How to Change Yarn with a Standing Double Crochet 🧶 ✨, by Hope Corner Farm Crochet on YouTube. 3 min.
- Video length
- 3 min
- Time to do it
- 5 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Finish the last stitch of the old color and stop. Keep the working loop of the old yarn on your hook for now.
Cut the old yarn, leaving a tail of about 4 to 6 inches. Do not pull the loop tight.
Make a slip knot in the new yarn and place it on your hook next to the old loop.
Yarn over with the new color and pull through both loops on the hook to secure the join.
Yarn over again and pull through the loop to make the first chain of your standing stitch.
Yarn over, insert the hook into the next stitch of your project and pull up a loop.
Yarn over and pull through two loops, then yarn over and pull through the last two loops. That is your standing double crochet.
Continue double crocheting with the new color as normal. Weave in both yarn tails at the end with a yarn needle.
Tips and common mistakes
Keep the new slip knot snug but not tight, or the first stitch will pucker.
Work over the old yarn tail for a few stitches to hide it, then trim the rest.
Check the join on the wrong side before carrying on, since a loose loop shows through on the front.
Questions
Do I need to chain before the standing double crochet?
No. The standing stitch replaces the usual starting chain, which is why the join looks cleaner.
Can I use this for any stitch?
The same idea works for a standing single crochet or half double crochet. Just change the number of loops you pull through.
Will the color change show a gap?
A small gap can appear if the slip knot is loose. Give the new yarn a gentle tug after the first stitch to close it.
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