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August 10, 2009 by sarah

Today I’m going to demonstrate, step by step, a technique to achieve a seamless join when crocheting in the round.

This technique achieves an almost invisible join.

As you can see in the photo below you can see the placement of each join. It’s very unattractive!

Instead of ending each round in the traditional way,

ie: slip stitching into the top of the beginning 3 ch,

which produces ‘gaps’ and a visible join,

see, this is what I’m talking about, the photo below shows how it can turn ugly, quite quickly! yuk!

I‘ll show you how to produce a neat, invisible join.

Look at the photo below, it’s hard to tell were I ended or began each round.

It’s easy, so lets get started!

Ok, we have completed a round of crochet and we are really to join, as shown in the photo below.

Firstly, cut the yarn ensuring to leave a tail,

then remove your crochet hook from your work.

The large loop shown in the photo below was the loop that was on the crochet hook, expand the loop,

drawing the yarn through the stitch,

that’s it, pull the yarn all the way through, as shown in the photo below.

close up shown in the photo below.

Now, thread a tapestry needle,

and insert the tapestry needle under both loops of the stitch to the left of the beginning 3 ch, as shown in the photo below.

close up shown in the photo below.

Draw the yarn through as shown in the photo below.

Next, insert the tapestry needle in between the loops, from front to back, of the last stitch worked, as shown in the photo below,

draw the yarn through, as shown in the photo below.

close up shown in the photo below.

Adjust the tension to produce a perfect join, as shown in the photo below.

Lastly, turn over your work to the wrong side and weave in the end.

ta da! seamless + symmetrical!

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37 Responses

on August 10, 2009 at 12:07 pm Penny

This is fabulous! Thank-you so much for taking the time to write this up with the very helpful photos!
on August 10, 2009 at 12:22 pm frances

Perfection! How generous you are to reveal this clear way to have a great connection.

It is always a pleasure to visit this site. Your color sense and and approach to making traditional techniques become contemporary is fabulous.

Best wishes, as spring begins to arrive in your part of the world.
on August 10, 2009 at 12:31 pm Diane

This is really neat. Thank you for sharing. But how do you handle a join if you do not want to cut the thread because you are working all the rounds in the same color, as the blue circle in the first photo? I would love to be able to make the join invisible but not have to cut my thread.
Have a Blessed day,
Diane
on August 10, 2009 at 1:00 pm Melinda

Thanks Sarah. This is a very useful tutorial. Clear instructions and as always wonderful photographs. I can’t wait to give it a try.

Melinda.
on August 10, 2009 at 3:28 pm Rufarocrafty

Thanks a ton Sarah, for teaching this!! I have been trying various methods to achieve his but this never was totally invisible like yours!! I am going to try it out soon!!
on August 10, 2009 at 4:00 pm Fabulous crochet « Bake and Sew

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on August 10, 2009 at 4:27 pm Annelie

Thanks for sharing! Very easy to follow!
on August 10, 2009 at 4:59 pm allison

This is a great tutorial and very clear, i just finished a hat and had the same problem. Will use it next time.

Thanks
Al
on August 10, 2009 at 5:03 pm Fruitful Fusion

Brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing such an excellent tip!!!
on August 10, 2009 at 5:11 pm MiA

Hi Sarah!
Thanks for this great tutorial
However, as this means you have to cut the yarn to end one row, I wonder if there is any way to get it as neat even if you continue with a second row with the same color? Or do you cut and close every row the same way?
on August 10, 2009 at 5:51 pm Dawn

Sensational! Thanks for taking the time to put the tutorial together and sharing that – I can’t wait to try it out. I’m sure it works just as well on shapes other than round?

