If you’re looking to make your crochet blanket kits as visually exciting as possible, it helps to change colour! There are various ways to switch up your yarn, and the approach you choose typically depends on the project you’re working on. The good news is it doesn’t have to be tricky to change your yarn colour mid-project and make your work pop.
How to Change Crochet Colour as a Beginner
If you’re new to crochet, it helps to know the basic stitches before you start experimenting with different colours. This basic method is a good rule of thumb that works with single, double, half-double or treble crochet.
To do it, you stop your crochet before you pull the final two loops through on the hook. Drop the colour yarn you were using and then place the new yarn on the hook, and use this fresh colour to pull through the final two hooked loops. You’ll then lay the fresh yarn strand over the hook to ‘put the new colour on’ and then hold the yarn tail at the back of your piece. Pull the fresh yarn through the hook’s last hoops to finish the stitch and then continue with your work.
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How to Treat Yarn Tails
It’s fine to leave your previous colour yarn tail at the back of the piece and when you’re ready to weave the ends in, tug them gently to tighten the stitches before weaving the loose ends into the reverse of your crochet blanket kits to hide them.
Specific Colour Change Techniques for Crochet
There are also different and specific methods you can use for changing your colour yarn depending on whether you are working with single, double or treble crochet, but you can learn these over time once you’ve mastered the basics. You’ll probably find that there’s a method you find the most appealing and intuitive to you.
