Cast on your preferred number of stitches in the first color.

How to change colors when knitting in the round. Change colors and knit in color b up until three stitches before the end of that row. Take your new color and fold it over the left needle, leaving a tail. Keep repeating the process to get the cast on ready.

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. Learn how to add a stripe and do a jogless color change when knitting in the round. Place the tail of the new color in between where the two knitting needles cross.

Hold the working end of the yarn in your usual way. 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.

Make a loop on your thumb. Cross the old tail over the new. Continue to knit with color b until you have worked 1 complete round.

You'll also learn how to sew in the ends for a perfect join. Pick up the tail end of the new color in your right hand and lay the yarn between the needle tips. Knit 3 more stitches with the new color, using the tail to make double stitches.

Insert your right knitting needle into the next stitch on the left needle purlwise. Knit one round in color a. In the image below you can see how the yarn twists.