How to avoid abrupt color changes when knitting in the round?

by paul adrian

Question by Carol S: How to avoid abrupt color changes when knitting in the round?

I'm new to circular knitting, and am working on a pair of mittens with narrow stripes. I'd like them to look like circles stacked on top of each other, instead of the spiral with abrupt color changes that I'm getting. Help!




Best answer:

Answer by annemknits
Whenever you knit in the round, you are going to get a little dogleg of color when going to the next round, because you are knitting a spiral. The way to avoid this is to begin the next color one or two stitches in the current round, before beginning the next round. You are still knitting a spiral, but the color change is less noticeable. You might vary it a bit and begin the color change one or two stitches after beginning the next round. You might also try alternating the colors one or two stitches before beginning the next round.
Try it and see which works out best. You can always pull it
out and try it until it works. Sometimes the color change really isn't that noticeable. Hope this helps.
Happy Knitting.

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