There's a good idea, especially if I take Wooly's advice to weave in the
plies individually =:0 thanks, Christine. I"m afraid any solution is
going to be pretty labor-intensive!

Christine in Kent, Garden of England wrote:
How about knitting every other stitch with the new/old ball for a few inches
and then sewing the ends in later (Horror of horrors: sewing ends in, but it
might be worth it
HTH
Love Christine


"spampot" wrote in message
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I tried some knitting yesterday, the Oddball Sweater from Threads, which is
straight-around knitting, which I'm making with the lovely heathery merino
Classic Elite "Beatrice" I got from Ranee's destashing. It's very
interesting looking, as it's three separate yarns...let me see, how can I
describe this? Rope-laid, I think, says it best -- the three yarns are
like fingering, twisted together to make one thicker yarn. The label says
the gauge is 4 sts/inch on size 10-1/2 needles. The problem comes when I
try to join a new ball. Knotting it seems to be the only way of doing it
securely, but of course the knots show on such a large gauge. The three
strands don't like to stay together when the ends are loose, and weaving
them in still leaves thicker spots, as does the "Fair-Isle-type" join.
Knitting a few stitches with both yarns is utterly impossible as it leaves
very thick spots. Does anyone have any ideas? I think it's going to look
terrific when it's done, but the balls are only 63 yds each so you can see
I have a LOT of joins to contend with.