Knitting stripes

[snakeling]

I want to start a scarf, that I would knit in 1x1 ribbing. I mean to do stripes in two colours, 6 rows of one (red), 2 of the other (yellow).

I'm going to weave the red yarn on the side of the yellow stripes, but I'm unsure what to do about the yellow yarn. I started weaving it on the side, but it definitely shows. Is there a trick to hide it, or should I cut the ends every time?

Comments

[james]

Since you're doing more than 2 rows of the red, I'm afraid there's no good way to hide the yellow yarn if you tried to carry it up. (This is why I make my striped scarves of two rows for each color, so I can carry the yarn and not have to cut and weave in.)

The only thing I can think is if you did a tube scarf (knit in the round) you could carry the yarn on the inside where it wouldn't show. That's twice as much knitting, though it makes a nice thick warm scarf.

[snakeling]

Damn, I was afraid of this answer. :/

Knitting a tube would make the colour changes obvious, though, wouldn't it?