How to Crochet - Color Changing Without Knots Video

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How to Crochet - Color Changing Without Knots

Okay, in crochet when you are crocheting—and this is my working edge right here that you can see here. What if you did not want the colors to go this way because always in crochet, you always see them go this way. What if you are challenged and still working this way but the color pattern is going up instead? How do you do that? I am going to show you how you can do that. It is a little more work but it makes the blanket look very different, so let us give that a try and I am going to show it using this color and this color. So let us start our blanket going up and down instead, with color changing going up and down instead of that way. So what I would do is take your one string and chain across as many as you want for making a blanket. So let us start and for this demonstration, I think I am going to do 15. So let us chain over 15. So one, two—wow thirteen, fourteen and fifteen. Okay, so what I would do now is that we want to work our color in. I will shape so one and two and extra like this because what is going to happen is that we are laying this one over top the rest. I know that does not make sense right now but watch and learn. So what we are going to do is we are going to put it back in and we are going to come around, and we are going to go in, okay? But before you grab the string and pull it through, you are going to want to put the string underneath right here. I know it is kind of difficult to see but do you see that there? See, what happens is this string here wraps around the other string so it kind of traps it like you see. So let us do three of those, so now you see how it is just naturally lying on top of the line. You always want to make sure so you are going into the stitch and so that it is lying on top of the needle. And then when you pull it through, it is trapping it inside. Let us go again. So again, it is lying on top and we are trapping it. So now, let us change. I just did three, you can do as many as you want. We want to make sure that the white—so we are going to do our color change, okay. We are going to wrap it around and we want to make sure that the white ends at back on the top of the stitch when this stitch is complete. So we are going to go in. We are going to pull through the purple and now you got two left. Grab the white and pull through. Okay so now, we are going to let the purple drop down. We are going to put the white into our main hand and now we are going to go white and we are going to look at the next stitch and make sure the purple one is now lying on top of the other line just like we did with the white. And so we did three and the reason why you are doing—see now, I just missed that so I got to make sure I catch that on the top of that line all the time. You got to make sure it is trapped. See? It is on top. Okay, now say I want to change this to purple. Now I want to make sure that this one, that the top of this one now is purple and not white. So I am going to drop the white down so it is going to be on top of this line and use my purple as the main color for the final stitch of there. And by doing that, you are ensuring that you are getting the stitch. Even though this is the last stitch there, it actually looks like it is part of there. So now we are going to go into your next stitch, trapping the white on top of the purple and again, once you just get in a routine, this stuff is actually pretty simple. Now when I do a whole blanket like this, I would think about it. So this will be my third so I want to pick up the white now and let the purple drop down. Now we are going to go white trapping the purple on top of the line. We are coming into the end of our line. Just cut it nice and just work out that—okay so we are going to come to the end. We are going to trap that purple in for the last stitch, trying to make it a lot more complicated than it is. It is just a matter of manipulating the strings in your hands. What is going to happen now is that we want to trap—when you are doing your boarders, you can cover up your edges like this. So we want to keep—because we are going to be doing white all the way across again. We want to—like starting with white. We want to keep the white up and the purple on top of the line, so one and two, trapping the purple in and now, this will be considered my third stitch. So I got to make sure at the top of this one I am grabbing purple. What you just did and dropping down the white. Actually, this is pretty neat. I do not know if I would ever attempt this but it is neat. This is our third one so of course, the top needs to have a white on top, laying down the other purple again on top of the white line. Now, this is the third one so of course, the top one needs to be purple. Lying down the white again, Now if you remember, I did four in the beginning of this one. Across the edges, it can remain purple. We are just going to bring this one up. We are going to have this one lying right on the line, the white one right on the line. So one and two going down purple, the white is down. Now, it gets really simple. If you see a purple, then it means you are going purple in the bottom. This is the final stitch of purple so we got to bring up the white into the purple. Lying down the purple—yes, I would definitely not switch every third. So you can see it kind of gives it a weird—a kind of an interesting look to it. Very different, actually, the side is pretty nice but that is how you do your colors up and down instead of side to side.

