Knitting

With the exception of some variegated yarns -- which can be annoyingly difficult to camouflage -- and things like lacework, I tend to run duplicate stitch into the project with my tails.

I start at the beginning of the tail and follow along as best I can, with the duplicate work tending to wander from row to row -- and from one side of the work to the other -- at random, when I'm unable to stick to a single row, or when the wandering helps hide what I'm doing better.

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This is probably entirely unhelpful without photo illustrations. I had a migraine today, and the happy headache pills tend to interfere with the bit of my brain that allows me to communicate my insanity through the art of Wordifying. :D

Just... follow the thread. Up behind one bump, over and down behind the bump next to it, sew through to the other side of the work between the two, and go down behind one bump, over and up behind the next, through and to the first side again...

There has to be a photo/video tutorial for this out there somewhere, right? If not... I know what I'm doing, tomorrow. :D

With lace, I just wing it, and hope for the best. Or go up the sides, when possible.