{"id":7061,"date":"2012-05-15T06:27:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T10:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=7061"},"modified":"2018-01-27T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T15:25:11","slug":"amigurumi-basics-changing-colour-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/amigurumi-basics-changing-colour-video\/","title":{"rendered":"amigurumi basics: changing colour [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"infobox\">Link easily to this tutorial in <a href=\"\/faq\/linking\/may-i-link-to-your-pattern-tutorial-in-my-pattern\/\">your patterns<\/a>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/colour\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.planetjune.com\/colour<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/color\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.planetjune.com\/color<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>I have a new <em>Crochet Quickies<\/em> video for you today, showing how to make clean colour changes for amigurumi. This is the same basic technique I explain in my original <a href=\"\/blog\/amigurumi-help\/changing-colour\/\">Changing Colour tutorial<\/a> (and you may also want to check out my tutorial <a href=\"\/blog\/amigurumi-help\/changing-colour-managing-the-yarns\">Changing Colour: Managing the Yarns<\/a> for my advice on what to do with all the yarn tails you end up with when you&#8217;re changing colour).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/changingcolour_video.jpg\" alt=\"changing colour in amigurumi video tutorial, by planetjune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this short video, I demo the colour change technique, and show you what happens if you <strong>don&#8217;t<\/strong> use this method!<\/p>\n<h2>Crochet Quickie: Changing Colour (right-handed)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8vtkK-_3Do?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Click to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f8vtkK-_3Do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Crochet Quickie: Changing Colour (left-handed)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_O6CwwaURuI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Click to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_O6CwwaURuI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> The videos may look a little small embedded in the blog: if so, you can fullscreen them or click through to YouTube to watch them full-sized \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;m demoing with single crochet for amigurumi purposes, you can also use this technique with <strong>any<\/strong> other crochet stitches, to give cleaner colour changes. The trick is to always pull through the <em>last loop<\/em> of the stitch <em>before<\/em> the colour change with the new colour, no matter which crochet stitch you&#8217;re using. <\/p>\n<p><em>(I&#8217;ve made this video now for a reason: you&#8217;ll need to know this as background info for a brand new exclusive crochet technique that I&#8217;ll be demonstrating in my next crochet video&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy my crochet tutorial videos, please help to spread the word about them, and\/or subscribe to the <a href=\"\/youtube\">PlanetJune YouTube channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"halfright\"><a href=\"\/amibook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/ega_cover_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"The Essential Guide to Amigurumi book by June Gilbank\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Loved this tutorial? I have so many more amigurumi tips and tricks to share with you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boost your amigurumi skills<\/strong> with my latest book, <a href=\"\/amibook\">The Essential Guide to Amigurumi<\/a>, your comprehensive guide to amigurumi techniques and tips.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Do you find my tutorials helpful?<\/strong> If so, please consider making a contribution towards my time so I can continue to create clear and concise tutorials for you:<\/p>\n<div class=\"donate\"><a class=\"cssbutton\" href=\"\/shop\/just-a-donation-no-product-p-308.html\">make a donation<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Thank you so much for your support!<\/strong> Now click below for loads more crochet video and photo tutorials (and do let me know what else you&#8217;d like me to cover in future tutorials&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/help\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/more_planetjune_crochet_tutorials.jpg\" alt=\"See more helpful PlanetJune crochet tips and technique tutorials\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/colour\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.planetjune.com\/colour<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/color\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.planetjune.com\/color<\/a> I have a new Crochet Quickies video for you today, showing how to make clean colour changes for amigurumi. This is the same basic technique I explain in my original Changing Colour tutorial (and you may also want to check out my tutorial Changing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet","category-tutorials"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}