On each row I’m changing out three colors, cutting and knotting them together. Am I doing this right? There are so many ends of yarn poking out that I can barely make out the design, and where would I put them all if I have to weave them in?
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Weave them into the back of the work with the hook.
I wouldn’t knot them together personally. After cutting continue crocheting the stitches with new color and manage to weave in the ends of the 1st color at the same time.
simply knotting them together may be the simplest, but not the best way to hide the ends.
here they will show you how to hide the loose ends.
http://www.nexstitch.com/v_weave_ends.html
Without seeing your chart, it’s difficult to know what you are doing vis-a-vis the color changes. However, I suspect that you DO NOT need to cut the yarn each time you finish with a section of color work. You can “carry” a color along for several stitches or let it dangle until you crochet back to it on the next row (I use bobbins when I need the same color to complete several sections of a pattern). Also, weaving in the ends will hide the loose ends that you really do need to hide. Here is a resource page with links to tips, tricks, and helpful hints on crocheted color work: http://www.crochetnmore.com/chartcrochet.htm
To answer your specific question on where to put the yarn ends, check out this page from Suite 101.com: http://crochet-patterns-techniques.suite101.com/article.cfm/joining_new_yarn_in_crochet
This is a video tutorial that shows what to do with your ends. You can scroll up to time code 23:00 to see the specific part about knotting and sewing in the ends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnX6R8sdEuk
You may not need so many ends.
To change colors in a row, when you have 2 loops left, finish with the new color (no knots). Crochet over the ends. If you need the same color in the row above, you can actually bring up the color from the row below without cutting it (in a small stitch). That would save a lot of knotting and ends on each of your rows.
http://www.crochetnmore.com/chartcrochet.htm
http://www.citiusa.com/helpfulhints.html
To weave in, take a yarn needle and slip it under other stitches but stay within the same color – go through a stitch and onto another row if you need to.
When changing colors while doing a row, there may be no need to cut your yarn. Say, on the last stitch of the first color you’re using, change over to the new color on the last loop, dropping the first color. You can “carry” the previous color as you do the next one, IF you are going to use the first color again in that row, then pick it up again as needed. If you are not, then do cut it, leaving approx six inches for weaving it in. Use a yarn needle (my favorites are the Clover brand) to weave, but never knot your work. If you weave it well, knotting is unnecessary.
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