The Jogless Join - How to Alternate Skeins without a Seam when knitting in the round

[@corinnenygren428]

This is without a doubt the best method. I am so thankful you posted this video because all the other videos seem to show the other method and yours works best. I did this on a sweater I made & lived that it didn’t have a seam inside from twisting the two yarns. Thanks.

[@kimsimpson1274]

I have been knitting for over 45 years and have never seen this technique. Thank you for your easy explanation :)

[@angelacornell8660]

❤❤❤ how cool is this . Love your teaching style. No gossip, no music.

[@jenniferpena8043]

"Yarn-barfy" is the word I have been waiting my entire life to hear, thank you.

[@KarinMurati]

lol :-) ♥

[@robinsidwell6241]

Genius! I’ve heard of this method but didn’t really understand it. This is a great explanation and thank you for SHOWING how to do it, not just talk.

[@alizaras]

5:52 Where you explain slipping purl wise! 💡 Finally! I've been knitting for years now and I just slip the stitches so 'they look right' to me, and just ignored the instructions of slip purl wise/slip knit wise in patterns because I used to knit combination style (western knits, eastern purls) and would have to reorient the stitches anyway. I think the 'slip knit wise/purl wise' is just something so obvious to most knitters and part of the english terminology (i'm a non-native english speaker) that it was just never shown. Thank you! You solved one of my knitting mysteries! 🧡 And thank you for explaining the jogless join as well, i look forward to try this on baby hats and socks!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

I’m delighted this was helpful!!!

[@alexandraabraham6698]

I've come across several jogless in-the-round instructional videos and this beats all of them into a cocked hat, it's brilliant. simple, easy, and very practical, it's a pleasure to do.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Alexandra Abraham omg! That’s amazing! Thank you so so much!

[@mariamelgoza2442]

Wow you are so good at it,,just started knitting, I'm 63 years old,,,and got to say I learn something new every day. Thank you so much for your tutorial,,explained very good .

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Maria Melgoza thank you!

[@monikajoyner2265]

Wow ... I've never heard about that technic before, I didn't know I need this. But wow ... that's exactly what I NEED! At the moment I don't understand how it works, it sounds like pure magic. But I definitely try it out. Today. Thank you very much for your tutorial!

[@probablyknitting5052]

OK, sorry about the mess but my head just exploded! This is a game changer for me because I wanted to start, finally, a Cardigan for my self and knew I would be using a yarn that had to have alternating skeins. I've almost finished one for my Hubster but didn't need to alternate skeins. And now I have no excuse not to start one for me, except for picking out a pattern. Thank you so much for this tutorial, and yes we love your Babbles too! You are a Darling. You dish out pretty sage advice for someone so young. Jan B.

[@marymurphy9447]

Thank you Grace, I have been knitting nearly 60 years and it’s true.... you can learn something new everyday..!!!

[@tiffanysmith8186]

Best video on creating jogless joins and alternating skeins I've seen and believe me, I've watched a LOT - thank you!

[@stacya3751]

Kristin from Voolenvine recommended your video on alternating skeins, and I just want to thank you for doing this. It changes things, and now I feel so much better about alternating skeins.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Stacy Adams thank you so much for letting me know! Kristen is a complete doll. I love using this technique and it really makes the most beautiful garments knit with hand dyed yarns. X

[@elsamariaaraujoperez9825]

Debe

[@denisemartinez6456]

I'm a beginner knitter who's been crocheting since age five. This was wonderful. I've only made solid color hats and I'm so excited to learn to change colors for striped and such. Your explanation was very clear and easy to understand. Thank you so much. Liked and subscribed. Blessings from New Mexico USA

[@wildbydesign7255]

Seriously brilliant. I am so grateful that you shared this. I was attempting skein alternating for the first time and wasn’t having the best luck till I found your video.

