Knitting Help - Slow Motion Magic Knot
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this video, I demonstrate an option for joining a new ball of yarn, magic knot, in slow-motion.
The other videos in my slo-mo series can be found here:
• Slow-Motion Techniques
You can see my video demonstrating other options for joining a new ball of yarn:
• Knitting Help - Three ...
The yarn I use for demonstration is Paintbox Yarns Wool Mix Chunky.
SUCH A GODSEND! I got so tired of huge, bulky knots or small knots that come apart. Thank you so much for this!!!
Glad you made it clear that it really didn’t matter in regards to whether the yarn is on top or underneath. The point is to make a knot each end and slide the knots together and pull tightly and trim the ends. I’ve make myself a big cake using this knot to crochet a scrap crochet blanket blanket. Big time saver. No ends come undone. Thank you for the reminder Stacey. As usual you explain things clearly and well.
This is very clear! Simply tie each yarn around the other. This has worked for me well with thinner yarns and a textured fabric. However! I tried this with super bulky yarn, and on my return pass, I watched as the yarn knot slowly untied itself.
This is cool, easy and timely, too. For a baby blanket I'm knitting. Thanks!
Thank you sooooop much for this slo mo version! It helped so much and I am now able to make the magic knot!
I am on my first project (a scarf) and am about to start my second ball of yarn. This video was really helpful, thank you so much.
I replaced my "Russian Join" technique with this several years ago and never changed back. I've never once had a knot done this way come undone.
NoNo Kitty I’m going to replace this method over my Russian Join too.
Hi from New Zealand. I just love your tutorials, so well demonstrated and easy to understand. Thanks.
Have tried so many times & this is the first time I have been able to do it ..thank you ..easy instructions
You help every time I watch on of your videos. Thank you.
I use this a lot of the times on my projects, but I always leave the yarn ends and knit a few stitches with them (held together with the continuous strand of yarn). I then wash and block my work, and only after that do I cut them short. This way you'll never have ends poking through to the front of the work, and it secures the ends in the knitwork a bit more.
Seriously thank u so much 😭 call me a slow learner cos I have tried learning this so so many times over the past 2 years and I am cursing myself as to why I didn't come across your video or check out videos in slo mo. Well explained. Thank u
Love this! Just tried it on my baby blanket.Thank you for sharing. ❤️🧶
Thank goodness for your tutorials and the SloMoz.!! I did this two or three times and couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. Finally, I heard you say that the one thread crosses over over over two times daH😅 I’ll never forget now
Thank you for the slow motion demo of this knot. Like your hair.
Just in time to help me make Magic Balls from stash ends for another project. Thank you!
Thx for that - I had to do it a few times till I realized that I was doing it wrong. I now know that it’s not tying the one yarn to the other yarn but rather it’s tying a knot with the working yarn to ITSELF around the new ball of yarn :) thanks!
love the slow motion - great video!!!
Thank you! You explain and demonstrate so well. ♥️🧶
You’re the best! I’ve recommended your channel to many fellow knitters. Just needed a little refresher on magic knot tonight.
Every time I see that cape I get excited! 😄 Was able to see the equally lovely green version at Kraemer’s a couple of weeks ago.
I’ve used this knot often, for both my knitting and my crochet projects and I love it!!!
Excellent video!
I really needed this, I usually do a sailors knot but sometines it slips.
DiVaIve - same! And so I resorted to doing the join where you use a needle to make a loop by sewing the yarn back through itself, but really this is only good for me when using animal fibres. I’ve been using acrylic lately and just cringe when I have to join to a new ball. This knot is just what I needed too!!
I love this knot for crochet, but I never cut the ends that short because it can unravel if the yarn is slippery or super twisted (voice of experience here😭😁)
It helped a lot thanks
WOW! Thank you!
Wow, thank you for your help, I finally got it. lol
Nice! Thank you
And I thought it was harder than that. Sheesh.
Thank you!
Thank you.
AWESOME !!!
Thank you soooooooooo much
Awesome
Could you do a video on twisted decreases? I’m doing a pattern rn that I’m pretty sure I’ve misinterpreted the right twisted decrease stitch on /:
On the first knot, did you just wrap the yarn end around one time to make the knot? Your finger was in the way but it looked like you wrapped that one two times before the knot formed.
Yes it’s only wrapped around once :)
@@bananapeaches6370 Thanks for your quick reply.
Yes, just once. The yarn slipped and I had to grab it and re-wrap it.
@@verypinkknits Thanks for your quick reply.
