Crochet finishing off

The invisible join is aka the invisible finish. It is a great way to give a professional look to your finished crochet projects. It's a quick & easy way to make your project look professional.

Crochet Invisible Join - Dearest Debi Patterns - A photo tutorial to show how to work a crochet invisible join for a seamless finish.

Invisible finish or in other words Invisible fasten off is a crochet technique to join stitches together and fasten off the yarn usually when crocheting in round. Traditional method to end the round is to join last stitch of the round with top of first stitch using slip stitch. Then to fasten off you cut the yarn,...

One of the most important parts of crochet, yet the most overlooked part, is finishing off, or, rather learning to weave in the ends. When my Nonna taught me to crochet way back in 1974, there were two things she told me that continue to reverberate in my head:

You are all finished with your crochet project. It looks fantastic. What you aren't sure of is how you can finish this thing! What happens to the yarn? Do you just cut the end? What are all of the start and stop ends of yarn? Where do they go?

Why should I block my crochet or knit? Blocking usually involves wetting your stitches with water (more on that later). By doing so, you will see a couple of changes:

How to Finish Off Crochet: Wondering how to end a crochet project once you're done? Find out how to bind off and hide loose ends with this tutorial.

Just finished a crochet or knitting project? Do you really have to weave in ends? Yes, you do, and here's how to make sure they don't come undone.

Starting and ending rows in crochet can be confusing at times. Knowing what to do and where to do it is vitally important to have…

(New, updated pictures and tutorial coming soon!) Invisible Finish This technique will help to make your finished work look more professional and have a cleaner edge. I used a hat to demo this technique, but you can use the same idea to finish flat items too. After you've completely finished your hat (...scarf, doggy sweater, whatever!) most hookers make one final slip stitch (sl st), cut the yarn, and pull it through. This is what makes the final knot so all your pretty stitches won't fall…