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- I'm Carla Scott.

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I'm executive editor of
"Vogue Knitting" magazine

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and editor-in-chief of
"Knit Simple" magazine.

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(bright music)

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One of the tips that I've
learned along the way

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that can be used in any project,

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whether it be a gauge swatch
or a finished garment,

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is to use your tail end

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to let you know what
needle size you're using.

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This is a size seven needle
that I've used in this project.

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And I'm tying one, two, three,

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four, five, six,

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and I'll tie one more, seven
knots into this tail end.

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In the event that I put the project down

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and it's no longer on the needles

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and I can't remember
what needle size I used

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and I've lost my instructions
or I've lost my notes,

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I have that tail end which
represents the size needle

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that I'm using for that project.

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And it's saved me so many
times, you can't imagine.

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Another great reasons for
using the knots in the tail

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is especially in the first
few rows that you're knitting

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after your cast-on row,

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many times I always
inveritably will pick up

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that tail end and start knitting with it.

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And if you do that,

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halfway through the row
you run out of yarn.

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But if it has the knots in it,

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it's a lot less like that you're going

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to pick that yarn up and use it.