A Special Join for Crochet

This method of joining is designed to bring the working yarn to the front. It is firmer and neater than the usual slip stitch join. I have made this video to help people making my Soccasins pattern. However it can also be used in other situations where you would like a neat join before you turn.

If you like words as well as pictures here is the description of how to do the manoeuvre:
1. Insert hook under both loops of first dc of the round and pull through a loop.
2. Withdraw hook from that loop.
3. Leaving a little of the working yarn loose in the back bring working yarn under hook between the dropped loop and the loop on the hook.
4. Reinsert the hook in the dropped loop and pull that loop through the other loop on the hook.
5. Holding the loose working yarn at the back firmly pull up the modified slip stitch you have just done very firmly so it is tiny.
6. Pull on the loose yarn at the back to firm up the loop on the hook.
7. Pull on the working yarn at the front to pull all the loose yarn through.

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[MissyMouseFuzz]

Megan....what are the chances viewers could get you to do a video of making the Soccasins pattern? Would love to see them being made.....

[MeganEMills]

@MissyMouseFuzz I think the chances are pretty low - at least in the forseeable future. I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility but I've got so many other things to try to do first that I'm charry about adding anything more to the To Do List. Regs... Megs

[hoodcanalnutters]

Megan, I have been making hexagon granny squares. I looked at this video as a way to end a hexagon. It tightens nicely, but still leaves a knot on the side of the hexagon. Do you have a way to end this without having the knot?

[MeganEMills]

@hoodcanalnutters

Goodness! Did I never answer your question? I thought I did but can't see it. There is a way to do an invisible join for any final stitch that joins to a first stitch. It involves working most of the stitch, cutting a tail, threading it on a needle and finishing off by 'sewing' the tail to follow the same path a full stitch would have taken were it able. It is too hard to describe step-by-step but is on my very long To Do List for when I have a chance to do videos again.

[hoodcanalnutters]

@MeganEMills How sweet you are ... by now I have learned this technique. But I also had the terrible experience of making an afghan that began to unravel so I am very careful now to sew in a long way. The problem I had was that I tried the magic loop way of beginning a center of the hexagon and I assumed that it was secure. But they slipped! I have been sewing them back every since (lucky I kept the scraps!). ...Diane

[MeganEMills]

@hoodcanalnutters Hello again! Yes, those magic loops are tricky. I do a triple-ring and leave a long tail as well that then gets woven up through at least a couple of rows - and always changing direction a couple of times. I don't trim off the tails until after the item has been washed so it has a chance to bed down in its final 'natural position'. The afghan sounds very pretty so I understand how frustrating it is that the magic loop let you down. :-( Better luck next time! Regs... Megs

[nlr11276]

i've figured this out, we're constructing the sole.....lol

[nlr11276]

hi, i have your pattern for the soccasins, im a sort of beginner, im trying to figure out round one, if you had a video on this, it would be awesome

[MissyMouseFuzz]

ok....Thank you for taking the time to respond. Will be sure to keep watching .... just in case you get time to add it to your list. Have a wonderful week!

[PugMom77]

Great information, thank you! :-)

[Zimzamzowi]

Great! Thanks!

[purplelaursen]

A full vido of soccasions

[arialthefont]

after 40 years of crochet, I can't believe I didn't know this, thanks for sharing, your method works wonders