Thank you for showing this. So many people on youtube show the magic knot, but they don't show how to change colors so that the old color does not intrude on the next row. Now I can actually try this and see if it works!!
Omg this is the best tutorial I've found for changing colors I swear. I've been trying so hard to do this and becoming so stressed out because of it. Thanks you!!
Where has this been all my life???!!!! This has literally changed my life!! I am a drama queen it’s true...but this has brought the joy of crochet back to me because I no longer DREAD the end of a project. I hated weaving ends in more than anything. A thousand thank you’s! 👍🏽🙏😍
Thank u so much for such a clear explanation 😭😭😭😭😭 I've been desperate cuz I want to make a Slytherin scarf for my sister's birthday but my dumbass couldn't do the color changing right. Now I know magic ✨
Thank you so much! While I had mastered the magic knot when joining the same colour, I had no idea how to use it when changing colours at the end of the row. - the knots always ended up in the wrong place. This has changed my life lol
Thank you. I am familiar with this magic knot but never knew how to actually use it into changing colors at the end of a row. People have been raging about it and now I know :)
Thank you, crystalsandcrochet, for this informative and easy-to-follow tutorial. I tried it and it works. I recommend this video to anyone looking for a neater way to change colors when crocheting. Whenever I change colors, I go back to this video at 2:45 to make sure I am making the magic knot correctly. Thank you again!
OMG, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’ve been avoiding stripes and/or too many color changes due to those darn ends to sew in but now, alas....no more ends. Thank you so very much for this video....
I really appreciate you taking the time to show exactly how to make the turns for the knots - when to go over and when to go under. Other videos I have seen on this technique have rushed through that technique, and I have ended up with knots that come apart.
Your method is phenomenal. I am about to start a Temperature Blanket using the Moss/Linen stitch with a colour change on every row, and your method works for that stitch as well, on a swatch I have done. Crochet life changing! 🎉 Thank you so much.
This is what I needed to know!!!!! My C2C kept unraveling where I changed colors because regular knots are just not right for the.situation So I've been online looking up magic knots, and square knots, and Russian joins, and a million ways of crocheting in new yarn without using a knot. So many methods of joining, but I had no idea what I needed for my situation. This is it! Thank you so much for showing the knot and the context. Huge help, thank you, thank you.
Thank you for this! I’ve recently started crocheting and have picked up on it fairly quickly, however changing my colors and weaving in the ends was a bit stressful and this makes it so much easier and cleaner. So, again, thank you very much for the easy to understand and thorough tutorial!
Hello I just came upon your video about changing colors, and though I knew about the magic knot, I always had trouble getting the join in the correct position. THANK YOU. so much for your knowledge. The one inch tail of the old color is perfect and has worked every time for me. 😊
Fantastic. I’ve been using magic knots but still leaving ends to sew in as scared it will eventually unravel. Just tried your technique. Brilliant. No more ends😍
Here's a little tip to get it perfect. When you are finishing with the old colour and drop up a loop, before you pull out the old colour you can snip off the left side of the loop and use it as a yardstick when you are trying to determine where to put the second knot. Thank you for this video. It is definitely a game changer for me!!
thank u sm this was such a big help. ive been trying to find a tutorial that shows you how to add new wool at the end of a finished row with no tail to work with, this was brilliant
This is SO helpful, thank you! After making a granny hexagon blanket as a gift, I’m DONE with weaving ends. Starting my first temperature blanket so I’m excited to use this method. Thank you for the clear demo/instructions!
This was very clear. Thankfully. Was ready to quit crocheting because I hate changing colors. This does seem like a lot of extra time when doing stripes in a small project like a scarf, but I’ll try it…save giving up crochet altogether.
I've had mixed results with the Russian knots. I have avoided working in colors because I hate weaving in ends. This method is perfect and works every time! Thank you, thank you.
This is absolutely brilliant! I'd viewed this video a while ago but had misplaced it in my saved videos! I'm thrilled to have found it again! Perfect answer to having fewer ends to sew in! Thank you again! Char from Phoenix, Arizona USA 🇺🇸 🏜️🌵🌄🧶
You are a genius! I've been using this knot to attach a new skein (of same colour) for years, and yet I could not figure out how to use it for different colours so that there are no tail ends!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I've been searching everywhere for a video about how to get the exact length to change colors so that it's seamless. This video was so incredibly helpful!!
