Finnish finish

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 Oh yes, this is how Marja Jalo, from Finland, calls her way of ending on a chain. She has kindly agreed to share her method through a pictorial here - 

Finnish Finishing by Marja Jalo, 2025 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kv1tc3msre8seFo58jjpPj4ON6_3XXR-/view

Can't have a post without a pic, so this is my quick version of the Finnish finishing method. I deliberately left a bit of the end tails to show where each one finally ends.  

Comparison and Thoughts -

This is a slight adaptation of Frivole's Finishing on a Chain method -https://www.flickr.com/photos/28725259@N02/albums/72157626237151128/with/5514379237  which I had tried here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2015/03/hiding-ends-sans-sewing.html  and Ninetta had applied here - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2015/06/better-late-than-never.html .

• Basically we tat the final chain as a single shuttle split chain (SSSCh) by pulling out a loop of thread from the shuttle and tatting with it. 
• Frivole ends without any sewing while Marja sews in one end. Since I have no issue with sewing tails now, I didn't mind it. I whip stitched the green (ball) tail on the chain itself, but one can sew it under the ring or any other element to reduce bulk. 
• My slight variation is that after passing the green (ball thread) tail through the shuttle thread loop and pulling the latter tight, I needled this green tail and only then joined it to the start of the 1st chain. 
• I also find that Frivole's method requires a long enough chain to hide both tails while Marja's can work even on short chains.

I used a similar method when Ending on a Floating Chain, which was worked partially as a SSSCh - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/12/open-treasures.html 

And for a whole host of hiding ends methods, check out this post - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2016/11/beginning-or-ending.html

Many many thanks to Marja for sharing her method ... we are always the richer for having options! And check out her blog, if you haven't already.... besides all her other projects and experiments, I always remember her when talk of using yarn in tatting arises. https://solmujenlumoissa.blogspot.com/2025/

My next post will have a brand new join pictorial! Hope to see you then...