INVISIBLE FINISH
 

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THE INVISIBLE FINISH OFF (IFO)
c2005 Sandra Petit, http://www.crochetcabana.com

When you finish off a piece, particularly at the end of a granny square round, it seems there is always a little hump or small piece where you can tell where it's joined. Well, I have discovered a way to get rid of that and I am going to share. :-) I first read about this method in a wonderful book "200 Crochet Blocks" by Jan Eaton, though this my own explanation of the method. I have since seen it other places as well. I end nearly all my pieces in this manner now.

I recently did a tutorial on the rectangle granny and took additional pictures of the IFO. I include them below.

Figure A 1) after completing your last ch-1, with right side facing you, pull yarn through and cut at least 6" from end (see hints for reasons you need to leave a long end) extra note: If you are using this method for something other than a granny square, you won't need the ch-1, so you can just snip the yarn about 6" from the end and pull through, then continue with the rest of the steps

Figure B  2) thread a large eye needle with the strand you just cut, insert needle under top 2 strands of stitch to left of beginning ch-3, (some enter from front, some from back), pull yarn through

Figure C 3) Entering from front, insert needle into the middle (back loop) of the last stitch completed. In this case you will insert hook in your last ch-1, between the front and back loops.

Figure D 4) Pull through to back and weave ends in on the wrong side as normal.

This is the same instructions, with different pictures.

1) If you are making a granny, ch 1 and cut yarn about 6" from end   2) draw strand through	3) thread with large eye needle, insert needle under both loops in stitch to left of first stitch
4) insert hook from front through back loop of last stitch worked, in this case the ch-1	5) pull strand through and weave end in on back side as normal

completed square

08/12/05

The buttons above were my first at the Cabana. I keep them for sentimental reasons. :-)

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