[@lesleyphillips931]

I'm so happy to find this clear and easy method to avoid the wiggley 'seam'. Thank you for the clear explanation. 😊

[@wendybird3107]

THANK YOU! You are awesome. I'm a self taught knitter and i have started on a hat with two colors and you can really tell where the colors changed. With this technique of joggless join my hat is gonna look more professional and neater. Pleas excuse my ignorance in all knitting terms i just started like 3 weeks ago with no knowledge what do ever but just a strong interest in knitting, besides beautiful, soothing voice and wonderful accent you are a great teacher, thank you again for your tips!

[@PattymacMakes]

I love this!! So well demonstrated and explained. This totally solves the mystery of how to get the mystical one row stripes to work. I don’t make garments (yet) but I love striped accessories. Thank you!

[@mariamercedesromero6824]

Results!!!! I'm from Argentina and my issue is how to avoid joggles in fair isle searching I found the solution but surfing on KZbin there you are with your tip with different colors!!! Thanks because your way is more easy than anyone!!!!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

maria mercedes Romero FANTASTIC!

[@gmr1241]

Thank you! I've watched I don't know how many videos on helical (Sp?) knitting. Never got it - and I've been knitting for ages. Brilliantly explained.

[@adalai7649]

Fantastic technique! I'm using it to knit two-color striped hats with single-row stripes. This is THE best technique ever. I'm also excited about using it to interleave two balls of hand-dyed yarn!!! Thanks so much @

[@mary44107]

Your tutorial is awesome! No one has ever been able to explain this method to me so clearly. I can't wait to get started!!

[@krikeles]

Thanks for this. I looked this up since I'm trying to use up some leftover yarn making baby sweaters with stripes. I then realized that this is going to be amazingly useful for knitting sweaters with those lovely but not quite matching hand dyed yarns.

[@KarinMurati]

Wow, what a great technic, Grace. Thank you for showing this easy, but genius way to change/alternate colors by knitting in the round. I am totally in love with it. Karin from Germany

[@murielmarechal2454]

I must try this for my next pair of sicks. Thanks for this knitting trick. You are such a good teacher! ❤

[@jenjf4knits913]

Thanks for this. Love watching your podcast Grace. This tutorial was very clear and having two colors helped me visualize what’s happening better. This makes alternating skeins seem so much less intimidating!

[@gaylecapps5309]

Great video. I finally understand this process because of your clear presentation.

[@cuppiesto]

This is fantastic. I just started a single stripe on a sweater and it is perfection. Not only that, but I'm working with Malabrigo which I will need to alternate balls. This is so perfect for my current project. Thanks for the wonderful video.

[@kathygoodman6159]

Thank you so much for this! I was trying to make my very first sweater and I just couldn't get the switching of the yarn right so I kept knitting away but after a bunch of rows I noticed how bad that looked so I would tear back to the ribbing and then try to make it look better only to see eventually that it didn't look any better and tear back again. I finally gave up and tore it all out and went back to knitting socks. I am so excited to start that sweater again and use this method. You have just given me my knitting mojo again!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Kathy Goodman thats the highest praise!

[@debbiesews]

Very clear demonstration! Thank you for your explanation - so clearly shown and just the right length video. Love your Irish accent :). I look forward to viewing other videos that you've done!

[@SharonMichelleWebster]

It’s like magic Grace, absolutely brilliant ~ thank you for showing how to do this, now I can get cracking with knitting garments & alternating skeins 😘

[@nuvoclassic]

Brilliant - I'm a beginner knitter (experienced in crochet) - thank you!

[@msdeedee1808]

I'm mesmerized by how the needles just flow with her fingers..so smooth! TFS.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Ms DeeDee thank you! I learned how to knit this way by watching Mina Philip, the Knitting Expat.

[@deirdreevans5533]

Hi Grace! I love this tutorial! I know just the basics in Knitting. I've only attempted to knit tiny projects such as hat and sweater sets for newborns. I was pleased with my work. I am a crocheter but have become a little bored with crochet and I want to try my hand at knitting. Knitting intimidates me (lol), but with teachers like you I know I can succeed in making something and completing it. Thank you for sharing and I have subscribed to your channel. I know you can be a BIG help to me.

