COLOURFUL ROWS

How to switch to a different yarn for colourful effects

Whether you’re changing colour or your ball of yarn has run out, you can use the same simple technique to join in new yarn. Some crocheters just knot the old yarn to the new yarn and carry on crocheting. Others like to fasten off the old yarn and then knot a loop of the new yarn in place at the fabric edge. Both of these can create a bulky knot that might show on the right side or be annoying when you’re sewing up. The yarn-changing method we’ll show you below is easy and neat. The idea behind it is that you work the final yarn round hook action of the last stitch of the old row with the new yarn. This means you’ll instantly be ready to work the next row…

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Beginners´ Guide to Crochet (Digital) - 1 Issue, Beginner's Guide to Crochet 2019

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