Beginner's Guide to Crochet - UK (2019-10)

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CROCHET WITH COLOUR


W


hether 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 with the new
colour, and it won’t cause you any issues if
you’re sewing any pieces of crochet fabric
together later on.
We’ve told you where to cut the old yarn,
but for the first few times, you might like to
wait until you’re sure you’ve done the
technique correctly before snipping it off!

COLOURFUL ROWS


How to switch to a different yarn for colourful effects


RIGHT-HAND


3


Pull the new yarn loop through the
remaining two loops on the hook to finish
the stitch. Pull the old and new yarn ends to
tighten the loop on the hook.

4


Now you can work the turning chain of the
new row in the new colour (3ch for treble).
Then work the stitches of the new row in the
new yarn colour.

1


Start the final stitch of the row, but stop
before working the final yarn round hook
action. For a treble stitch (above), you’d work
yrh, insert hook, yrh, pull loop through, yrh, pull
through first two loops, then stop.

2


Cut the old yarn, leaving a long tail (about
10cm long). Now loop your new yarn
colour around the hook, leaving a long tail of
yarn (about 10cm long).

If you’re right-handed, follow these steps to create colourful stripes...

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