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	MoEZ FAQs & Tips (continued from previous page)

Dealing With Ends

1. For weaving in the ends, I found the best way for me is with a yarn needle. I just go back and forth about 2 or 3 times through the strands trying to keep with the same colors. So far it has held up. I have tried with the crochet hook and it did not hold as well.-- Linda from NY
2. When my bobbin runs out and I have to join more on I knot them together leaving a fairly long end and then I weave the ends in after a few rows. Double security I call it. -- Jacqui
3. I use this neatest little tool a friends hubby made for me......it's a piece of hard plastic tube with a thin wire glued into the tube. Kind of hard to explain, but it reminds me of a needle threader on steroids HAHAHAHA I push the wire through the backside loops, thread the loose tail through the wire, and pull through very easily. -- Bonnie
4. Don't forget if you hate to sew in ends you can always make a plain backing in a single color and attach the 2 sides together when you edge it.
   I found a fast way to tuck in those loose ends. I have a latch hook for making latch hook rugs and you slide it under all the loops you want to, catch the loose end, as you pull back the little lever comes down to lock the yarn in place and you can pull it through smoothly without snagging on anything. It works really well, just thought I'd mention it.
   Those of us that don't want to mess with our afghans over and over knot the ends. These are bulky enough that you can weave in the ends and not have anything show. Also if you knot they can go through the washing machine. Mine do all the time.
   -- Val
5. When I am adding on a new skein, I prefer to do it at the edge so that the ends can be worked into the border. I use a weaver's knot which is probably impossible to actually explain but is what is actually used when you find a knot in the skein where the threads have broken and be tied to together. The ends can be cut extremely close if need be but I leave long ends and work them in as I put on the border. If I'm adding a new color, I also use the weaver's knot to attach the new color at the base of the current stitch but I, of course, don't cut my main color off. Then I weave in the loose end as I've done my work. -- Kathy
6. I've always tied on my ends - but then I'm self-taught and never knew any better. With the MoEZ, I leave about a 3" tail on both ends where I've "tied" on my color, then weave those ends through. I've never had anyone say you could see the knots. If it was something just for decoration and not really being used, I probably would leave a longer tail and just weave through, but I think I've always tied on my color changes. -- Cis
7. Another thought on the ends....I tie on when I start a color. When I am done with that color, I cut it off and leave a long tail. I don't tie that in until the end, when I go back and tie in and weave ends. I get two ends of the same color, weave them close to each other, tie them together with a knot and then weave in those leftover ends. -- Wild Di
8. I know that some here say they knot, but I for one do not. I've never had a graphed or other type ghan unravel. I crochet over my tails, but I also take the last of the tail and crochet it into a stitch or if it's an alternate color I wait till I'm through and weave it through as mentioned with a tapestry needle. I have family members who have things I graphed back 20 + years ago that have not unraveled and have been washed numerous times. If you are worried about the uraveling try stop fray or okay to wash it by dabbing just a tiny bit into the stitch or area where you snipped or ended the weaving. It will look murky when it's wet, but dry completely invisible and flexible. -- Debra ~aka~ Crochetmama
9. For adding new yarn, try the Russian method of joining which is a method of joining two pieces of yarn in mid-work. Here are 2 links to web sites that explain more about the Russian Joining and both offer photos to show the steps: Russian Joining by Knitting Any Way
   Russian Joining by HappyGhan

How to get ends to stay put after tucking in:
Use fabric glue -- ???

What is Tunisian Entrelac?

Tunisian Entrelac:

1. It's a way to build the lattice fabric (basketweave pattern) in crochet using afghan hooks that is known (in knitting) as Entrelac. You can see some examples of this kind of work done by Margaret Huber at this site: http://margarethubertoriginals.com/-- Cis and Alexandra
2. I found a site that gives instructions for what she calls "Mary M's Goofy Basket 'Ghan." She has posted the pattern. Keep scrolling down as she has a tutrial with step-by-step pictures!!! Her tutorial is really well done. http://www.geocities.com/mountainhome1999/gg.htm-- Ruth
3. Okay, I went looking for this (Tunisian Entrelac "around the world") and here is what I found: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5663/craft/crochet.html#tripNo picture, but it sounds correct. -- Alexandra
4. Carolyn Christmas has a leaflet called "How to Make Easy Tunisian Entrelac" that you can order through her web site. I think it's also available through Annie's Attic and I have seen it at some local Hobby Lobby stores in MI also. -- Cheryl

Faces

Faces:

1. I haven't tried doing anything on PC Stitch, but from art lessons I took ages ago, if you are doing a face, it should always start as an egg or oval shape. Then imagine it cut in 1/3rds from the top down, the lip line starts at the bottom third, the nose (nostrils) begin at the middle 3rd and the middle of the eyes will begin at the top third. The eyebrows will always have the epoc or top of the curve at the iris part of the eye, and the outside of the nostrils will be where the inside of the eye socket starts. These are constants. If you widen the face, you will widen the eyes and the nostrils on the outside will, naturally follow along and widen. If you make the head longer, the base of the nose will elongate, but the nostrils will always be where the eye sockets are, and the arch of the eyebrow will be where the middle of the eye is. Then you can always proceed from there to make a round face, a narrow face, etc. Start with these basics for any face, you can even start with them to make any number of animal faces, just begin with these basics, and then elaborate on them for any face, animal or human. Any questions? -- Cis

Felting
(also read Felting Tips)

What is felting?:
     Felting is a type of washing softening process for yarn. Set your washer water level at its lowest. Use whatever water temp. the yarn calls for. Put your sweater or other project in with a bath towel. Be careful though, peaches & cream tends to "bleed" a little when first washed. add a little soap and fabric softener as you would with a load of laundry. The bath towel rubs against the sweater softening and "fluffing" the yarn.
     This only works with cotton and wool yarn. It won't work with acrylic yarn though. Now you can block your sweater. I always wash my sweaters first. That way I can block them on top of my dryer. The heat from the other things drying helps dry the sweaters faster. I have a few sweaters (knitted and crocheted) made with peaches & cream that were felted this way. They're really soft. :-) -- Birdlady

Frogging

What is frogging/Frog It?:
     Frog it is short for rip it....rip it. Just like a frog sounds. : ) -- Val

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