Jogless Color Change in circular knitting.

[@saskiafresh]

This is so excellent-thank you so much, not many videos show what to do with those ends especially when you only change the color for just one row like a thin stripe with contrast yarn!!!

[@carolmufarrij777]

I like the way you have secured the two colors in the back by duplicating the stitches. I’m going to try this. Of course I want to watch this a few more times so I make sure I understand. Thank you for this demonstration

[@WynnKnit]

carol mufarrij Thank you Carol and believe me, it was a lot of trial and error to get that join just right. That’s the problem with being a perfectionist but I know that I’m not alone. Happy knitting 🧶

[@carolmufarrij777]

Nancy Wynn I tried your beautiful method. I need to try it a few more times as you said to really get it down right. I am knitting navy and grey striped socks and using a small circular needle- it is difficult for me to visualize the stitch anatomy on the back. I think it’s the best method I have ever seen though and I am grateful for your instructions. I have subscribed to your blog and look forward to learning from you. Thank you very much🌷🌷♥️ 🧶 ☘️

[@janice7467]

Wow, thank you! I followed your instructions and actually said out loud “it’s like a miracle!” Lol, my hats are going to look a lot cleaner.

[@WynnKnit]

Janice Only a diehard knitter would say that and you’re right, your hats will look much cleaner! Thanks for commenting on my video and supporting my channel. 🧶

[@RedneckNerd617]

Thank you for showing how to weave in the ends too!

[@sherierodrigues1569]

Dear Nancy, I love your work. You are a crazy wealth of knowledge, and I thank you so much for sharing that knowledge. Hugs from Sherie Rodrigues from Australia

[@WynnKnit]

You are very sweet to say that …thank you ☺️

[@sherierodrigues1569]

@@WynnKnit 😍

[@WynnKnit]

I'm happy my video helped you and thank you for your kind remarks. I'm sure your hats are beautiful!

[@jhamlin6668]

Nancy - I continue to be amazed and so very grateful for all of the helpful videos you have made and shared with the rest of the knitting community. This video has been great because I was concerned with how to best weave my ends to keep the pattern looking good and not having any holes. Thanks so much for showing both techniques. Please know - I'm a member (and Administrator) of a few knitting groups on Facebook. When people have questions about how to do a particular technique I always refer them to your channel or give them a link to a specific video you have done. Thank you for being my reliable teacher. I feel like we've become friends since I spend so much time with you!! Thanks again!!!

[@nancywynn7699]

Thank you so much for always taking the time to email me and I'm glad my videos help you. I appreciate the support and the referrals. And you're right, we have become knitting friends....after all, we knitters need to stick together!!!

[@katherinevetter9400]

Nancy, Thank you for sharing your experience with everyone. I like this technique much better than slipping the first stitch. Your video is very easy to follow.

[@WynnKnit]

Thanks Katherine and you're right, I think this method yields a much better result. Thank you for tuning in to my channel : - )

[@raymonddearing2342]

Katherine Vetter changing c0lourwith a purl row whille knitting in the round

[@linvallier2269]

Easily the most helpful thing I've seen online today! thanks for this!

[@kathylindner3888]

Thank you so much for this clear and helpful video!

[@WynnKnit]

Thank you for supporting my channel ☺️🧶

[@surban4369]

Thank you, Nancy! Your videos are the best! Always helpful to this always-improving novice knitter.

[@WynnKnit]

freetobe4369 Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment. I really appreciate it. I'll be filming again very soon! 👍

[@jealoussea]

i'm so happy to see a video for left handed knitters! thank you for this!

[@jillybeanc]

I'm a beginner knitter and just started knitting a Harry Potter type scarf in the round. Thank you for these instructions. Very easy to follow and see. My scarf is looking awesome!

[@WynnKnit]

Jill C Thank you Jill for watching my video...I'm happy to hear that it helped you create an awesome Harry Potter scarf : - )

[@littlegia731]

Thank you so much for making this video. I'm a beginner knitter and I would have the upward jog in color every time I changed the color of my yarn. And it would drive me nuts! Thanks to your video now I can make a seamless color change when i knit my hats. Again thanks so much for this wonderful video!

[@corrinnesnyder]

Great video 👍🏻 easy to follow with clear instructions

[@teem9010]

very nice tutorial. super easy to understand & I loved your technique!

[@WynnKnit]

+tee m I'm so happy to hear that you liked my video. Good luck with all your knitting projects and thanks again for tuning in! : - )

[@joannegordy3134]

Very helpful ideas Nancy thanks bunches

[@WynnKnit]

And thank you for watching my videos!

[@marilyn6068]

Thanks for the clear and informative video. It took me a couple of rip backs to get it right as I am a lefty, but finally got it. I am knitting 1 inch striped socks.

