When do you weave in your ends?

I really enjoy crocheting and knitting, but weaving in the ends—not so much.
So I’m looking for the ultimate mental trick to make it less noticeable—how do you guys do it? Do you just happily get started and finish crocheting or knitting everything, and then, gritting your teeth, weave in all the ends at the very end? Or do you prefer to take breaks every now and then and weave in the individual ends right away, following the motto “Out of sight, out of mind”?

I often use the Frankfurt knot. That’s because with shawls featuring lace patterns, I’m not very good at weaving in the ends.

When I do weave them in, I do it at the very end, once I’m happy with my finished project—since I’m a master at unraveling and often reuse the same yarn multiple times 🙈

It depends on what I’m making.

With stuffed animals, I always do it right away when I sew something on. After all, the thread’s already on the needle anyway :)

For clothing items where there are only a few, I do it all at the end.

If there are really, really a lot (like with pattern blankets or something), then I force myself to take a break every few rows and weave in the ends. In the end, I thank myself for it :D 

I always weave in my ends right away—like you say, what’s done is done—because all those dangling ends drive me crazy

Best regards, Inge

I usually weave in the ends—though very reluctantly—once I’m done with the crochet project. It’s happened to me many times that I’ve woven in the ends, then spotted a mistake or wanted to redo something, and couldn’t get the stitches undone.

It always depends on what I’m working on. I also use the Frankfurt knot. If I have yarn ends, I try to crochet over them. If that doesn’t work, I usually wait until the project is finished to weave them in, so I can easily unpick it if something doesn’t fit or sit right.

Thanks, everyone—there are some ideas here I hadn’t even thought of yet!
Right now I’m knitting a blanket. So I only have loose ends when I start a new skein. And if there aren’t any mistakes by then, I’ll probably weave in the ends right away—that makes sense. Or maybe I’ll use Frankfurt knots; I’ll have to see.
But you’re right—for other projects that might need to be unraveled later, it’s better to leave them unwoven.

For blankets or when changing colors, I also work the ends into the stitches. Otherwise, I always do it at the very end—and not very willingly. Only the knowledge that it’s really finished then keeps me going;)

When changing colors, I pull the yarn through the back for the first 3–7 stitches and then cut it off. That saves me from having to weave in the ends. For the rest, it always depends on what I’m making and how I feel at the moment. The only thing I really hate is sewing and/or crocheting the pieces together. And even worse is sewing something onto it—it ruins all my hard work.

For me, almost EVERY yarn end gets crocheted in right away… with all those frequent color changes… that would be too much weaving in for me… and the Frankfurt knot has become a good friend, too!

When crocheting, I always carry the yarn directly along the back for about 10 stitches and then cut it. That way, even with large projects or frequent color changes, I only have one yarn end to weave in at the end. When knitting, I often use the felting method, but this only works with pure wool: moisten about 5 cm of the end thread and the starting thread, twist them together, and rub them dry with the palms of your hands.

Yeah, when I’m crocheting, I just let the thread run along for a few stitches, but right now I’m knitting, and that seems too loose to me—or am I mistaken? When I changed skeins for the first time, I just let the ends hang loose, but I think I’ll weave them in anyway; I don’t dare just cut them off. Next time, I’ll use the Frankfurt knot.