On the blog
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Check out Chantal’s beautiful version of the Bluebird shawl (design by EclatDuSoleil) crocheted in Whirl yarn (col Forbidden Fuchsia)
On YouTube
I had a mishap with my webcam, which decided to stop recording after about 20 minutes, without letting me know. I discovered this too late to be able to do anything about it, so I decided to publish the video anyway since I had already said most of what I wanted to say before the cutoff.
Please bear with me while I get better at this video thing… I will try to do better next time!
Mosaic crochet or sc stripes – how to close your rounds
Having written all these newsletters on mosaic crochet, I couldn’t resist – I had to start a project using this technique!
It’s a project worked in the round, so the question is, how to close the rounds as neatly as possible?
I meditated on what I already knew, I browsed the Internet for ideas, I thought about what I had learned, and I came up with a method that I find quite satisfying
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Here are three striped circles worked in the same
To the left, a circle worked as a spiral. It’s an easy and useful method when working in one
In the middle, the “classic” way to close rounds:
To the right, the method I’m going to present in this newsletter. It’s a clear improvement, don’t you think? The joins are almost invisible, and the stripes remain clear all around!
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I have just finished my round in grey, simply by working
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I insert my hook under both loops of the first stitch in the round, from back to front.
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I put the “live”
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Here we are, back on the right side. The first and the last stitch in the round sit together without using a slip stitch – the round is closed.
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The next round will be red – ch 1 with the red yarn (waiting patiently at the back of the piece).
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The next step is to pull the grey yarn tight so that the grey loop is minimized and disappears behind the work.
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All we can see now is the red loop on the hook. I pull it up so that it’s long enough to run along the side of the first sc and over its top, without making an extra “ch 1”.
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The first sc in the new round is made – I can continue my work as usual.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments below!
See you soon!
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