How to knit stripes without cutting yarn

Odds are good that once you've knit your first project or two—and maybe even before then— you'll need to join a new ball of yarn to your project in order to continue knitting.

It's a common requirement, whether you run out of yarn before finishing the project or are changing colors for stripes or other colorwork.

The fact of the matter is that every knitter needs to know how to switch from one ball to another.

The best news is that it's easy to do and there are a couple of ways to go about it.

Adding new color to knitting

Starting a New Ball at the Edge

The easiest way is to make the switch at the end of a row, a method recommended for new knitters. This is also how you change colors when knitting rows of stripes.

1. Keep an eye on the yarn ball you're working with and, when you near the end of it, stop at the end of the row you're working.
2. Switch to the yarn from the new ball when you start working the next row.
3. Be sure to leave a few extra inches of yarn from each ball so you can weave in your ends later.

The first stitch may be a little messy with this met

knitting connecting new yarn

knitting adding new yarn mid row