Confident Knitting: Russian Join

This video shows you how to work a Russian join. A Russian join allows you to invisibly join in a new yarn and helps avoid having lots of ends to weave in at the end of a project. It is particularly useful for projects where you might see both sides and there's no place to "hide" a woven-in end. It's a great alternative to a felted join when you're working with superwash yarns or other fibres that won't felt.

This video is part of our Confident Knitting series. The pattern featured in this video is the Findhorn Wrap by Emily K. Williams, and it can be found, along with in-depth photo tutorials in our book Confident Knitting. You can purchase Confident Knitting at:

0:00 Introduction
0:30 What is a Russian Join And when it's useful
1:10 Tools you'll need
1:40 Marking the joining point
2:39 Threading old yarn back on itself
4:15 Introducing the new yarn
5:04 Smoothing the join
7:13 If the colour change isn't quite right

[minmorgan]

I knew how to do the Russian Join and was idly watching this. Then WOW! ... now I know how to do it in the correct spot! Thank you so much. Excellent addition to my toolbox. <3

[michellebabin]

Thank you very much it was very helpful