How to Join Ribbon Yarn for Knitting

If you knit with ribbon yarn, you know that joining yarn to a new ball when you run out can result in a bulky knot that can show up in your work. There's a much easier way to join the yarn quickly and easily that won't show up in your work at all!

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Two balls of ribbon yarn to join
• Sewing needle
• Sewing thread same color as ribbon yarn

1. Thread your sewing needle with a short length of doubled thread.
2. Overlap the ends of the ribbon yarn, leaving about one inch of overlap.
3. Using the sewing needle, sew small overcast stitches along one edge of the overlap, then overcast your way to the other edge, and sew small overcast stitches along that end, as well.
4. Tie off your thread. Now you've joined your yarn quickly and easily and it won't show up in your work at all!