intarsia and knots?

[trillianekua]

I've started making the bubbles blankie in Mission Falls 1824 (superwash) wool and it's my first attempt at intarsia.

I apologize in advance if this is too basic a question, but the instructions in the book, the knittinghelp.com intarsia video, and some basic googling have failed to answer my question, so I turn to you, advanced knitters

Comments

[emmacrew]

I usually put in a square knot when I first join, then untie it when I go back to weave the ends in. I almost always need to adjust the tension a bit at the start and/or edge of intarsia, so I prefer to weave the ends in over knitting them in. For superwash I'd weave for at least 2-3 inches just in case, but it should stay fairly well.

[trillianekua]

Hmm... good point with the adjusting the tension later. It hadn't occurred to me to both use the knot and not use the knot. Thanks!

[lynedd]

I've never had my superwash wools come unravelled; for that matter, I havn't had acrylic intarsia come unravelled either, so I'd say you're fine weaving in ends. I can't bring myself to knot the new yarns, either.

[trillianekua]

I haven't done tons of knitting with wool in general, aside from sock yarns, and there aren't many ends to deal with in a sock.... thanks for teh advice!