It's not necessary to sew the ends of the tube closed. Just begin and end the tube by knitting a few inches of cotton (or any non-felting fiber) on each end - called 'waste/scrap yarn' in knitting machine lingo. I ran a custom knitting business for a dozen years; these cotton margins take the brunt of the washing action - allowing the wool 'edges' to full uniformly with the tube centers.
Thanks for that info, Bobbie. Hope you don't mind that I've filed it in my knitting files - makes a great deal of sense to me.
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