[@WynnKnit]

Marilyn Thank you so much Marilyn for taking the time to comment on my video. I really appreciate it! 🧶

[@ceciliacpe]

Finally what I was looking for! Thank you so much! Cheers from Argentina

[@marianarios2966]

Great explanation and super effective technique, thanks for this video!

[@dzarate85]

Thanks for your explanation. Right to the point and very clear👌 I'm gonna try this technique in my current wip

[@Silverdove65]

Nancy, Thank you for sharing this video. I am new to the magic circle knitting and am trying to do socks. I plan to have the toes and heels and tops done in cream colored yarn and the rest in a medium brown.

[@WynnKnit]

+Gina Tonne Thank you Gina, I appreciate your comments and good luck with your socks ; - )

[@brevon]

Hello, Nancy, I've tried several methods but this one works best for me because the "seam" does not shift or drift anywhere. Many thanks for sharing this!

[@WynnKnit]

Pavla Hrušková Břeňová Thank you Pavla ! 🧶😊

[@annemariebenoit4263]

Thank you!!! I haven't knitted on circular needles in close to 2 decades and this helped me so much! I've got an ambitious (for my knitting level) cowl planned for my niece for next winter. I'm doing research to make sure my pattern planning goes off without a hitch... or at least not too many so I don't have to backtrack too much :)

[@nancywynn7699]

+Anne Marie Benoite Thank you so much Anne, I appreciate your email. Sounds like you have a good plan for your cowl...Good luck! : - )

[@janek1534]

I love your videos, and find them so much easier to understand and follow than any others. I have a question that seems so basic, but I can't find and answer to. I'd like to know the BEST way to join a new ball of yarn when knitting on circulars. I'm not worried about the jog…just adding a ball of new yarn to the project. Thanks so much for all your videos, and I hope, and answer. :)

[@WynnKnit]

Hi Jane! Thank you so much for your kind comments and support of my knitting videos. In my opinion, the best way to add new yarn is the Russian Join, however, it only works well with wool. If I can't use a Russian Join, I add new yarn by working 2 stitches and then knitting the 3rd stitch with the old and new yarn. I've never had a problem with it - no matter how bulky the yarn is! The trick is how carefully you sew in the ends when you're done. I have a video on both methods....try them both and let me know what you think. Hope I answered your question.

[@janek1534]

Thank you, Nancy! I'm so glad to hear from you. I feel like I know (and very much like!) you already! The backstory-my question had to do with needing to knit on a circular needle from two balls simultaneously, alternating, because I was planning to knit a poncho, and there was quite a difference in color between skeins that were the same dye lot. Luckily, the difference didn't show up, and I was glad because it seemed like it was going to be very hard to inconspicuously switch off and do two rounds with two skeins at a time, alternating. I couldn't believe the complicated instructions I found for doing this, and the more ideas I read about on the subject, the more difficult it sounded. Thank you for your answer and for your wonderful videos! Yours are always my first stop when I need to figure out a new technique. Best wishes, Jane

[@WynnKnit]

Jane K Thank you Jane - I'm glad everything worked out for you!

[@mariamaria9427]

Great Nancy! Thanks for your lesson!!!Now I know how to do!♥♥♥

[@forgiven284]

Thank you so much! i just tried this tonight and it works!

[@WynnKnit]

forgiven284 Thank you 🙏 so much for posting your comment - I really appreciate it!!!

[@wendywarren6094]

Thanks Nancy! I've been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong as I'm adding color in the round. I'm getting holes and gaps at my color change. No one else seems to address as well as you have in the video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@WynnKnit]

You are very welcome and thank you for your kind comments, I really appreciate it ; - )

[@susanmarro6428]

Thank you so much for this Nancy! Unfortunately, I viewed your video after changing colors (in my first hat with stripes). Lesson learned for me, and well explained here.

[@WynnKnit]

Thank you Susan. I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my video. Good luck with your stripes and all your knitting projects : - )

[@aviscanis]

Very helpful, thanks Nancy!

[@gaberowan2011]

When you do a stripe pattern using 8 different colors and doing only 2 rows of each color sequence how do you advise carrying all those colors up the side or would you do a lot of loose ends to weave in?

[@WynnKnit]

Because you referred to "rows" when describing your striped pattern, I am assuming that you are knitting back and forth. If that's the case, I would absolutely carry the yarns up the side. Just remember to always bring the new color from under the old color - this will always keep them twisted properly. Did I answer your question?

[@maryalgar8779]

Awesome Nancy. Just what I needed. I saw another tutorial demonstrating same technique, but then they kept moving their marker over one stitch to the left, so that the "elongated stitch" (from the part stitch you picked up and knit with the first stitch) kept moving over so not so visible.