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Okay, in crochet when you are crocheting—and this is my working edge right here that you can see here. What if you did not want the colors to go this way because always in crochet, you always see them go this way. What if you are challenged and still working this way but the color pattern is going up instead? How do you do that? I am going to show you how you can do that. It is a little more work but it makes the blanket look very different, so let us give that a try and I am going to show it using this color and this color.

So let us start our blanket going up and down instead, with color changing going up and down instead of that way. So what I would do is take your one string and chain across as many as you want for making a blanket. So let us start and for this demonstration, I think I am going to do 15. So let us chain over 15. So one, two—wow thirteen, fourteen and fifteen. Okay, so what I would do now is that we want to work our color in. I will shape so one and two and extra like this because what is going to happen is that we are laying this one over top the rest. I know that does not make sense right now but watch and learn.

So what we are going to do is we are going to put it back in and we are going to come around, and we are going to go in, okay? But before you grab the string and pull it through, you are going to want to put the string underneath right here. I know it is kind of difficult to see but do you see that there? See, what happens is this string here wraps around the other string so it kind of traps it like you see. So let us do three of those, so now you see how it is just naturally lying on top of the line. You always want to make sure so you are going into the stitch and so that it is lying on top of the needle. And then when you pull it through, it is trapping it inside. Let us go again. So again, it is lying on top and we are trapping it.

So now, let us change. I just did three, you can do as many as you want. We want to make sure that the white—so we are going to do our color change, okay. We are going to wrap it around and we want to make sure that the white ends at back on the top of the stitch when this stitch is complete. So we are going to go in. We are going to pull through the purple and now you got two left. Grab the white and pull through.

Okay so now, we are going to let the purple drop down. We are going to put the white into our main hand and now we are going to go white and we are going to look at the next stitch and make sure the purple one is now lying on top of the other line just like we did with the white. And so we did three and the reason why you are doing—see now, I just missed that so I got to make sure I catch that on the top of that line all the time. You got to make sure it is trapped. See? It is on top.

Okay, now say I want to change this to purple. Now I want to make sure that this one, that the top of this one now is purple and not white. So I am going to drop the white down so it is going to be on top of this line and use my purple as the main color for the final stitch of there. And by doing that, you are ensuring that you are getting the stitch. Even though this is the last stitch there, it actually looks like it is part of there. So now we are going to go into your next stitch, trapping the white on top of the purple and again, once you just get in a routine, this stuff is actually pretty simple.
Now when I do a whole blanket like this, I would think about it. So this will be my third so I want to pick up the white now and let the purple drop down. Now we are going to go white trapping the purple on top of the line. We are coming into the end of our line. Just cut it nice and just work out that—okay so we are going to come to the end. We are going to trap that purple in for the last stitch, trying to make it a lot more complicated than it is. It is just a matter of manipulating the strings in your hands.

What is going to happen now is that we want to trap—when you are doing your boarders, you can cover up your edges like this. So we want to keep—because we are going to be doing white all the way across again. We want to—like starting with white. We want to keep the white up and the purple on top of the line, so one and two, trapping the purple in and now, this will be considered my third stitch. So I got to make sure at the top of this one I am grabbing purple. What you just did and dropping down the white.

Actually, this is pretty neat. I do not know if I would ever attempt this but it is neat.

This is our third one so of course, the top needs to have a white on top, laying down the other purple again on top of the white line. Now, this is the third one so of course, the top one needs to be purple. Lying down the white again,

Now if you remember, I did four in the beginning of this one. Across the edges, it can remain purple. We are just going to bring this one up. We are going to have this one lying right on the line, the white one right on the line. So one and two going down purple, the white is down.

Now, it gets really simple. If you see a purple, then it means you are going purple in the bottom. This is the final stitch of purple so we got to bring up the white into the purple. Lying down the purple—yes, I would definitely not switch every third.

So you can see it kind of gives it a weird—a kind of an interesting look to it. Very different, actually, the side is pretty nice but that is how you do your colors up and down instead of side to side.

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