[@maureengreen4008]

I’m knitting a cardigan at the moment and I can’t - for the love or money, get the jogless seam...seamless! I have frogged back 4 or 5 times and I’m excited to try this technique. Thank you

[@ccam504]

Thanks, Grace for the video on jogless join. I decided to use it for striped socks. Your explanation is great and not knitting at the speed of light is sooo helpful.

[@Lorenzo-hu7fh]

I’ve use this method for like three hats and I’m now using it for a pair of socks… obviously they’re all presents… but that’s the fun 🤩 so THAAAAAAAANK YOU!!!!!!

[@TootlesTart]

I’m knitting an historical pair of doll stockings in chevron pattern alternating cream and cardinal red colors. Switching colors was messing up the tension and there were pulled stitches due to increases and decreases. It wasn’t looking quite right. Can’t wait to try your method for switching up colors!

[@katastrophe253]

Thanks for taking the time to show this method. It will make my knitting life way easier.

[@Avril.]

I've tried this before but the instructions were crap and it was a mess. This is super simple. Thanks.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Avril delighted for you!

[@pascag3072]

This is absolutely life changing ! I've always tried different techniques but with a poor result. Yours is brilliant, and very weel explained, thanks !!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Pascaline Guichard wonderful to hear! Thank you for your lovely feedback!

[@conniemiller5208]

Amazing tip and could not have been demonstrated and explained any more clearly. Thank you!

[@RhondaLorch]

Oh my goodness Grace. This is magic. Makes me want to rip our my latest sweater! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@Ellinesscrafts]

This is brilliant! I’ve been alternating skeins and getting the line where I alternate each time. This is far better. Thank you.

[@xraymdabm]

What an excellent, clear video and even your answers to the comments were illuminating and answered questions for me (the technique is meant for in-the-round knitting, not for pieced-and-seamed work, and with wider stripes it would create a float in the back of the work). My question now is: what do you do at the end of your garment to neatly finish off the helical knitting? I would love to see a demonstration of that!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

xraymdabm you end up knitting with one colour for a few rounds. And then bind off in one. The extra end you have from the previous colour is just woven in where you stopped. If everything is a similar colour then it doesn’t make a difference.

[@rolenestone2494]

Thank you - this was brilliant. Very clear instructions. This came at the perfect time for me, as I'm about to start a sweater using Indie dyed yarn.

[@finding_new_insights]

Great video. I’m going to try this technique on a knit hat for my wife. I watched a different video on jogless stripes before this one, but your helix technique looks better to me! Thank you for sharing.

[@justwannacraftCathyM]

What!?!? Thank you for showing this. It is fabulous!! This will go into my 'Favorites' folder for sure for future reference!! Thanks

[@valeriebeach3952]

Grace, Thank you so much for this video. It came to me at the exact moment that I needed it too, unreal. I picked up my iPad to look for some advice on alternating skeins and this video was the first one on my KZbin home page 😳. I started using it immediately and it is fantastic! I’m knitting a Sipila, top down pullover by Caitlin Hunter and I’d been avoiding it for all kinds of reasons, altering skeins being one of them. However, now I’m sailing along and hope to be done very soon. Thanks for sharing, Grace, this technique was a game changer! Yes!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Valerie Beach that’s wonderful! Exactly what I wanted this video to do. I’m curious, were you subscribed to me before watching the video?

[@valeriebeach3952]

Yes, I was already a subscriber when this video was posted. I’ve since turned on the alert so I know when you post a new video.

[@carolineroberts8490]

Thank you so much for a wonderful how to video- Your explanation is so clear and makes it easy! Now I can finish my sweater!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

so happy!

[@samanthathacker1388]

🤯 this is one of the coolest techniques I’ve ever seen.

[@kerricronquist5608]

Absolutely the best tutorial I’ve seen for this technique. Thank you!

[@louiseblumel]

You explained that technique very well. Thank you. I can't wait to to try it out. I love stripes!

