crochet question

[christianmomof3]

I am new at this and am learning how to knit and crochet.
This is probably a stupid question, but it is one I don't know the answer to.
How do you switch colors or threads? Do you just tie a knot and keep going?
I tried to follow directions and make a granny square, and I knew how to do that years ago but not with switching colors and even the first ring of it came out wrong and I could not figure out the switching colors part.

I have knit and crocheted a few scarves - here are photos:

in that one the red one is double crocheted and the other two are knit - the purple one was in progress at the time. The blue afghan behind them was made over 35 years ago by a great aunt of mine. Is it difficult to do that cheveron pattern?
Here is another picture of some others:

The wider green one is crochet - lots of different stitches but was pretty simple. The other green one was knit and the two pink ones are crochet.
I am currently knitting a scarf for my husband.

 

[leytonstones]

Hi.


Your scarves are beautiful. I too am learning to crochet. I found this link for you and I hope it will be a help.


http://www.crochetcabana.com/tutorials/join-new-yarn.htm


Please let us know how you get on.


Blessing


Ley

 

[alldogsDONOTgotoheaven]

You've been a busy lady! I still haven't tried mastering knitting yet. I'm too stuck on crocheting. The scarves look very nice.
As for the afghan in the picture, it looks like some sort of ripple afghan. They aren't too hard to make since you're repeating the same sequence of stitches throughout, you just gotta keep up with counting stiches. I made a baby ripple and more recently my only full sized afghan out of a sort bulky boucle yarn (pictured below...sorry if it's kind of big). It wasn't an ideal yarn weight to use during the summer but it turned out pretty well. I'd make scarfs but those aren't very useful in florida.
Oh and as for switching colors while crocheting, yes you tie the ends of yarn together, usually at the end of a row. Usually I hold the ends of the yarn over the row as I crochet, thus crocheting them into the project so I don't have to weave them in later. There's another way that doesn't involes knots that I just looked up in a crochet book as well. Leave two loops on your hook of the first color and grab about a 6-inch tail of the new color with the hook and pull it through the two loops on the hook, completing the stitch. Make a few more stitches then pull on the tail of the old yarn to tighten the last loop, make a square knot with the tails of both yarns and continue. So kind of similar but a little different method. If you're doing strips make sure you add the new color on the last stitch in the row of the old color.

 

[NostalgicGranny]

You never tie a knot. There are two ways I change colors (or start a new ball of yarn/string) the first way is when you take your last stitch Your very last yarn over (YO) is the new color being pulled through your loops/loops left on the hook. The second way is to just finish that row and pull your new color up in the stitch the directions say. It's looser until you weave the end in, but usually quicker.

 

[BarbaraJean]

You never tie a knot. There are two ways I change colors (or start a new ball of yarn/string) the first way is when you take your last stitch Your very last yarn over (YO) is the new color being pulled through your loops/loops left on the hook. The second way is to just finish that row and pull your new color up in the stitch the directions say. It's looser until you weave the end in, but usually quicker.

I change colors the first method you explained. It seems more secure and seamless.