I don’t know about you, but I dislike color changes in crochet-in-the-round intensely. I just hate (a strong word, I know, but still) the way the new color “bites” into the old color making a jagged and obvious border. I just HAD to find a solution to the problem.
So I huffed, and I puffed and I… No, wait. There was no actual huffing or puffing, I set my mind and crochet hook to the task, and figured it out.
It’s actually very simple.
First Round
Single crochet as instructed by your pattern. Change color in the last stitch of the round – final yarn over and pull through with the new color.
Second Round
Slip stitch in back loops only for the entire round.
This is how it looks when the slip stitch round is done:
Third Round
Single crochet in back loops only for the entire round.
Fourth Round
Continue crocheting as your pattern indicates.
Isn’t that a nice, clean, straight color change?
Even the back looks nice. The “step” caused by the color change is barely visible. If you join at the end of the round (instead of the continuous rounds I used for this example) you won’t see it at all.
Enjoy!
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Hi! This looks great… Nice and tidy!
How are the slip stich round and the round following it counted? Are they counted as one round or two rounds? Or is the slip stitch round not counted at all?
An explanation on this would be greatly appreciated! I LOVE the look of this color change! Ingenious!
That second way of changing colors is lovely and smooth. This lesson will completely change the way I work in a new color. Thank you.
Nice realy good and simple to follow.
Thanks for sharing
Muy buena técnica y me gustaría aprender muchas más. Gracias x compartir.
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Do you count second round and the third round as rounds in whatever pattern you’re working on? Or pick the pattern back up in the fourth round?
I cannot thank you enough!! This technique is beautiful and so easy to adopt to all my patterns!!
Could this technique possibly work with flat crochet? Thank you
Thank you so much it is so clear to follow and useful for me. Another thing i hate (im using the strong word too ^^) is the unlevel of the new colour at the back…and i like it continuous (like the one you did) so the connecting stitches after each row cant be seen. Still trying to figure out on the perfect levelling of colour (especially working on thin stripes of colours) although i now know the perfect change of colours thanks to you 🙂
Wow..i love it glad I read this ..thank u
Thank you!!! I am so glad you shared your knowledege. This is going to come in handy for sure 🙂
thank you for the post. that awesome. being an experienced crocheter color changing has always been the most frustrating. thanks again
Thank you. Wonder what it will look like if you sc in the front loop instead of back. Going to definitely try this out.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’m excited about making tidy colour changes now, I’ve tried many ways to achieve this and yours is the only one that actually works. Thanks for the work you put into this and for putting it out there for us all to benefit from.
This is awesome! I have 2 Christmas stockings to make for my nieces (2 years overdue!!!) but my sister in law hates the colour change “bite” as well, so the stockings have been on hold because she wants stripes and I’ve been stuck. This is a wonder and a life saver! Perfect timing for seeing this pin as well, because I’m between projects so I’m going to pull out the yarn and get started right now! Thanks for figuring this out 🙂