Video Transcript:
This is Jess from jesshuff.com. In this video, I’ll show you how to join individual pieces into one continuous round for your amigurumi project.
As an example, I’ll be joining the fingers for my free amigurumi crochet pattern, Fidget the Frog.
I’ll break this video into four chapters:
- Joining Two Pieces (0:44)
- Joining Three Pieces (3:39)
- Joining Four or More pieces (8:03)
- How to Close the Gaps Between Joined Pieces (13:53)
Joining Two Pieces
At this point, you should have two completed pieces. One that is still attached to your working yarn, and one that has been fastened off.
Working into the piece that has been fastened to off, join with a single crochet in the first stitch of the round. Next, continue joining with a single crochet in each remaining stitch of the round.
To join the second piece, single crochet in the first stitch of the round. If you’re unsure where to place your hook, you can always count backwards from your stitch marker.
In this example, each piece had six single crochets in the round. So the stitch with our stitch marker would be six, five, four, three, two, and one.
Next, continue joining with a single crochet in each remaining stitch of the round. You have now joined two separate rounds into one continuous round.
Complete the remainder of the project as your pattern is written.
Joining Three Pieces
At this point, you should have three completed pieces. One that is still attached to your working yarn, and two that have been fastened off.
We’ll start with the middle piece. Because it’s the middle piece, we’ll only single crochet in the first half of the round. Because the next piece is on an end, we’ll single crochet in all the stitches of the round.
Next, we’ll come back to the middle piece and single crochet in all the stitches in the back half of the round. The final piece is on an end, so we’ll single crochet in all the stitches of the round.
We’ll start with the middle piece. This piece has six stitches in the final round. Because it will be in the middle, we will only single crochet in the first half of the round, which in this case is three single crochets. We’ll leave the other three stitches unworked for now.
Next, we’ll be joining the remaining piece that has been fastened off. Because this piece will be on an end, we’ll single crochet in all the stitches in the round.
Now we’re back to the middle piece. Single crochet in all the unworked stitches that remain in the back half of the round, which in this case is three single crochets.
Now we’ll join the final piece. This is the piece that was attached to the working yarn when we started. Because it will be on an end, we’ll single crochet in all the stitches in the round.
If one of your tails ends up on the inside of the work like mine did, you can just pull that back out with a crochet hook. You have now joined three separate rounds into one continuous round.
Complete the remainder of the project as your pattern is written.
Joining Four or More Pieces
At this point, you should have four or more completed pieces: one that is still attached to your working yarn, and at least three that have been fastened off.
For this example, we have two middle pieces. The “middle” is considered any piece that isn’t on an end. We’ll start with the middle piece that is farthest to the right, and work from right to left until we’ve joined all the pieces.
Because they’re in the middle, we will only single crochet in the first half of the round. Then we’ll single crochet in all the stitches of the round of the left piece.
Next, we’ll come back to the middle pieces and single crochet in the back half of those rounds. Finally, we’ll single crochet in all the stitches of the round of the right end piece.
We’ll start with the middle piece that’s the farthest to the right. This piece has six stitches in the round. Because it will be in the middle, we will only single crochet in the first half of the round, which in this case is three single crochets. We’ll leave the other three stitches unworked for now.
Repeat this process for all middle pieces, working from right to left. In this example, we have just one more middle piece.
Next, we’ll join the last piece that has been fastened off. Because this piece will be on an end, we’ll single crochet in all the stitches in the round.
Now we’re back to the middle pieces. Single crochet in the back half of those rounds, which in this case is three single crochets for each piece.
Now we’ll join the final piece. This is the piece that was attached to the working yarn when we started. Because it will be on an end, we’ll single crochet in all the stitches in the round.
If you’re unsure where to place your hook, you can always count backwards from your stitch marker. In this example, each piece had six single crochets in the round: six, five, four, three two, and one.
You have now joined four or more separate rounds into one continuous round. Complete the remainder of your project as the pattern is written.
How to Close the Gaps Between Joined Pieces
Now that you’ve joined your pieces together, you’ll notice that there are gaps between the joins. We need to sew those gaps closed.
Thread one of the attached tails through a yarn needle. Use that tail to sew the gap closed. Fasten off with a knot on the inside of the work and trim the tail short. Repeat this process for any remaining gaps.
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