beginners question; ran out of yarn

[jr8047]

hello,
i'm new to knitting and this website, but i'm glad to have found them both. Thank you for reading my post.

my first knitting project is a scarf that i'm making. i am using the knit stitch from start to finish, but i have ran out of my ball of yarn and need to introduce a new skein (i think this is the right terminology). Would anyone be willing to tell me how i do this? should i just tie the yarn to the tail left on my scarf. is there a term that i should know for this?

Thank you,
Julie

[Jan in CA]

Just start knitting with the new skein. You can tie the ends together loosely and then weave them in later.

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