You'll also learn how to sew in the ends for a perfect join.

Changing color while knitting. No tying, nothing difficult at all. To change the yarn color, tie the new yarn around the old yarn strand. • insert the right needle on the first stitch of the left needle that has the previous.

Learn how to change colours in knitting and you’ll open up a whole new realm of possibilities. Insert the needle into the first stitch, loop the new color over the tip of the right hand needle and knit the first stitch. When you are done making your color changes or adding your new skein of yarn of the same color, you should do four things.

Give the new tail a good tug to pull down the loop around your knitting needle and create a stitch. Drop the first color and start the second simply taking. How to change colors when knitting in the round • put the stitch marker onto the right needle.

It is good practice when changing colors to grab your new color from below. A short video demonstrating how to change colors by adding a new yarn at the beginning of a row of knitting without messy knots by designer patricia cantos. It's easy to add a new yarn color in the middle of your row.

To begin to change yarn colors, make a little loop hook with your new yarn. After knitting an entire row of the new color, you can untangle the knot and weave the tail into the fabric. In the image below you can see how the yarn twists.

When you pull through both colors will be loose. Once the yellow is pulled to the side take the white yarn and twist it over top the yellow and knit as you normally would. This will ensure that there are no holes in your work.