This week I came to the end of my first ball of yarn. I still have 3-4 of my main colour and 1-2 of my secondary color left. Considering how much yarn I have left to add it seems like my shawl is pretty big. I wonder if this is just an illusion since I’ve started on the narrow side or if I will end up requiring less yarn because I chose a different brand.

There are many different ways to join yarn, especially when using wool. In the past, I have just made little knots but these show up in the final project and I wanted something a bit cleaner this time. In the end, I chose spit splicing.

Spit splicing is where you take the ends of both balls of yarns and overlap them by a few inches so they create one continuous string. You add a bit of water (or spit) to your hands and then quickly roll the yarn ends between your hands. Keep adding water and rolling until the yarn felts together. It didn’t take very long before the splice was very strong. I pulled as hard as I could and it wouldn’t come apart.

This process demonstrates why you shouldn’t put wool in hot water in the washer. It will felt together and ruin your item. It should be washed gently by hand instead.

Heres a video that demonstrates split splicing.