what to do with ends?

[JULEE12]

Making my first felted bag and concerned that weaving in ends will cause lump or thickness or come back out. Someone told me that to cut them after felting. What do you all recommend?

[angieInCA]

I always felt the item then trim all unwanted tails and knots. When I'm going to felt an item I always tye knots when joining new yarn because once felted it can just be cut away.

[JULEE12]

Thanks, my daughter said to tie knots, but I didn't believe her!

[smokeyp81]

I always tie knots too. When done felting, cut them right off...you will never know there were ends!

[grasshopper]

I always weave in my ends and I've never noticed any lumps. Once in a while an end pops back out while felting and those I just trim when it comes out of the wash.

[elicrochet]

I found out a new way (actually old but new to me) when you are joining\adding a new yarn just take the ends and fray them a little bit wet the ends slightly and then rub them together between your palms and they will felt together and you don't have any ends to weave in . This of course only works on wool and it is a seamless way of joining the ends together. This is really nice too when you are changing colors. If you do it just right you don't have the different color onto the next row and it looks seamless.

 

Now at the end of the project just either knot and weave them in or just felt it and cut them off. I have done both.

[JULEE12]

Thanks everyone, I will try each method and see what I like best!

[Doey]

I always knot and crochet them right in to the piece... never noticed any bulky areas.