I am so going to try that! Thank you for the tutorial! I had figured out how to make the magic knot. But, I wasn't sure how to do it & have it in the exact place I needed it like that. Thank you again!! 💖💖💖
I don't crochet, I knit & have been looking simply everywhere for how to use the magic knot when changing yarn colors. I'm here to tell you this works for knitting as well! Wonderful! Thank you so much for this!
does the 1" loop at end of the row, cover taller sts like (American) dc, hdc, too? or do you need to pull up the loop more, to make it work? thanks in advance.
it covers all stitches as you complete the entire stitch before you pull up the loop, and then undo the stitch, make the join and re-make the stitch as it shows in the video.
Thank you for showing this I've tried it before but I always end up with a different color further down my crocheting road and then I tear it all out so I'm going to try it this way and see what happens thanks again
Warning: This is a good technique for some yarns, but it does not work for Caron Simply Soft, which is a more slippery yarn. I tried this technique for a few rows at the end of my project and before I finished, I noticed one of the joins had already come apart! I had to frog back and re stitch that section, as well as a few more. Then, I weaved in the ends 3 times to secure it. I’m just glad I didn’t try this at the beginning of my project. It probably works well with more “sticky” yarn. Just be cautious. It’s sad to do all that work and then have it unravel.
Great idea! I'm still trying to lose my paranoia of knotting yarn! I'm a retired sock knitter , now a crocheter, and knots are NOT part of my back history! I cringe when I see how close those ends get cut! Going to try this though, as I hate ends to darn in! Thanks!
How many years does a magic knot last with washing and drying ? I ask cause I have a crochet blanket over 23 years old and I would like my blankets to last
The point is just tie the old yarn with the new one then tie the new yarn with the the old one and make sure the tail of the old yarn is the same length with what you cut before. I'd prefer mark it with pen or tailor chalk. Hope this would help you.
I can’t seem to figure out how long to make the yarn. My new color starts 2-3 chain’s not at the beginning where it needs to start. I have how to do the knot down but not how long to make the yarn so it’s at the beginning.
if you watch carefully you will see that you need to make the last stitch and then undo it to get the correct placing for the new colour, you would then make the chains at the beginning of the next row with the new colour
It looks too good & easy to be true. I am afraid of it giving in and coming apart, I have had knots do that when the tail was not barrier. I was using baby yarn. 😊
I just tried this trick, and I'm near tears at how easy it is! No more loose ends! No more weaving 100 ends in! Thank you so much for this tip!
Thank you for showing this. So many people on youtube show the magic knot, but they don't show how to change colors so that the old color does not intrude on the next row. Now I can actually try this and see if it works!!
Omg this is the best tutorial I've found for changing colors I swear. I've been trying so hard to do this and becoming so stressed out because of it. Thanks you!!
Where has this been all my life???!!!! This has literally changed my life!! I am a drama queen it’s true...but this has brought the joy of crochet back to me because I no longer DREAD the end of a project. I hated weaving ends in more than anything. A thousand thank you’s! 👍🏽🙏😍
Thank you so much for this. I have crocheted for years and never knew about this knot!
Okay, I'm just going to say it. This has, quite literally, completely changed my life, lol. Thank you!!
My life too!! I love this
I just love this! I've hunted & hunted how to change colours at the precise spot & finally got it. Thanks so much.
Thank u so much for such a clear explanation 😭😭😭😭😭 I've been desperate cuz I want to make a Slytherin scarf for my sister's birthday but my dumbass couldn't do the color changing right. Now I know magic ✨
Love this! Saves hours of sewing in tails...also saves wasted yarn. Thank you so much for the tutorial 💕💕💕
Thank you so much! While I had mastered the magic knot when joining the same colour, I had no idea how to use it when changing colours at the end of the row. - the knots always ended up in the wrong place. This has changed my life lol
What a great tutorial! I watch this everytime I pick up a crochet project and need to refresh my memory on how to do this. And love your accent!
Thank you. I am familiar with this magic knot but never knew how to actually use it into changing colors at the end of a row. People have been raging about it and now I know :)
Thank you, crystalsandcrochet, for this informative and easy-to-follow tutorial. I tried it and it works. I recommend this video to anyone looking for a neater way to change colors when crocheting. Whenever I change colors, I go back to this video at 2:45 to make sure I am making the magic knot correctly. Thank you again!
OMG, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’ve been avoiding stripes and/or too many color changes due to those darn ends to sew in but now, alas....no more ends. Thank you so very much for this video....
I really appreciate you taking the time to show exactly how to make the turns for the knots - when to go over and when to go under. Other videos I have seen on this technique have rushed through that technique, and I have ended up with knots that come apart.
Fabulous, just what I see looking for and so well explained! A big thank you ❤.
Your method is phenomenal. I am about to start a Temperature Blanket using the Moss/Linen stitch with a colour change on every row, and your method works for that stitch as well, on a swatch I have done. Crochet life changing! 🎉 Thank you so much.
