarn end weaver

[dazy]

at hobby lobby, i bought a yarn end weaver. it's kinda like a needle threader, but bigger. it's a wire loop with a plastic handle that you push through a few stitches, then put the yarn end through the wire and pull it back through your stitches. it's turned out to be very handy with finishing the motifs for the grandmothers flower garden. and it only cost 2.99.

[Jimmie Lu]

Can you post a photo or link to what this looks like? I am curious?

[gingerrtay]

Here is the link to where you can get one.

 

http://store.knitting-warehouse.com/070784.html

[Tapanga]

I just ordered one. I hate, HATE HATE weaving in ends, they always poke out and eventually unravel. If this helps I am all for it! Does it work with all yarn or just the thicker stuff?

[dazy]

ARGH!! 1.26? i'd really feel bad if i hadn't had a coupon and got mine for 1.90.

 

i've used it on different kinds of yarn and it's worked fine so far. i've done simply soft, ww, and eyelash.

hope it works for you, too.

[pinknightmare]

well i didnt have a coupon and got mine for 2.99:angry. oh well i can't wait to use it!!

[croaganey]

Think I could get the kids to weave in their own ends if I got one?

[dazy]

well i didnt have a coupon and got mine for 2.99:angry. oh well i can't wait to use it!!

 

well, i think it's worth it and would have bought it even if i hadn't had the coupon. that was just a bonus.

[Everyday Crochet]

Neat!

[earthwhisper]

Interesting. I have been using this method, which is pretty easy and works really well. Russian Join

[dazy]

that's neat. i've never seen that before. but it's the @#$%^&* threading yarn through the needle that was driving me so nuts to begin with.

[Tapanga]

I am just way to lazy to weave it in that way!

[goldi316]

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl Ahhhh, okaaaay. When I first ran across this thread, I didn't have time to click through to the link posted showing this tool, and I was thinking "this would be a cool thing to have!", being one of the teaming masses of crocheters cursing those evil ends! Finally got a chance to take a look at the thing a few minutes ago, and guess what?

 

I already have it!

 

Except, I didn't know that was what it was for! I swear my senior moments are having blonde moments while my blonde moments are having senior ones!

 

I had thought it was a real fancy "vintage" needle threader - for big needles, since obviously you can't poke this wire through a tiny one. I'd found it in one of the sewing boxes filled with odds and ends that I'd inherited from my dmil many years ago. In my defense, since the original packaging was long gone before I'd ever seen it, and it has no identifying markings on it, the only way I could ever have figured it out was to have brains - and those have gone missing!

 

Next chance I get, I'll have to give this nifty tool a try - the right way!

[MaryPat]

About 30 years ago they were selling these devices as a tool to fix snags in sweaters. I'll have to see if I still have mine and try it for weaving in ends.

[MaryPat]

This is my favorite way of joining also. I was taught it by German nuns, so maybe I'm using the German join.

 

I find it doesn't work well in some projects because it does double the thickness of the yarn for a short length. Some projects the extra thickness really shows.

 

 

Interesting. I have been using this method, which is pretty easy and works really well. Russian Join