Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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.
For yarns that will felt, we recommend splicing/a felted join. You can find a video tutorial demonstrating that method here: youtu.be/8cCJIcYzUP0
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:
UK retailers: actechniques.co.uk/retailers
Modern Daily Knitting (USA): moderndailyknitting.com/shop/confident-knitting
Strickmich (EU): strickmich-shop.de/en/Books/?manufacturer=bb92ee57ee5f4b9b8dfb06e1129cb884&order=topseller&p=1
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
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.
For yarns that will felt, we recommend splicing/a felted join. You can find a video tutorial demonstrating that method here: youtu.be/8cCJIcYzUP0
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:
UK retailers: actechniques.co.uk/retailers
Modern Daily Knitting (USA): moderndailyknitting.com/shop/confident-knitting
Strickmich (EU): strickmich-shop.de/en/Books/?manufacturer=bb92ee57ee5f4b9b8dfb06e1129cb884&order=topseller&p=1
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
