How to Anchor Your Knitting Yarn

Anchoring your knitting yarn is an important technique to keep your stitches from unraveling and creating holes in your knitted fabric. Here's how to anchor your knitting yarn:

1. Leave a tail: When you start a new yarn, leave a tail of about 6 inches (15 cm) long. This tail will be used to anchor your yarn later.

2. Place the tail over the needle: Hold the tail of your new yarn over the left needle, with the tail end pointing to the left.

3. Knit the next stitch: Insert the right needle into the next stitch as you normally would to knit, but instead of wrapping the working yarn around the needle, wrap the new yarn around the needle.

4. Secure the tail: Hold the tail of the new yarn in place with your left hand as you knit the first few stitches. This will secure the tail in place and prevent it from unraveling.

5. Continue knitting: Once the tail is anchored, you can continue knitting as you normally would.

6. Weave in the tail: Once you've finished knitting your project, weave in the tail of the anchored yarn by threading it onto a tapestry needle and weaving it back and forth through a few stitches on the wrong side of the fabric. This will hide the tail and prevent it from coming loose.

By following these steps, you can anchor your knitting yarn and create a beautiful, secure knitted fabric.