Crochet Tips: Changing Colour

This post is all about changing colour mid row or round, as in Tapestry crochet. The change is made on the stitch before it appears. This type of work is one sided. There are other ways of making multi-coloured work which are reversible. Edie Eckman has a few examples in her book 'Connect the shapes'.

Carry the second yarn behind the work, and crochet over it to avoid having loose yarn which can get snagged.

Here is the back view. Don't forget to leave a generous tail to sew in later when introducing a new colour.

Make the stitch before the colour change right up to the last pull through.

Introduce the new colour on the last pull through so that the colour is already on the hook for the first stitch.

Run the previous colour behind the work and crochet over it as before.

 You can now change back and forth between the two colours.

From the Front...

And from the back.