[@dermannimschatten7731]

Hello , Grace O`Neill , it was very clearly ! I`m not english ,but you are helpful to me. Your Sweater is amazing!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Der Mann im Schatten I am happy that it was clear to a non English speaker! That’s the best praise.

[@grimiskitty1120]

ohhhh amazing I never thought about doing that before and it looks like it doesn't waste yarn like the traditional way of changing colors. I can't wait to give this a try :3

[@AlwaysAlways2x]

Brilliant seeing this in action! Thank you Grace!! I was having difficulty imagining it, couldn’t get it right in my head. This solved that HUZZAH! 🧡

[@TaraSykes3]

Thank you so much. That is the easiest helical tutorial I have seen that does not confuse me.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

im delighted!

[@BBaxterSwank]

Your instructions are very helpful. I am starting a sweater for which I am using two different yarns, very similar in color, to meet the yarn quantity needs. This is my first time using the helical method. I will try to send photos of the results.

[@thusneldamuller37]

You knit so lighthanded! I tried to knit the American way (holding the yarn in the right hand) for multicolour knitting (have one yarn right and one yarn left) but I think it's so difficult to not miss the needle. Love the Helical knitting. Will try it out now! And I will do it knitting two socks on one Needle.

[@idaliacepeda5844]

Beautiful! You are amazing! Love your teaching! You are so natural at teaching!

[@cat_purrs_art_works]

I'm a beginner knitter and this looks like pure magic to me! :p Thanks for the info

[@rebeccaacton4623]

I am a new knitter and this tutorial was awesome! Thank you.

[@anitaedmund8015]

Excellent tutorial - I have seen it but couldn’t understand how it worked. Thank you Grace

[@onesweetlife2469]

This method really saved me with my striped socks!! Super easy! Thank you so much!

[@rolenestone2494]

Brilliant! - Thank you for so clearly demonstrating this technique.

[@freda45]

Amazing. I've tried to make something with stripes and ripped it back out because I hated the look of that seam it makes. Thank you

[@annav2211]

Thank you thank you, this technique is the best and you explain it so easily and simply in this video! Very grateful!

[@irishdawn86]

What a gem of a video you've made!!!! I'm starting a jumper for my toddler and I'm in love with this technique ! Love from Barcelona!

[@anitaharbor3747]

Thank you for your excellent demonstration. It was clear and simple. After trying your method, I felt like a pro!

[@ramakumari8569]

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[@elisacovelli]

This is such a useful technique! I have many leftovers from hand dyed yarn that I’ll now be able to use again!! Thank you so much,

[@corinnenygren428]

Thanks the the tip. You are an excellent teacher. Thanks for your willingness to share your knowledge.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Corinne Nygren oh thank you for the lovely compliment!

[@LADYLUCK7804]

You are amazing and I learn so much from you! Thank you so much from Missouri in the United States!!!!

[@joscott5729]

Thank you, definitely trying this next time as I find I always notice the line twisting the yarns

[@monica4705]

Wonderful tutorial! Thank you so much. You have such a nice speaking voice as well.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Monica McAdams thank you so much!

[@homewardboundfibers9682]

My sock dyeing project just got so much easier, thank you!

[@carrielamont7228]

Thank you for taking the time to explain this technique. You explained it perfectly, I can't wait to try it.

[@yliberal6355]

I really like your sweater too. It looks store bought to me. Thank you for this great tutorial.

[@elyjhaannewolfe833]

I’ve recently started dyeing my own yarn and this is a project saver! Thank you!

[@kirstenspruill6365]

Thank you! This looks pretty straightforward. I’ve just gotten into garment knitting, so this will come in very handy. I’m sure I’ll have to watch you again, when I’m actually going to use the technique.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

It’s really Straightforward. I hope you enjoy it :)

Best trick I have learned in YEARS!

