How to Join Yarn When Knitting Wide Stripes
Adding stripes to a knitted item is the easiest way for new knitters to incorporate multiple colors into their knitting. Knitting stripes is easy, but if you don't pay attention to the way you join yarn when you begin a new stripe, the edges of your knitted piece will look messy. Next time you need to join yarn when knitting wide stripes, take the time to make the edges of your striped knitting look neat.
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Instructions
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Knit the first stripe in color A, ending with a purl row.
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Turn your knitting so the stockinette side is facing you. This is the side of the fabric with smooth, "v" shaped stitches.
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Drop the working yarn (yarn A) and let it dangle along the side of the knitted fabric.
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Pull a length of yarn B from the skein you'll use to knit the next stripe.
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Insert the right-hand knitting needle through the front of the first stitch on the left-hand needle.
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Drape the length of yarn B over the right-hand needle, just below the needle's tip. Make sure at least 4 inches of the yarn end hangs from the needle.
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Pull the needle and draped yarn back through the stitch to create make the first stitch of your second stripe. Leave the 4-inch yarn end at the back of the work.
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Pick up yarn A and hold it in your left hand. It should cross over the top of yarn B.
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Knit the next stitch in your row with yarn B with a slightly looser than usual tension. Yarn A should now be caught in the back of the knitted stitch.
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Drop yarn A and continue knitting the row with yarn B; turn when you reach the end of the row and purl back.
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Pick up and hold yarn A in your left hand whenever you begin a knit row. This will catch the unused yarn in the first stitch in the row and allow you to carry the yarn up the side of your work until you're ready to use it for the next wide stripe.
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