This is what I needed to know!!!!! My C2C kept unraveling where I changed colors because regular knots are just not right for the.situation So I've been online looking up magic knots, and square knots, and Russian joins, and a million ways of crocheting in new yarn without using a knot. So many methods of joining, but I had no idea what I needed for my situation. This is it! Thank you so much for showing the knot and the context. Huge help, thank you, thank you.
Helen you never cease to amaze me. Thank you
Thank you for this! I’ve recently started crocheting and have picked up on it fairly quickly, however changing my colors and weaving in the ends was a bit stressful and this makes it so much easier and cleaner. So, again, thank you very much for the easy to understand and thorough tutorial!
You are a genius! I use this knot a lot but never considered using it for a row color change. Thanks for demonstrating.
Absolutely the best tutorial I’ve seen !! Saving this to watch when I change yarns. Thank you!!
Hello I just came upon your video about changing colors, and though I knew about the magic knot, I always had trouble getting the join in the correct position. THANK YOU. so much for your knowledge. The one inch tail of the old color is perfect and has worked every time for me. 😊
i just learned how to crochet and this was my first time joining yarn. best tutorial 😀
Fantastic. I’ve been using magic knots but still leaving ends to sew in as scared it will eventually unravel. Just tried your technique. Brilliant. No more ends😍
So much easier than all that sewing in at the end. Thanks.
Here's a little tip to get it perfect. When you are finishing with the old colour and drop up a loop, before you pull out the old colour you can snip off the left side of the loop and use it as a yardstick when you are trying to determine where to put the second knot. Thank you for this video. It is definitely a game changer for me!!
Best tutorial Helen. Has made my life so much easier
This method is absolutely perfect! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
thank u sm this was such a big help. ive been trying to find a tutorial that shows you how to add new wool at the end of a finished row with no tail to work with, this was brilliant
You have just saved my afghan. Thank you!
I will be using this method for sure! Thank you so much for being so clear and easy to follow! Be blessed. 💕💕
The best video for this knot that I’ve seen! Thank you !
This is SO helpful, thank you! After making a granny hexagon blanket as a gift, I’m DONE with weaving ends. Starting my first temperature blanket so I’m excited to use this method. Thank you for the clear demo/instructions!
This was very clear. Thankfully. Was ready to quit crocheting because I hate changing colors. This does seem like a lot of extra time when doing stripes in a small project like a scarf, but I’ll try it…save giving up crochet altogether.
This is a total game-changer!! Thank you!
This is great! Thanks for the tutorial!!
I've had mixed results with the Russian knots. I have avoided working in colors because I hate weaving in ends. This method is perfect and works every time! Thank you, thank you.
I would like to give you a thousand likes for this video!
This is absolutely brilliant! I'd viewed this video a while ago but had misplaced it in my saved videos! I'm thrilled to have found it again! Perfect answer to having fewer ends to sew in! Thank you again! Char from Phoenix, Arizona USA 🇺🇸 🏜️🌵🌄🧶
You are a genius! I've been using this knot to attach a new skein (of same colour) for years, and yet I could not figure out how to use it for different colours so that there are no tail ends!
Thank you so much! So clear and easy to follow! Yes it does take a wee bit longer but so much less time than sewing in ends!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I've been searching everywhere for a video about how to get the exact length to change colors so that it's seamless. This video was so incredibly helpful!!
I am so going to try that! Thank you for the tutorial! I had figured out how to make the magic knot. But, I wasn't sure how to do it & have it in the exact place I needed it like that. Thank you again!! 💖💖💖
Thank you for your fantastic tip I agree with you I hate having to weave in the tails . So much nicer this way . Thank you so much for sharing
Wow, best tip ever... took me awhile to fin d this.. happy crocheter here. Thanks
You changed my life! Thank you!
Thanks for a nice and easy to follow tutorial. I just made my first magic knot joining in a new skein of yarn. Greetings from Sweden.
Magic ************ thanks for sharing ❤❤❤
Such a great video it does work so well. Thank you
Very clear explanation , thank you 😊 🙏
I don't crochet, I knit & have been looking simply everywhere for how to use the magic knot when changing yarn colors. I'm here to tell you this works for knitting as well! Wonderful! Thank you so much for this!
Such a great revelation! Tfs.
thank you! i’ve been trying to figure this out, you made it so easy
Hi thank you looks perfect.
Take care love from South Africa
It will take me a time to learn this, I must keep looking at it for quite awhile but it is very good. Thanks for sharing.
My god...I love this!! I have to try this immediately, thank you!!
