10+ Color Change Tutorials for Crochet To Learn in 2026
Discover the ultimate guide to mastering color changes with our handpicked roundup of video and photo tutorials.
Whether you’re looking to create perfect jogless joins or immaculate stripes in any direction, these crochet tutorials will help you seamlessly switch colors. Perfect for beginners and seasoned crafters alike. Elevate your amigurumi designs with these easy-to-follow videos from several experts in the industry.
I will continue to add to this round up as I find more and more useful tutorials. Please let me know if there are other color change challenges you have, and I will look for (or create) a tutorial to help you out.
How To Color Change In Amigurumi
by DIY Fluffies
This tutorial is all about the basic color change we use every day when crocheting in the round to make amigurumi. I like this tutorial for your basic color change in the round because it is done with illustrations, so it is crystal clear.
This tutorial also contains a video!
How To Colour Change in the Round
Because we all learn a little differently, here is another great video tutorial for how to do color changes in the round. This tutorial is done with yarn over stitches, which are the standard single crochet stitches usually seen in amigurumi, making it a great resource for beginners.
Watch this Video Tutorial here.
Color Changing In Crochet While Carrying Yarn
This video tutorial is all about changing colors while carrying the unused color beneath your stitches so you can create “tapestry crochet.” Tapestry crochet is when you will change colors in specific places to create a design in the work.
This method is being used in amigurumi more and more.
A left-handed version of this tutorial is also available.
The Super Simple Jogless Color Change
by Hooked by Kati (that’s me!)
This is the first color change tutorial I ever did, and it shows a little. But it is still my favorite way to change colors in the round when I know I will be coming back around to the starting stitch in the same color. It is a super easy, beginner-friendly way to change colors and decrease the visibility of that dreaded “jog” in the work.
This tutorial also has a video!
Clean Invisible Crochet Color Change for Amigurumi
This tutorial also addresses the “jog” that happens when you change colors working in the round. Working in continuous rounds means you will work upward in a spiral, but this also means that changing colors can cause a visible step up in the work.
This tutorial helps alleviate that jog with a neat method, the invisible slip stitch! Very useful, and very easy to learn.
This tutorial also has a video!
Neat New Way To Do An Old Color Change
by Hooked by Kati (that’s me!)
I found this color change technique on Tiktok and was intrigued as to why it was different from a regular color change. The yarn itself and the structure of the stitch is the same as a standard color change, but the process takes a few more steps.
However, I was quickly informed that while there are more steps involved, it is a good way to do a color change for people who struggle with tension when changing colors in crochet.
So if you have tension issues when changing colors in the round, this might be for you!
Read the Tutorial and Watch The Video here.
Half Color Change For Perfect Horizonal Stripes
This is a cool technique for making horizontal stripes cleaner and sharper. It does not address the “jog” or step up in the color change, but rather addresses something we all deal with — the yarn from the previous round showing through after the color change.
This tutorial is done in yarn under single crochet, which adds another layer to making those lines clean and even.
12 Nifty Types of Colour Changes for Amigurumi
In this post, the designer lays out A LOT of information for you about color changes. She addresses mid-round color changes, different stitches, and a whole lot more! It’s a great resource if you want to change colors in a certain way and don’t quite know how.
Tips For Successful Colorwork in Crochet
This is a great video tutorial on how to use bobbins for color change methods like tapestry or intarsia crochet, like making images on a project similar to fair isle knitting. The video also walks you through making these adorable mug rugs with your new skill!
Read or Watch the Tutorial here.
How To Change Colors When You Crochet Circles
This is a great tutorial for how to change colors when working in double crochet (dc) in the round, like we often do for hat projects.
While this isn’t used in amigurumi as much, it is a great tutorial that will come in handy for other wearable projects.
Kati is a crochet pattern designer, dragon obsessive, and certified geek who has been turning yarn into fantasy creatures since 2016. Her patterns lean heavily toward dragons, fantasy beasts, and whatever her brain decides is a good idea at 2am. She is proudly anti-AI crochet and very pro-finishing-your-WIPs (she’s working on it). When she’s not crocheting something with too many horns, she’s probably watching something nerdy or playing dog agility with her two American Hairless Terriers. Want to work together or just say hi? Contact her here.