Seamless Color Change In the Round or Mid Row

If you are working a project in the round and you need to change colors, or you just need to change colors mid row, I am going to teach you the method I use to get the most seamless transition between colors.

Acronyms (US Terms)

• Sl St - Slip Stitch

• St - Stitch

• Ch - Chain

• HDC - Half Double Crochet

Color 1- Where to Place the Last Slip Stitch before the Color Change

In this image, I am displaying where I am going to place a Sl St to close the round I am working on.

• I have reached the end of my round for the current color I have been using.

• I am going to insert my hook into first St of my current round.

  • I will not create a Sl St just yet.

Color 1 - Placing the Last Slip Stitch before the Color Change

In this image, I am displaying the view I have from the top of the piece as I am placing my hook in the first St.

• Arrow A is pointing to the next St.

  • In this particular pattern, I am placing a Sl St in the first HDC of the current round I am working, because I am starting the next row with a new color.

  • If you were mid row starting a new color, you would send your hook through whatever stitch you would normally go into next.

Color 2 - Grabbing your new color

In this image, I am displaying what my hook looks like after I insert my hook into the next stitch and wrap my new color around my hook.

• Instead of using the same color as my last stitch, and the stitch I’ve inserted my hook into to finish my Sl St, I will switch to my new color.

• It’s important to note that I am not making a slip knot with my new color. I am simply wrapping my new color onto the hook and leaving a long tail.

  • The reason I am just hooking the yarn and not using a Slip Knot, is so I can pull both color tails tight once I start weaving in the ends later.

Color 2 - Pulling Your New Color Through Your Loops

In this image, I am displaying the different parts of the Sl St.

• Arrow A is pointing to the first loop on my hook.

  • This is the loop of my most previously made HDC.

• Arrow B is pointing to the St I have inserted my hook into

  • This is the first St of my current round, but can represent whatever the next ST of my pattern is.

• Arrow C is pointing to the loop of my new color

  • I am going to pull C through both B and A

Color 2 - Pulling Your New Color Through Your Loops

In this image, I am displaying what it looks like once I have pulled my new color through both the St and loop of my previous color, to create a Sl St.

Color 2 - Beginning With Your New Color

In this image, I am displaying how I am going to begin using my new color.

• Once I have that new color pulled through, I am going to start Crocheting with that new color just as I normally would.

• Arrow A is pointing to the strand of my new color which I will wrap around my hook to create my starting Ch.

  • The tail of that new color is draped down next to the ending tail of my previous color.

Color 2 - Creating My Starting Chain

In this image, I am displaying what that color transition will look like upon starting.

• Arrow A is pointing to the tail of my new color

• At this point, I feel it is safe to cut a long tail of the previous color I was using.

  • That will rest with the beginning tail of our new color, and I will weave those in at the end.

Color 2 - Proceeding With the Pattern Using the New Color

In this image, I am displaying what the color change is looking like once I have completed a few more stitches.

• I am still holding the beginning tail tight and will continue to do so for a few more St’s to ensure the tension of the first row with my new color remains consistent.

  • I will let that tail go after about 10 St’s with the new color.

Both Colors - Presentation After Multiple Rows

In this image, I am displaying how the color change looks after I have crocheted several rows with my new color.

• As you can see, I go directly from one color to the next with no Visible transition.