Lace Knitting Tips - Russian Join

Unless you have a fantastically huge skein, you will probably have to join balls of yarn to your knitting. That means that later on you will have to weave in those ends to hide them.

You can eliminate this additional work if you use the Russian Join technique. And, unlike spit splicing, the yarn does not have to be 100% wool.

Instructions for the Russian Join can be found here and here.

If your yarn does happen to be 100% wool, you can further seal the yarn by doing a modification of the "spit splice". Once the Russian Join is complete, lick both your palms, put the joined yarn in one palm, and rub it until the fibers mesh together.

Hope this tip proves helpful in getting rid of pesky yarn ends!