Kind regards – Dawn
on August 10, 2009 at 6:45 pm Alhana

So clever! Thank you very much for sharing this. Now my projects aren’t going to show that ugly join. I’m spreading the word!
on August 10, 2009 at 6:59 pm Bethel of Bethania

Sarah, Thank You so much… the photos alone are worth a mint in showing how to do this seamless technique… I’m very grateful as this seam look was the bane of my life, so of course you always avoid making this style of motif…
I also have a problem with reading your blog when the writing is so light… looks very neat & lovely but hard to read… does anyone else have this prob or is it just my tired eyes again…
Thanks again… for this hooking goodness… OOroo… B
on August 10, 2009 at 8:02 pm vanessa

Thank you so much for this Sarah, it’s just what I need for joining on the thing I’m working on at the moment, so thank you, thank you, thank you!
Your crochet from the last week is wonderful, as it always is, the colours sing!
Love Vanessa xxx
on August 10, 2009 at 8:33 pm Anna

Perfect, thank you so much!
on August 10, 2009 at 9:06 pm thornberry

Great tutorial Sarah! Very helpful with those step by step photos. Thanks!
on August 11, 2009 at 1:17 am Stephanie L

Thanks for the tutorial! The pictures really help!
on August 11, 2009 at 1:27 am Ter

great tutorial! i’m also wondering if you continue in the same color do you cut the yarn for each round? or is there a trick to continuing with the same color intact?
on August 11, 2009 at 2:47 am Louise

Wow, thanks so much for this. This technique was new to me. Thanks again!
on August 11, 2009 at 5:14 am alice

That is so helpful! Thanks for publishing this tutorial; I hate ugly joins.
on August 11, 2009 at 5:18 am alisonb2

Brilliant and so neat!!
on August 11, 2009 at 6:23 am sandra

Thanks million times! As quite new crocheter this is very precious!
on August 11, 2009 at 3:07 pm Amanda

What an awesome tutorial, Thanks a ton!!! Love your work.
on August 11, 2009 at 6:01 pm Ren in AZ,USA

Brilliant Sarah! Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. I love your color schemes. They make my day sing!
on August 12, 2009 at 7:10 am Mimi Crafts

Tks for sharing!
I love your work, the colours, the patterns! Everything. But I’m really curious just like Ter: if you want to use only one colour? The process of cutting the yarn is still needed?

Tks again

Mimi Crafts
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on August 13, 2009 at 11:16 am Donna C

Absolutely amazing! I will certainly use this technique, and not just with circles, with all “joins” – thanks a bunch for sharing this information.
on August 13, 2009 at 1:07 pm Anna

thanks for sharing, such a carfeully put together tutorial. I look forward to trying the technique out soon
on August 14, 2009 at 2:36 am Dawn

This is genius! I can’t wait to try it!
on August 18, 2009 at 3:59 pm Lisa

Hi Sarah, This is the first time I have been to your site! What fun I’m having going thru your post…. I love this turtoral! It is simply amazing….I can’t wait to give it a try!!!!!
on August 20, 2009 at 11:18 pm Jeannie

You have totally made my day!!! THANK YOU!
on August 26, 2009 at 3:26 am debra cooper

Wow–amazing. I can’t wait to try it! Thanks so much for sharing your technique!!!
on August 27, 2009 at 4:27 am Callie

This is the best tutorial ever!! Wonderful! I wish I had seen this tutorial when I first began to crochet, the seams are so perfect. I am definitely going to have to try this.
on August 27, 2009 at 8:49 pm Aromy

Sarah… I have just discovered your blog, and am SOO happy that I did.. I have always hated and been highly annoyed by that unattractive gap that happens when you join in the round. I searched hopelessly throughout the web to find a way to solve it, and I’m so glad I stumbled upon this while I was flipping through your blog! Thank you so much for sharing!!

Cheers,
Aromy
on August 31, 2009 at 9:41 am Lallee

This is brilliant. Thank you!!!!!!
on September 3, 2009 at 6:07 am Jana

Hi. I love how the round doesn’t have a seam, but I would like to know what others have asked. Do you do this for EVERY row, even if working in the same color? Do you rejoin the yarn in the next stitch with a chain or sc?
on October 24, 2009 at 3:38 am David Thomas

Great post!

David Thomas MD

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