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How do I add yarn to crocheted scarf  

post #1 of 7
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I am about out of yarn on my scarf - and by my estimate I'll need at least another skein.

The scarf is single crochet - 20 stitches. What's the best way to work new yarn in.

This is my first project.
post #2 of 7
Assuming you are going to add another skein of the same yarn: when you get to the end of a row & it's obvious to you from looking at the yarn that you won't have enough to crochet another whole row, it's time to add the new yarn. Easiest way: When you're working your single crochet, there's a moment when you have 2 loops of yarn on the hook. Normally, you hook the working yarn (from the skein) and pull through. So, at this piont, grab some of the "new" yarn instead of yarn from the old skein, & complete the stitch with that.

This is the "correct" way to attach new yarn, & you might want to practice it, because it'll play into changing colors as well.

HOWEVER, as long as you end at the end of a row, there's a way you can fudge it. You can just finish off your work at the last stitch & attach the new yarn by slip stitching it in that end stitch & then making your turning chain with the new yarn.

Either one will work. I'd suggest you practice the "correct" way, though, for two reasons. One, like I said it comes in to play when you're changing colors. Also, though, sometimes it's easy to space out & run out of yarn midway through a row. If you know how to do the "correct" way, it's no big deal to just attach the new yarn there & go on your merry little way. (Even though it's recommended to attach new yarn at the edge, it really doesn't make a visible difference to do it mid-row if you do it the proper way & weave in your ends.)

Second topic here: what to do with those ends. Personally, I tie the yarn ends together, just once. Then you can either hold them carefully at the back of your work and crochet over them, or leave them until the end & weave them in like you should. I have heard that a little dot of fabric glue on the very end of the yarn you weave in will prevent it from popping out to the right side of the work; however I haven't personally tested this.
post #3 of 7
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Thanks Sabra.

I'm not sure I understand how to grab the yarn from the new skein and stitch it into my piece. My confusion is this: (Bear with me - I'm so new to this and I don't know all the lingo yet.)

When I'm working on my piece, I'm hooking through loops. With the new skein, there is no loop yet. It's just yarn. NWIM?

How do I turn the new skein into something my crochet hook can grab onto?
post #4 of 7
When you are making stitches with your current yarn, you have a "working" loop on your hook and a strand of yarn that goes off to the skein. When you make a single crochet (sc), you take the hook through the top of a sc from the previous row, wrap a bit from the strand around your hook (yo for "yarn over") and pull it back through the top of the sc. You now have two loops on your hook. *** To finish the sc, you yo again and pull the last loop through the other two, leaving you with just one loop on the hook again.

To join a new thread, you do the same as any other stitch up until the *** indication. This time, instead of finishing the stitch using your first skein, you yo with a strand from the second skein (leaving a 2"-3" tail at the end) and pull that loop through the two on your hook from the first skein, leaving you with just one loop from the new skein. You continue stitching in the same manner with the new skein as you were with the old skein.

ETA
Or is your problem that you're not sure how to get the yarn end out of the new skein?
post #5 of 7

Video

Here is site with videos of changing yarn if the written instructions still aren't making sense.

http://www.nexstitch.com/v_changing_yarn.html
post #6 of 7
Personally I like to use the Russian Join when I'm just switching skeins (and not colors). That way there're no ends to work in, and I can just keep right on going.
post #7 of 7
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Originally Posted by cristeen View Post
Personally I like to use the Russian Join when I'm just switching skeins (and not colors). That way there're no ends to work in, and I can just keep right on going.

Thanks for the tutorial...I think I can figure that out.
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