Re: Fair Isle question

Knitting in the round is your friend.  

Break the yarn if you won't be using it for a while.  The ends will
felt themselves in with wear over time.

On 3 Dec 2003 12:57:27 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joyce Poon) wrote:

>Hi all!
>In a moment of insanity last night, I started my first fair isle
>sweater and I am wondering what to do with the colours if I am not
>using them on a row.
>The sweater is a Philosopher's Wool kit with 9(!) different colours.  
>I've done a few of inches of the first sleeve and I carried all the
>strands of yarn up, which makes for an extremely bulky line going up
>the sleeve. I think I am going to frog what I have done so far and
>restart, but I just need some advice on how I should proceed.
>
>Should I weave the yarn in and out every time it is used or carry them
>up if they are used within a set number of rows?  for example, some
>colours are used for one row and then, 6 rows later, it is used again
>for only one row.  What to do?!
>
>TIA
>Joycelyn