Learn a Method for Jogless Color Joins in the Round

Knitting in the round is a lot of fun, and at least makes projects feel like they go more quickly, but one problem with circular knitting comes when you knit stripes and you have that little jog where the colors don’t line up perfectly.

I’ll admit that I don’t always take the time to make a jogless join, but it’s certainly nice to do if you’re making something for a gift (and really for yourself, too). And it’s not that much more difficult, as you’ll see from this tutorial from Creative Knitting magazine.

This method involves working a few stitches double-stranded and then lifting the first stitch from the first round of the new color and working it together with the first stitch on the second round of that color. This pulls the new color up a bit and makes more of a solid line.

You can see the effect in the picture. Looks great!

How do you deal with jogs in colorwork? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[Photo via Creative Knitting magazine.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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