If you want a nicely finished edge – or to make less obvious joins when working in rounds and changing colours – this is the joining technique you will want to try.
Invisible Finish / Invisible Join Technique
Step 1: After you complete the last stitch of the round, cut the yarn (leaving a 6″ – 8″ tail). Then with your hook, pull up on the last loop on your hook until the end pulls all the way through.
Step 2: Thread your yarn through a yarn needle. Insert your needle under both loops of the stitch, 2 stitches to the left of your last worked stitch.
Step 3: Pull through
Step 4: Insert the needle in between the 2 loops of the last stitch crocheted.
Step 5: Pull through.
See how the stitch now looks like all the others?
It has replaced the one it was worked over top of – so if you were to work another round – you would actually work into this stitch, not the one it is hiding.
Step 6: weave in all ends
Perfect! Thank you for your kindness in teaching all these marvelous!
Hi, I have seen this technique used but only using one stitch to the left.
Which works better? The one stitch way or your two stitch way? xo
If you use one stitch to the left you will be creating one extra loop in between the 2 stitches. If you work 2 stitches to the left you will replacing the middle stitch and working the stitch you create instead of the middle stitch which is hiding beneath it for a truly invisible finish 🙂 Both work – the one stitch to the left will give you 1 extra joining stitch. Hope this helps! Rhondda
Hi Karen, I believe I responded by email to you (I forget when I respond in gmail it doesn’t post on here too!). I prefer the 2 stitches because the invisible finish will replace the middle stitch (the one you skipped over). This way when I work the next round it is completely invisible instead of having the extra nub formed by working into the stitch immediately beside it. I believe when you work into the one immediately to the left of your stitch you have an extra joining bump left over from the join method. If I am mistaken please let me know 🙂 All the best, Rhondda