Ends…so many ends
So when the inside of your project looks like this…
There’s going to be a point where you’re confronted with these…
And you have a little breakdown. But then? Then you remember that you were once an eight year old girl, and you won’t be daunted by a mess of strings. So you do this.
Now is it the most practical thing? No. Should you just weave in your ends like a grown up? Probably. But I’m doing this (then tacking it down to the inside of the hat to hide the bundle of ends). Because it’s my hat and I want to.
I’ll write up how I did it in the pattern, just in case anyone is as amused by this as I am. Though really, I’m sure you’re all ever so much more grown up and respectable and would never ever ever find something like this entertaining. Nope. Not at all.
Pattern likely out next Tuesday (I’m trying really hard to show you things much closer to when they come out…we’ll see how long it lasts, but for now, if you’re smitten, there’s not long to wait).
I love your solution to ends! It’s brilliantly fun.
That is such a fun solution to all those ends and pretty too!
I think I’d pull the strands through the top and have that braid on the outside! Your choice of leaving the tassel end or adding a pompom.
I agree – that braid is too pretty to hide. Pull it out the top and let it a feature!
That looks like a wonderful way to deal with ends! Next I’m sure yo’ll find a way to turn the yarn end braid into a design element to be worn proudly on the outside of the hat.
Genius! And so dang fun.
It would be fun to lace that through the closing stitches and hang pompoms from it!