Place the tail of the new color in between where the two knitting needles cross.

How to change colors when knitting in the round. To change colors, insert your needle into the first stitch where the new color will be, fold the new yarn in half and place the loop around the right hand needle, pull it through the. White the garter stitch is the most basic knitting stitch out. Continue to knit with color b until you have worked 1 complete round.

Drop yarn b and slip the last three stitches in color a. When the old pattern is complete, and you’re ready to add a different color, start knitting with new yarn. Cast on your preferred number of stitches in the first color.

Knitting and purling open the door to all sorts of patterns that involve alternating between knit and purl stitches. Hold the working end of the yarn in your usual way. Cross the old tail over the new.

Put the needle under and 5. Once you form a whole line with the cast on, bring it to the left side to wrap the entire round. Insert your right knitting needle into the next stitch on the left needle purlwise.

Change colors and knit in color b up until three stitches before the end of that row. Keep repeating the process to get the cast on ready. In the image below you can see how the yarn twists.

Knit 3 more stitches with the new color, using the tail to make double stitches. Pick up the tail end of the new color in your right hand and lay the yarn between the needle tips. Make a loop on your thumb.