How to Knit Jogless Stripes in the Round.
Hi Guys, I'm Kristen and thank you
for visiting me here on Studio Knit where we are going to be knitting
jogless stripes in the round. You saw last week that we knit stripes flat on
straight knitting needles and I got a lot of requests from you guys to review
the jogless stripe technique when knitting on circular needles in the
round. so let's go ahead and check that out together.
Unlike knitting flat where we stack the next row directly above the last,
each time we start a new row knitting in the round is actually knitting one
continuous spiral. So that means the new color in your first stitch it will be
directly below the new color once you've knit all the way around your
work on your last stitch. This results in a very obvious color change but has a
jagged look and a knitting it's called a JOG. This spiral is not something we can
change but there is a little fix to help it look better to the naked eye.
There are a few different recommended techniques out
there to fix that little jog when knitting stripes in the round and I've
tested them all. Luckily for us I've discovered that the very easiest
technique actually looks the best so let's just stick with that one.
And if this knitting technique video is helpful to you, please LIKE it up. It really helps me out.
Oh and when I add a new yarn color knitting in the round I do it
exactly the same way I do when knitting straight I just make a little loop and
start knitting with the new yarn color on my first stitch. To begin, always twist
your yarn colors before your stitch marker when you're ready to change yarn colors.
This helps carry those yarn strands up your work, as well as keeping
your stitches connected. Row 1 we simply knit all the way around your row one
time. So on your first row of knitting the new color all you do is knit that
entire row you're not doing anything differently here just knit that entire
row in your new color. Row Two. Here's the trick you slip your first stitch
purlwise so taking your right needle pick up the
first stitch on your left needle in the new color as if to purl then simply
place it onto your right needle as a slipped stitch for your second and all
subsequent stitches in that row simply knit all the way around I do want to
point out that this technique for creating jog las' stripes when knitting
in the round it looks best when you are knitting three or more rows of color
change stripes and on all the next rows just keep knitting until it is time to
change your yarn colors again and then repeat so let's take a look at exactly
what this JOGLESS stripe technique did for our rows in my example I've knit
four rows total in the new color so looking closely we can see that there
are only three stitches at the beginning of our stripes right here our slip
stitch created one very long stitch and that creates the optical illusion of our
stripes looking a little bit cleaner as I mentioned earlier this spiral effect
when knitting in the round it's not something we can change
but this quick little fix helps our yarn change rows look a lot cleaner I hope
you have fun changing your yarn colors with confidence when knitting in the
round thanks so much for watching guys and I'll see you next time. Bye!