Easiest Yarn Join – Mid Row

Have you ever run out of yarn mid-row and worried about your project unraveling or looking messy? This easy technique shows you how to join new yarn seamlessly—no knots, no bulky joins, and nothing to come undone. This method is ideal when joining the same color yarn, like starting a new skein or hank.

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Preparing The Old Yarn For The Join

Before your yarn runs out, stop with at least six inches remaining. This gives you enough length to weave in the end securely after the join.

Adding the New Yarn

Lay your new yarn over the right needle, with the tail facing the front of the work. Leave a long enough tail for weaving in later.

Bring Both Yarns Together

Take both working ends of the yarn together in your left hand to prepare to work stitches. Do not pull too tightly on the yarn you are joining so you don’t shorten the tail you will work in later.

Knitting With Both Yarns

Hold both the old tail and the new yarn together and knit two stitches using them as one strand. This anchors the new yarn to the fabric.

Continuing With the New Yarn

After knitting the two stitches with both yarns, move the new yarn tail to the back of the work and drop the old tail and continue knitting with just the new yarn. The two stitches are all you need to lock in the new yarn.

What To Do When You Come Back To The Stitches

When you reach the stitches on the wrong side of your work, you will purl (or whatever stitch you are doing) those two strands as one. Your new yarn is fully anchored and just needs to be woven in at the end of your project.

Final Result

On the front, the join is virtually invisible. Once tails are woven in, the fabric looks clean and uniform. This method creates a reliable, fuss-free join without knots or unraveling.

Notes for Different Stitch Patterns

Because the wrong side of the fabric will have a double bump where the stitches were worked together, this join may not work for every kind of stitch pattern. This join is great for stockinette and garter, but if working in a more complex stitch pattern, test the join first to see how it looks.

Now you know how to securely join your new yarn. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!