[@maryalgar8779]

I agree Jo. But I was doing a toddler sweater that just had two stripes near bottom of sweater (i.e. not all the way up the sweater), so I chose to try it. Did it make much of a difference - not really. Thanks for your input.

[@theHookdudewest]

***** thank you for this tip Nancy all of your videos are easy to follow ... I always learn something new ... much appreciated !!

[@WynnKnit]

Thank you very much, I appreciate the positive feedback ; - )

[@irishpyrate]

I was so dumb and added my new color the wrong way. Now I'm 8 color changes in and I have 8 additional stitches! D'oh!! Thankfully this is my first knitting project so it's a learning experience!

[@nancywynn7699]

Oh don't say you're dumb - many new techniques have been created by accident so who knows....you may be on to something exciting! Just keep practicing and you'll get it. Thanks for watching my videos and good luck : -)

[@mundillovirtualpr]

Great! Thank you (from Puerto Rico) Nancy!

[@WynnKnit]

Thanks Carmen, glad you liked my video ; - )

[@mundillovirtualpr]

Oh, yes! I've been struggling with it for quite some time and your video has helped me a lot. Thanks!

[@psdumas]

Thanks Nancy..very easy to follow, yet I did exactly what you did and got a hole ! What am I doing wrong..? Thankyou! Pat

[@WynnKnit]

I'm sorry Patricia, I just saw your message. Could you please take a picture of the problem spot front and back and email it to me? [e-mail]. :-)

[@kiahgeleynse3284]

Thank you. I was trying to do this and I failed. I have to restart the hat I'm making but I'll try it again with your suggestions.

[@beritlarson5427]

Your video is so clear that I am embraced that I am having such trouble. I think that I am following your directions but when I knit the two loops the loop of the new color slips under the old color. That leaves a loop on the wrong side of the new color and the front is just a knitted stitch of the old color. That creates the jog just one stitch over from the marker. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Do you some idea? Thanks

[@WynnKnit]

+Berit Larson I'm sorry that you are struggling with this. I wonder if you are picking the right leg of the old color? If you're doing that correctly and then knitting it together with the first stitch of the color round, it will automatically fall to the back. Please keep trying, I really think you are missing one tiny little step. Please keep me posted.

[@QueenBaha]

So much gratitude🌹💗🌹

[@WynnKnit]

Thank you : - )

[@roballen6073]

How would this be done if you were purling?

[@lem0nic]

Great tip, thanks!

[@tanelson27]

On your video you show how you bring UP the right stitch from below and knit the two colors as one. DO you need to do that at the end/beginning of EVERY round?

[@WynnKnit]

HI Tee! Thanks for watching my video. To answer your question; No you do not have to do that on every round. It's only done on the first color change round. Once done, you would then work the necessary pattern rounds and then change the color as instructed. At that point you would work the jogless color change maneuver again. I hope I answered your question. : - )

[@LizKS48]

How do you do this "jog" when you're purling? After the knit row, starting with the next color, I have to purl three rows.

[@WynnKnit]

Hi Liz, I must be loosing it as totally forget to reply to your comment ; - ( Actually I do the same maneuver with the purl stitch that I do with the knit stitch, however I do sometimes need to tweak it a bit more on the WS when I'm sewing in my ends. Never the less, it works. Thanks for contacting me ; - )

[@maryalgar8779]

Nancy, instead of cutting yarn before changing to new colour, is there a nice method of carrying the yarn "up" the work in the back? Especially if striping is going to be ongoing? P.S. I love your authoritative and yet kind voice and instruction.

[@WynnKnit]

Hi Mary and thank you for your comments. As far as carrying the yarn, yes you can do that but it often creates cosmetic problems. Because you're pulling the yarn upwards, it puts stress on the primary stitch which in the end will cause it to be misshaped. What you might want to do instead is continue to cut your yarn then knit your ends in while you work your round. I don't have a video on it under that name but if you watch my video on Fair Isle Knitting and how to trap the floats, you'll learn how to do it. You knit the ends in exactly the same manner as I "trap" the floats on the video. I probably should get a video done for that technique but it really is identical to what I do on the Fair Isle Video. I hope I answered your question and thanks again for watching my videos. : - )

[@tlneill]

So what if your hat pattern is seed stitch?

[@WynnKnit]

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but when working the seed stitch, go ahead and purl it but if the wrong color shows through, knit the stitch instead and return to the pattern on the next stitch. In the end it won't be that noticeable

[@lesleygilbert1945]

Thank you 💖

[@Salwerth2822]

Thank you!!!

[@davepierunc]

Genius.

[@paulyknit]

Thank you

[@Farligdavidsen]

Thank you 😃 ❤️

[@ginnylynn1]

Thank you