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Linda Björk Eiríksdóttir that’s an amazing thing to hear xx

[@BeeBee123ist]

Linda Björk Eiríksdóttir and the universe and nature had it figured out way before we became human 😁

[@MJCote]

OMG! You changed my life! I wish I knew that earlier! Thank you sooo muuuuch!

[@jaclynnteeter3067]

Beautiful sweater! It's absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your technique

[@2bathruhiker]

I heard about this technique on The Knitters League podcast from Laurie. I will be doing this on my next in-the-round project. Thanks.

[@diannacook6135]

Awesome, witchcraft 🧙🏻‍♀️. My scrappy socks are now even more gorgeous. Canute wait to try this on a garment. Thanks Grace 💐

[@beckyphillips4127]

Marvelous!! You explained that perfectly. I can't wait to try it out. Thank you so much!!

[@annmorris6575]

Thank You, Grace! I’m using this on a Sockhead hat where I’m using two different yarns. For the 4” rib, I carried the yarn. When I began the transition, I remembered your KZbin post on the jogless join. I LOVE it! Now, the next time, I need to figure out how to do this on ribbing. ?? Move those 3sts knitwise or purlwise depending if it’s K part of the rib or P part of the rib? Just proves.....those little things in life can make such a big difference. 😊Thank you again, Ann

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Ann Morris yes!! That would work great! I think you could do it on ribbing no problem. I must test it out.

[@SammyMaeQ]

You would want to slip the stitches purlwise regardless of the pattern so that their orientation is unchanged when you do actually come around and work them in pattern. Slipping purlwise does not change the stitch orientation on the needle while slipping knitwise does.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Smuddpie thank you. That really makes sense

[@kellyhipkins5616]

Thank you so much your technique is better than the others I've seen. :)

[@deboraheagles7120]

Thank you Grace I will use this technique for sure!!

[@lesleygilbert1945]

I'm in the middle of changing colours - going to try this method now - many thanks 💖

[@1mjh]

I will try this when I knit a sweater for my kid, using two different yellows form my mushroom dyed yarn. Got inspired from your sweater :)

[@emmac2254]

This is fab - I have not yet found a solution to joggy stripes but this is brilliant! Thank you.

[@miriambartley6622]

This is fantastic. Your video and voice are beautiful. This knowledge provides great relief for me. Thankyou.

[@emilynn81]

This is so brilliant! Thank you for sharing this technique.

[@alexandriasimms4842]

I'm mind blown! Honestly! Thanks you for a sharing and giving a simple explanation.

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Bald Brown Knitter oh I hope it wasn’t too messy 😜 thank you for watching I hope that it helps you enjoy your knitting more!

[@robinsnest7627]

Pleasant voice and smile. I will try this.

[@mitty42]

Great video, I’ve avoided knitting two colors. Thank you very much!

[@sydneybristo22]

For reference for self and others: At min 2:20 adding the new color yarn as active yarn, K all the way around until the last 3 st. slip the last 3 stitches as if to purl. Pick up old color yarn as active yarn and Knit all the way around until the last 3 stitches. slip the last 3 stitches as if to Purl. Pick up New color yarn as active yarn and repeat. The pattern rotates like the structure of DNA. - that is why it is called the helix. I'm trying to type this out for myself and others that need a quick reference. THANK YOU so much to Grace for sharing this video and producing this and many other fantastic videos. Please check her out on instagram at @vanawillemiel and @babblesyarns

[@mayitaochagavia9910]

Thank you very much! Your reference is very useful

[@Wolfyd-ug8cz]

Your sweater is so amazing! It seriously looks like you went out and bought it!

[@melissawaitesmattio]

Thank you for this fantastically straight-forward tutorial! I finally understand 🤦🏻‍♀️❤️

[@GraceTheBabbler]

Melissa Waites Mattio sometimes it just takes someone to show you.

[@karflo9245]

Hi Grace ... just wondering ... how may I use this technique when there is a pattern in the knitting ... let’s say there are cables? I would appreciate your guidance 🙂

[@garyweybright3227]

I was wondering the same thing!!