Question - does it make a difference as to which way the tails of the knots point after you e tied them? This is exactly the way to tie an adjustable necklace that’s made from leather or string :) but in the case of a necklace it’s best to tie it so the tail sits naturally alongside its itself rather than toward the opposite string, leaving the tail slightly, so you can grab that to make the loop tighter. Man, I hope that all makes sense.
I digress from my original question .
Does it make a difference which way the knots are tied?
Thanks again for all your hard work on your videos, I really enjoy them 👏🏼
From my experience - no, it doesn't make a difference. Just tie the yarn around the other strand. If you have an issue with the knot not holding, it is likely because of the yarn, and not the way you tied the knot.
VeryPink Knits 🧶 thank you for your prompt reply 💕 I truly appreciate it 🙏
Well... yes and no. This is a common knot for climbers (however using a double overhand knot on each rather than a single), wherein it matters greatly. Tying this knot with working ends (tails) lying along standing ends (yarn you will keep as the end product) produces both a neater knot, and one which you can easily pull in both directions (to loosen prior to final tightening). Either method functions for knitters, but, a neat and strong knot to be relied on should be tied as I suggest (I believe). As we learned during mountaineering: “A good knot ought not be knotted.” Suggest you experiment with each, and decide. Thank you for all you teach, Staci.
I just learned how to do this and, I need to relearn how to do it again.
Just finished playing "YARN CHICKEN", if I hadn't done the knot I would have lost the challenge.
Yarn Chicken? Pray tell!
allysonlarie Yarn Chicken is a great game to play usually towards the end of a project when you realise that there isn't quite enough yarn to finish the project, but you have a few oddments of yarn floating around in your project bag so you join them the working yarn and miraculously have enough yarn to complete!
Or, you just didn’t buy that one more skein and aren’t sure you’ll have enough until you get to the end. I love knitting lingo. SEX stands for “Stash Enhancement Expedition”. SABLE is “Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectency”.
In your previous 1/25/17 tutorial, you had 1 yarn on the left going over the other yarn and then the yarn on the right going under. In this video, you placed both over the other yarn. I hope that makes sense....is there a difference? Does it not really matter? Will the knot still be as strong? Thanks for the slo-mo.
I believe I set things up the same way in the non slo-mo video...regardless, over/under doesn't make a difference, I just spread things out like this to give a good visual of where to tie.
You're correct. She did do it differently in the 1/25/17 video. It does make a difference if the yarn is tied by going over. The knot is called an overhand knot for a reason.
thank you :)
I sometimes use a square knot if the yarn is too thin to do a Russian join. It seems to work OK.
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I always use Magic Knot and have had no problems-until now! :( I have a chunky, slippery yarn that will NOT hold a knot. I need to join another skein of this yarn and have no idea what to do! The yarn will not hold a knot, but no other ways of joining work either. Everything just slips apart. This is a good quality brand of yarn, not cheap, which I found out too late has a lot of acrylic in it. Is this hopeless?
Does it make a difference if you don't cut the yarn? I am making a tubular striped cowl (The Litmus Cowl) and I've been leaving the ends untrimmed because they are inside the tube. Just worried it might be more likely to unravel if it's not cut.
I just used this Magic Knot and thought it was done quite well. I pulled tighter after cutting the ends and the yarn came apart. This has happened with another project. I'm now nervous to use this but I like it because it is so simple. What am I doing wrong, I wonder!!!!
I've been practicing this knot on cotton (dishcloth) yarn before trying it on the fuzzy chenille yarn I'm using for a blanket.
Is the yarn you're using slick/ "slippery" (like satin or silk might be)? The magic knot works good on cotton yarn but I'm not sure how well it might work on really slick/'slippery" yarns.
Are you tightening each knot really tight and then tightening really good once the two knots are drawn together to form the final knot?
So I have 2 loops at the end of my needle that my yarn isn’t going through how do I fix it so I don’t have to start all over
I went to tug on the short pieces after the long ends and it undoes the knot
This is fantastic thank you so much for sharing 💞
My magic knots have come undone. What could I be doing wrong? Have used bulky and worsted weight and both have come undone.
I'm not sure what to tell you...I've never had a magic knot come undone! It is a very secure way of tying ends.
Thank you - SO helpful!
Is it suitable for thick yarns?
Yes - but I recommend testing it out on any yarn you're not sure about.
@@verypinkknits
Thanks a lot
I"ll try it for sure
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Isnt this a square knot?
No - square knots are a bit different.
You said the blue was the new ball but it's off the right. If you're right handed, shouldn't the new ball be off the the left?
It doesn't really matter...it doesn't matter at all. You see in the video that the exact same thing is worked on both sides, so you can set it up with the working yarn on either side.
Thank you.
Thank you