Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Why to weave in your ends instead of cutting them off!!

I am making some squares for the Red, White, and Blue Contest (see post before this), and now since I am done with them, I have to weave in the ends and get them sent in. But did I ever tell you how much I weaving in ends? (You can't crochet ends in on a granny square.) And 6 ends a square (because I am switching colors so much) is a lot of ends for a 6 inch square! So after weaving in the ends of two squares, I tried just cutting the ends off with out weaving them in. Thankfully I only did it on one, and that one you can see pictures of above. I have learned my lesson, and now since I have to fix this one, and them weave the ends in, I'll never do it again! :-)

4 comments :

  1. You poor thing! I'm repairing an afghan, about 17 years old, made by a lady who cut the ends off instead of leaving a 4 inch end and weaving it in. Same thing. So glad you caught it in time. I'd be in tears if that happened AFTER finishing the whole thing!

    :)

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  2. Wow that really stinks. It looks really bad in the pic you know lol.

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  3. At least you learn quickly!
    You are an amazing young lady.

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  4. River Glorious - That would be horrible if it happened after I finished the whole afghan! I knew I was taking a risk cutting them off, and after I did it I tugged on it to see if it would hold and it didn't.

    Packerfreak7 - It did stink, but at least it was only one of them and not all of them. Yes I know it looks bads. Lol. Thanks for pointing that out. Lol. :D I love how you said that. :)

    Lethalmay - Yes, I learned quickly, but I learned the hard way. :-) Thank you!

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