Changing colors can sometimes be tricky when you are learning how to crochet. But, as you increase in your skills, you will definitely be starting projects that will lead to a color change. Knowing how to join a new color in crochet at the beginning of a row is necessary. Here is a technique that I have learned over my years of crocheting. It was not something I was comfortable doing when I first started out. I HAD to have a knot at the beginning of the row, I was so afraid of the yarn unraveling. But that knot is hard to hide sometimes, so it gets frustrating.
Trust me when I tell you, joining a new color in this technique pictured below works just as good as when you tie it in a knot….better actually because you won’t have the knot to hide as you weave in. Follow the pictures and give it a try. If you have any questions about anything pictured, just ask. I’m happy to help if I can.
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Join a new color in crochet at the beginning of a row step by step photo tutorial:
Insert your hook in the beginning stitch of the row
Just drape the new color you are joining over your hook
Simply pull up a loop with the new color
When you make your chain 1 to start the row, it will secure your yarn in place. The other end will be secured when you weave it in (either as you work the next row and work over it, or when you weave it in at the end of your project with a tapestry needle.)
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~Mindy~
