Main image: Riviera diamond lace shawl by Anniken Alice, from The Knitter issue 82.
If yarn needs to be joined, either because the ball ran out, the yarn broke or there was a knot, whatever the reason it is not always appropriate or desirable to join yarn at the end of a row.
![How to join yarn in lace knitting](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/51/2019/11/How-to-join-yarn-in-lace-knitting-cba4d49.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
This is especially so if the garment is a scarf with the row end being a selvedge.
There are many ways of joining within a row, such as unwinding and then twisting the yarns together, and splicing (shown above and below).
![How to join yarn in lace knitting step 1](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/51/2019/11/How-to-join-yarn-in-lace-knitting-step-1-3dec501.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
In this final entry in our lace knitting masterclass series we will look at how to do a Russian join.