weaving in an extra thread/layer HELP!!!

Hi there and I hope that someone can help me with a technique or
advice.

I am knitting a hat, just plain ss or double rib. I want to 'weave' an
extra strand of yarn into the inside of the hat for extra warmth. eg:
hat body will be of one type of yarn while the inside yarn will be
possum yarn or merino.

Does any one have any ideas on how to do this? I do not want to make a
double layer hat *long sausage and turn it doubled* but on like I have
described.

Many thanks and awaiting your advice.

Rach
*in New Zealand*

I would think you could just turn the finished hat inside out and pick up
stitches on dp and knit the "inside" hat the same as the outside.

On 12 Mar 2006 12:04:34 -0800, spewed forth :

Hi there and I hope that someone can help me with a technique or
advice.

I am knitting a hat, just plain ss or double rib. I want to 'weave' an
extra strand of yarn into the inside of the hat for extra warmth. eg:
hat body will be of one type of yarn while the inside yarn will be
possum yarn or merino.

Thread a yarn needle, start whipstitching around the column formed
where two stitches meet.

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Does any one have any ideas on how to do this? I do not want to make
a
double layer hat *long sausage and turn it doubled* but on like I have
described.

Hi Rach!

I haven't thought of that problem earlier,
but my suggestion is this:
(I knit with the yarn over my left forefinger,
but I am sure you can adapt it to your way of knitting)
You let the merino-inside yarn "leap" on the backside of your work,
(parallell to the knitting yarn, over my left forefinger),
while you pick up the knitting yarn *3 times(sts) OVER the merino, then
3 times(sts) under the merino thread*.
Then the inner yarn will bind to the inside with loops 3sts long. You
can adjust the length of the loop to he gauge, may be it's better with
shorter or longer loops.
If you *bind* the yarn for each sts you knit,
I think the work will be a little *stiffer*, if you know what I mean,
but I am not sure that is the best.
I would use a colour of the inner yarn as like the hat yarn as possible,
then it will be more invisible at the utter side.
Anyone else who have comments to this???
AUD ;-)

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Does any one have any ideas on how to do this? I do not want to make
a
double layer hat *long sausage and turn it doubled* but on like I have
described.

Hi Rach!

I haven't thought of that problem earlier,
but my suggestion is this:
(I knit with the yarn over my left forefinger,
but I am sure you can adapt it to your way of knitting)
You let the merino-inside yarn "leap" on the backside of your work,
(parallell to the knitting yarn, over my left forefinger),
while you pick up the knitting yarn *3 times(sts) OVER the merino, then
3 times(sts) under the merino thread*.
Then the inner yarn will bind to the inside with loops 3sts long. You
can adjust the length of the loop to he gauge, may be it's better with
shorter or longer loops.
If you *bind* the yarn for each sts you knit,
I think the work will be a little *stiffer*, if you know what I mean,
but I am not sure that is the best.
I would use a colour of the inner yarn as like the hat yarn as possible,
then it will be more invisible at the utter side.
Anyone else who have comments to this???
AUD ;-)

If I'm not mistaken, you are describing what you do when you are knitting
with 2 colors and have to carry the unused color across several stitches.
In this case, the "floating" yarn is never used for stitches and just
carried along at the back of the work to create a thicker fabric. It is not
easy to explain without pictures but you did well. I agree that this would
produce the effect that Rach wants.

By the way, I saw a woman wearing a beautiful, multi-color cardigan sweater
at a concert this afternoon. Recognizing it as hand-knit, I had to
compliment her and ask some questions. She told me she used Dale of Norway
Peer Gynt yarn and showed me the inside so I could see how she had managed
to keep the floats laying very neatly. How long did it take, I asked. She
laughed and answered "years!"

--
Jan in MN

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(I knit with the yarn over my left forefinger,
but I am sure you can adapt it to your way of knitting)
You let the merino-inside yarn "leap" on the backside of your work,
(parallell to the knitting yarn, over my left forefinger),
while you pick up the knitting yarn *3 times(sts) OVER the merino,
then
3 times(sts) under the merino thread*.
Then the inner yarn will bind to the inside with loops 3sts long.
You
can adjust the length of the loop to he gauge, may be it's better
with
shorter or longer loops.
If you *bind* the yarn for each sts you knit,
I think the work will be a little *stiffer*, if you know what I mean,
but I am not sure that is the best.
I would use a colour of the inner yarn as like the hat yarn as
possible,
then it will be more invisible at the utter side.
Anyone else who have comments to this???
AUD ;-)

If I'm not mistaken, you are describing what you do when you are
knitting
with 2 colors and have to carry the unused color across several
stitches.
In this case, the "floating" yarn is never used for stitches and just
carried along at the back of the work to create a thicker fabric. It
is not
easy to explain without pictures but you did well. I agree that this
would
produce the effect that Rach wants.

**You are quite right!


By the way, I saw a woman wearing a beautiful, multi-color cardigan
sweater
at a concert this afternoon. Recognizing it as hand-knit, I had to
compliment her and ask some questions. She told me she used Dale of
Norway
Peer Gynt yarn and showed me the inside so I could see how she had
managed
to keep the floats laying very neatly. How long did it take, I asked.
She
laughed and answered "years!"

--
Jan in MN

Nice!
But takes shorter and shorter time the more you knit!
AUD ;-))