The best yet. Love it
Genius.....! I knew there had to be an easier way, 😊✌🏻💐
Wow wow! Thank you! This is amazing! I’m going to practice a bit to get the hang of it before I start my blanket. Thank you!
Your technique is perfect for me. Thank you sooooo much!!
Thank you very much, that's what I've been looking for.
Yea!!! Going to do now! Thank you!!! ❤
Awesome lesson!!!!! Thanks so much
love your tutorials you are the best.
Very useful tip 😊
Wow, thanks so much for this tutorial x
This is even better than the Bella Coco one! Thank you!
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you. This is a game changer. 😊👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
This is very easy. I’m doing a blanket but with yarn bed velvety smooth. Which it kinda thick & there’s a bump in my blanket that’s hard to hide.
Fantastic . So clear and easy. Thanks so much 😀👍🏻
Thank you. Grear tip! 💕💕💕
If you are using a different height stitch, do you make a different height of loop?
No, follow the instructions and it will work for any stitch.
Thanks so much....you have made it look easy enough for EVEN me to follow :)
Nice video! I am wondering whether this technique could be used to change colours when making a striped hat?
yes you can use it to change colours at any point in your work
Fantastic!!! Thanks!!! Now I see where I was going wrong!!!!
Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much!! 💐
Thank you so much just what I was looking for
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER :DDD
does the 1" loop at end of the row, cover taller sts like (American) dc, hdc, too? or do you need to pull up the loop more, to make it work? thanks in advance.
it covers all stitches as you complete the entire stitch before you pull up the loop, and then undo the stitch, make the join and re-make the stitch as it shows in the video.
Thank you for showing this I've tried it before but I always end up with a different color further down my crocheting road and then I tear it all out so I'm going to try it this way and see what happens thanks again
Love this! Thank you so much!
Fabulous!! Thank you.
Warning: This is a good technique for some yarns, but it does not work for Caron Simply Soft, which is a more slippery yarn. I tried this technique for a few rows at the end of my project and before I finished, I noticed one of the joins had already come apart! I had to frog back and re stitch that section, as well as a few more. Then, I weaved in the ends 3 times to secure it. I’m just glad I didn’t try this at the beginning of my project. It probably works well with more “sticky” yarn. Just be cautious. It’s sad to do all that work and then have it unravel.
I agree with very shiny or slippery yarns it does not always work :)
Great idea! I'm still trying to lose my paranoia of knotting yarn! I'm a retired sock knitter , now a crocheter, and knots are NOT part of my back history! I cringe when I see how close those ends get cut! Going to try this though, as I hate ends to darn in! Thanks!
That's a beautiful way to do it, thank you 😊
Thanks for a great tip
Does this work with thick yarn as well? Like a 6 bulky?
Yes, it works with any weight of yarn, but be careful if the yarn is very silky and always test the knot on a spare piece of yarn.
Can this be done with super chunky yarn? I'm looking to change colors without it coming apart.
Yes you can!
everything is different now! lol. Thanks You!
How many years does a magic knot last with washing and drying ? I ask cause I have a crochet blanket over 23 years old and I would like my blankets to last
done correctly it will last as long as the blanket does :)
This has got to be One of the Niftyest Tips Ive learned... Leave it to you to Bring this to US!!!!!
That was great thank you so much
i must be doing something wrong because mine came apart -- am going to keep practicing!! thank you for your great tutorial!!
The point is just tie the old yarn with the new one then tie the new yarn with the the old one and make sure the tail of the old yarn is the same length with what you cut before. I'd prefer mark it with pen or tailor chalk. Hope this would help you.
This is brilliant! Do you know if this works on a
Round as well! Eg granny square?
yes you can use it to change yarn colours or to join a new ball of yarn
I love this thank you for showing us however I seem to have an issue when it’s a DC. Can you do one with the DC Pls thank you
work exactly the same but you may need to undo the last 2 or 3 stitches to have enough length of yarn to make the magic knot
LOVE THIS!! Couldn't you just do your magic knot before that very last stitch, rather than working the stitch and undoing it?
No, as the change in colours would show part way through the stitch
I can’t seem to figure out how long to make the yarn. My new color starts 2-3 chain’s not at the beginning where it needs to start. I have how to do the knot down but not how long to make the yarn so it’s at the beginning.
if you watch carefully you will see that you need to make the last stitch and then undo it to get the correct placing for the new colour, you would then make the chains at the beginning of the next row with the new colour
It looks too good & easy to be true. I am afraid of it giving in and coming apart, I have had knots do that when the tail was not barrier. I was using baby yarn. 😊
done correctly, with most yarns all will be fine, but I do not recommend this with slippy/shiny yarns.
So helpful... Thank you!! :)