The Easiest Way to Join Yarn Ends: Russian Join Tutorial for Crochet & Knitting

Skip weaving in ends and stop relying knots with this super easy, beginner friendly method of joining yarn together! The Russian join is one of the most secure ways to attach a new skein of yarn to your existing project.

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[Alyss]

I don't know why the YouTube algorithm decided to recommend this to me today, but this is exactly the kind of beautiful sense I needed in this world to make the day better. Thank you 😊

[lindagraves]

I am 64 yrs old! My grandma taught me to crochet at 12 years old and I have been crocheting for 54 yrs! How have I never even heard of this join? I can not thank you enough for this 6 minute video that is an absolute game changer for me. It takes a bit of time, but a whole lot more fun than joining my way and then to weave in ends. Well worth doing it this way instead. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You have literally taught an old dog a new trick. ❤

[mayharmon]

I can't call it "easy" compared to a knot, but it is very professional and beautiful. Thank you for the tutorial.

[richardcurl]

Wow, I have been crocheting since 2014 and I never saw such an easy way to join yarn together. I have always tied a knot and yes, I hated it. This will really help in my Amigurumi. Thanks so much, I always look for something that I haven't done. I always love learning something new. Thank you for sharing.

[wupku_unus]

I don’t usually feel the need to comment on videos, but this way of tying ends together is so genius that I just had to. I’m currently working on an embroidery project and I thought that this would never work on embroidery thread, but it did and I’m so happy to not have to waste a ton of thread by restarting the whole project! thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[SarcasmicGlory]

This is called a splice 😊👌 working on boats you get very used to tieing your ropes like this for permanent fixtures 😁✌️

[ladygray]

I've used the Russian join for years with boucle type yarns, but with a slight change. Rather than sewing the old yarn back through itself, I thread it into the new yarn, and the tail of the new yarn back into the old yarn. I think it gives a smoother finish and a less abrupt change in the yarn.

[susannaude]

My goodness, I learned this method from my aunt when I was 6years old. She had the patience to teach me to knit and crochet, simply to keep me out of mischief when visiting them on the farm. Thank you!

[vixwolf]

This explains why great grandma's work never showed any signs of beginning or ending thank you so much for sharing

[pikitat]

This is super nice! I'm working with a slightly thicker ply of yarn and I find that the typical double knot technique for adding yarn leaves a really noticeable bump even in the stitch, but this makes the transition so seamless. I'll definitely be using this technique again in the future! Thank you for sharing how to do it!

[munkustrap]

60 years old & I've been crocheting for about 50 years...I've never heard of this & now I'm so excited to practice something new! I haven't been this excited to crochet since I mastered the Bullion Stitch 😁

[Appellonia]

Oh my god....its happened 😮...ITS FINALLY..HAPPENED!!! It took 56 different techniques of what people consider "invisibke joins" and three years....all to no avail....UNTIL NOW. I FINALLY CANE ACROSS THE ONLY "INVISIBLE JOIN" THAT IS ACTUALLY BOTH OF THOSE THINGS! One would assume, this would be a pretty simple and straigh forward task...but one would be wrong. Lol. Because three years of watching 56 other people do all kinds of wacky techniques in what at BEST could only be described as SUBPAR. 😂. I do realize I am making a very big deal out of this... and that is because it is... in all actuality.. A BIG FING DEAL!!!! So I had come to the comment section and just take a moment to tell the creator of this video. Just how much I appreciate this and to you I say thank you 🙏🏻At least a 100 times, which I will not make you all deal with seeing here.. so just know.. I've said it. Lol Thank you, thank you.. 🙏🏻etc. You have no idea how much this actually means to me. I think you just made my year. IM SO HAPPY, IM DAMN NEAR IN TEARS!!!! (Yes and laughter after) 😂!😭😭🤣IM ALL OVER THE PLACE !!!! OH THE IRONY...OF A KNOT...being what FINALLY led to my mental unraveling. 😂😂😂👏🏻😂Yeah thats actually hilarious.👏🏻👏🏻 😂 🤣

[phagmidachoudhury]

A beginner knitter here and I couldn't stand the knots I had to do to combine different coloured threads of wool. This video was music to my ears and super satisfied that I came across this amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing tip!

[khawkgirl]

You just saved a project I'm working on! I had to join some yarn that would not hold any kind of knot at all. This was the only method that actually worked!

[beckypetersen]

Looks great. I suppose the hardest part might be getting the spot placed perfectly in your piece. Nice video - well done.

[citsme]

I've watched a few videos on the Russian join and it seemed complicated so I never tried it but your video actually makes it seem easier. I can't wait to try it. Thanks!

[jfulton-ak]

You just saved me with this technique. I am using a knitting machine making a sock and was about to the toe and came across a factory knot in the skein 😢 Firstly I never trust factory knots, secondly you don't want a knot in a sock. I hate darning in the ends with fingering weight sock yarn because my huge hands have a hard time with the tiny stitches. Now I had to use a small sharp tapestry needle to get into that fingering weight yarn, but it worked perfectly and it fed great through my Singer SK360 flatbed machine. Now to kitchner stitch the toe up and my wife has a new pair of wool socks!

[tashablack]

I really didn’t think this would work on the yarn I’m currently using but it did! It’s a super fine (1) weight and it’s a 75% merino wool and 25% nylon blend. It worked beautifully. Thank you for making this easy to understand and follow.

[sophiacosta]

russian joins always seemed really intimidating to me but this was super easy to follow!

[pai]

I used the Russian join for the first time just now and figured out a trick for figuring out what side is the tail and what side is either going to the project at a glance. After you get the tail out of the center of the yarn and have the loop, you can tie a knot in the tail and either just leave the needle there (if you have another one you can use) or knot that end after you remove the needle. That way you know the end with with the knot weather it has the needle on it or not you know to cut there. My first attempt was successful, but I accidentally cut the piece going to my new ball instead of that tail, that's why I tried this and it made it so much easier to tell which is which. I had this problem because I had a bit longer tails, and the ball was down to my side so I wasn't completely sure which was which.