Hello, I have a simple question about making stripes - what do I do with the unused color yarn while I am knitting the other? Do I have to cut it and tie it after each stripe, and then re-tie it on? Or is there a way to work it in? I am a little confused, I have only done solid projects so far! Thank you for your help!!! 
It depends on the width of the stripes you are doing. If it is a thin stripe (usually less than an inch) you can leave it hanging there and then when you want to use that color again just carry it up the side of the work and start knitting with it. It is a little messy looking though so if youāre doing a scarf or something you might want to cut and weave in each time. If itās a wide stripe, youād probably want to cut and weave it in anyway, as carrying it up the side could bunch it up and make it look messy.
You can also try to carry up one color as you use the other. When you get to the end where the old color is, bring the color in use under the old color and kind of carry it up the side. Youāll be able to see it, but it wonāt bunch that way and you wonāt have to connect it each time.
Ingrid ā¦I am about to try to carry a strand up for the first timeā¦what do you mean by āunderā the new color? What happens when I first join the new color in?
You join in the color as you would any new ball. Is it for the hat? In the round I catch it beforehand. I donāt know if you saw the posts yesterday about adding a new color.
http://knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4387&highlight=
So youāve knit the first rows, you add your new color and you get around to the beginning of the round. Just put the color youāre working with under the color thatās hanging and it will ābring it up.ā Do this for as many rounds as your new color is worked and then reverse them. It doesnāt leave big loops that way, you have no ends to weave in and you only have to attach the new colors once.
This hat isnt worked in the round because its stripeyā¦
I dont think Im doing it rightā¦it looks messy. 
Why wouldnāt you do it in the round because of the stripes?
Is it messy on the inside or at the edge? Either way, it will be hidden.
Iāve done striped hats in the roundāI donāt think you really want a seam on the inside of chemo hat, anyway. There is a technique called jogless jog so your stripes will line up nicely if itās in the round. To be honest, I never bother, but Iām sure its on line somewhere. Otherwise Iāll look it up when I get home.
Iāve been thinking about the same thingā¦I have about a third of the hat done, but Im considering frogging & joining & doin it in the roundā¦seems silly not to. :??
Compared to your other projects, the hat is peanuts, you can whip it out in the round during your lunch hour! 
Yeahā¦I think thatās what Ill do. I guess I just thought Id follow DIRECTIONS, silly me!!
Ill just have to make sure that they didnt add any extra sts to the repeat for seamingā¦
Kelly, I completed a chemo hat last night (just didnāt have the umph to spend 3 hours trying to re-size my durn pics :rollseyes: ) and the first few rows were knit flat and then joined to finish in the round. I still canāt figure out why the directions said to do that for the ribbing/brim. Made no sense to me since, when finished, I just had to seam those rows. But because Iām good gurl :angelgrin: ā¦ I followed the directions. Iām going to make another hat tonight and Iām going to do it all in the round. Makes more sense to me and, besides, Iām feeling like I need to run with scissors today :devil: . Let me know if you beat me to this and finish the hat on your lunch hour and how it turns out.
Hereās the pattern I used (pretty boring - but a good one for the intended use):
http://www.3gcs.com/adcock/free%20patterns/chemohat.htm
Also, I did what Ingrid suggested with carrying the second color of yarn up to the next row on a second pillow I just finished and, OF COURSE, it worked. I did knit it flat, tho. Iāll look for that jogless jog thread for doing this striping in the round.
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Stripes in the round:
(This only works if you have a minimum of 2 rows per stripe)
Knit 1 round of the new color.
When faced with the first stitch of the second round: pick up a loop of the first color from the preceding row and place it on the left needle. Knit together both the first stitch of the new color and the picked up stitch of the previous row.
Continue knitting around
Hey - 'nana girl ā¦ I know not to question you ā but why doesnāt this tug and pull and pucker the joining place?
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I donāt know. I havenāt used it. I canāt be bothered on the sweatersājust too many rows. The last hat I made for my son had a stripe, but I didnāt know about this then and I havenāt made a stripe since. Iāve read about it in other places, and I just copied and pasted these directions. I will try it on my next striped thing. Iād just try it and see how it turned out. I doubt it would be recommended if it tugs or pulls or puckers since there is always a looseness there. It probably tightens it up a bit.
I tried it once and it left a hole. I didnt like it.
Even so, I dont know WHY I didnt knit this hat in the round since the beginning. SO much better. And, i think because of the colors (taupe and olive), the jog is barely noticeable.