How to Change Colors When Crocheting a Ripple Afghan
- 1). Work all the way across the row, keeping to the pattern you're following.
- 2). Begin the last stitch in the row as usual, but stop before completing the final yarn over or pull through.
- 3). Drape the new color of yarn over the crochet hook; this replaces the final yarn over for the stitch you're working. Pull the loop of new color through the stitches on your hook, completing the final stitch. For example, if the last stitch is a single crochet, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and draw that loop back through the stitch; you now have two loops on the hook. Place the new color over the hook and draw it through the two loops on your hook, completing the single crochet stitch and the color change. You're now ready to chain one or more stitches, as required by the pattern, and turn your work.
- 4). Leave a 6-inch tail of the new yarn as you work. You can loosely knot it to the old color as you work, or let them both hang. If you have trouble keeping the stitch tension even, clip the old yarn and new yarn together with a clothespin until you've worked well into the next row.
- 5). Untie the knot joining the old and new colors -- if you tied one -- and thread one yarn tail through a yarn needle. Weave the loose yarn into the afghan for several inches, working along a ripple stripe of the same color. Snip any remaining yarn, and then weave in the other loose tail. You can do this as you complete each row, or at the end of the project.
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