NO ends to weave in at the end of a project! It sounds dreamy and somehow hard to believe. How can this be done? Believe it or not, there are ways to save hours in weaving in ends when a project is done and this is one of them. This HOW TO save hours weaving in ends post written by Joy Of Motion is going to show you how. So simple that is going to surprise you. Be prepared to be amazed.
Have you ever been frustrated after you have finished crocheting a BIG project? – you have to weave in all the ends!
I have a great solution to this that have saved me literally HOURS of weaving in ends. (Source)
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Seems easy enough…even for a somewhat newbie!!
I weave my ends in as I add new colors with the s$#%&!@*ching, as I go.
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Ummm… I learned how to do this many, many years ago when I was learning how to crochet and knit. Nothing special here… Most people know how to do this anyway.
Not nessary lol
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That’s all good n all but if you don’t knot it somewhere it’s going to come loose eventually!
I’ll have to try it
I thought everyone did this.
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definitely need to check his out… thank you for sharing Diva !!!
I already have done this for year’s
Didn’t see anything except for too many adverti$#%&!@*ts. Am I missing something?
It saves time
If you leave the tail long enough, and crochet at least 5 s$#%&!@*ches over it, it does not come undone. I’ve been doing this for over 35 years, it works.
I started doing this 35 years ago, when I was still a teenager. Figured it out on my own.
Tried this once and when i washed the project it literally exploded.
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i crochet over the ends for at least 6 sts but i do not recommend only doing this, must secure those ends and weave them also
It does come undone as soon as you wash it. You have to secure those ends in somewhere.
It doesn’t come apart if you do it right
I, too, have done this for years, but be aware that you still have to secure those ends in. If you don’t, the first washing they will all come out.
Done this for many years.
People don’t already do this?
I’ve never knotted any of my pieces (so it won’t show) and I’ve never had anything come undone in the wash. Maybe depends on s$#%&!@*ch tightness? Not sure?
I’ve always done this. It will not come undone in the wash. However it does greatly depend on the s$#%&!@*ch you are doing. A granny square for example I will still weave the tails, however for a straight s$#%&!@*ch, like single or double crochet, I just s$#%&!@*ch over the tails. Works great and you won’t feel the knots in the blanket.
Men I figured this out on my own years ago cause I hated having to go back and wave them in
I weave my ends in as I go, and s$#%&!@*ch over them. No knots required, and it doesn’t come apart, or unravel after several washings. I’ll stick to what works, thanks.
I don’t knot, have never had anything come undone, and always leave myself a minimum 6″ tail. It also helps if you weave in as you go, s$#%&!@*ching ovet your tails; and during the weave doing a zig-zag or two.
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As a rule of thumb, I use one arm length of old end into new beginning. About four-five double crochet s$#%&!@*ches. It works WONDERFULLY!
I just don’t understand how anyone can wait until the end of the project to do the ends.. that would drive me batty, having to do them all at once.
I wait until the end. But that’s mostly because I had never had a project before that I had to do that and had to learn how and get the tool.
i’ve been doing it this way for years, it’s the only way to deal with those loose ends 🙂
I do. This with knitting all the time, makes sense to me.
It doesn’t come undone. I do this with kid’s clothes all the time…and they are washed frequently!
really need to work over your tail more than five s$#%&!@*ches and then put on a needle and thread back thru the other direction. I’ve been doing that for years and recently Mikey on the crochet crowd did a tutorial on it.
I’d be curious to know (since I don’t knot my ends), of those people who do use knots, do you also then ignore knots that show up in your skeins while you work a project? If so, why would you? This is why the whole idea of knotting ends stumps me.
If you weave in correctly as you go, and crochet over your ends, there’s no need to knot.
I do this as well but I like to make sure it won’t come undone at all no matter what by hand weaving them in and securing them with fabric glue made to last washes. The last thing I would ever want would be a customer to buy something that I have not 110% made sure that it is secure and reliable. I always check it too before I mail out my orders. I think the ends are a signal of accomplishment. Your ribbons at the end of a great project. I guess I am the only one who enjoys them lol :/
Love the colors!
I’m not brave enough to not tie mine off!
Yes!! I do this alll the time!!
I love the s$#%&!@*ch.. Does anyone know what s$#%&!@*ch it is??
I learned this technique a while back & noe use it all the time. Love it. Works really well.
I’ve been using this technique for 30 years. Glad someone made an article about it.
I’ve always done this, but to secure it even more, I crochet over the two ends for a couple of s$#%&!@*ches and then bend back those ends and do a s$#%&!@*ch or two, and then put the back in to s$#%&!@*ch over. That way, they’re held down by a couple of s$#%&!@*ches instead of just lying beneath a bunch of loose loops.
I’ve done this before and had it come undone when the item is washed. You still need to weave to secure
I’ve done it for years
I have always done this……recently I tried the Russian join…..a little time consuming but nice for a finer knot or crochet project.
Depending on the stitch, I am able to work the knot in. Especially if it’s a thick stitch, then you can’t feel it. But if there is a knot in the skein and I am working a thinner stitch, I stop the stitch, cut off the knot, and work it as if changing colors. Then I weave in the yarn. If that makes sense lol
Deborah Ghent Vicaro
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I knot & weave my ends in whenever I change colors or finish my project –
I’ve been doing this for years
Brittainy Legg
Not as secure, so I weave them in with a needle…no need to knot if you weave it forward and then turn and weave it back the other way.
Samantha Kathleen
Lol you tagged me in the same one a few weeks ago… You must know how much I HATE weaving in my ends
Lol. Every time I see that I think if you. I never remember if I save it or tag you lol
i do mine as i go so i dont have to at the end
I’ve always done this
Donna Irwin
Good job
Huh???
The slip not at the end should be all you need! 🙂
I weave as I go don’t like dealing with them later. But, that’s just me.
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I miss you too!! I have been missing my Pueblo peeps lately!!
I’ve always done this.
Two words in support of knots: washing machines. Oh, and if one simply works over their ends as described in the blog, they’ll be weaving them (back) in later.
Vicki Smith
Caitlin Hegner
This is how I do it. Then I just have to weave in the last tail
I’ve always done this. Isn’t this the way everyone does it. At least everyone I know.
Can someone post a picture
Kas Brandt
I do this all the time!
I always tie both ends together from one color to another, apply and rub in some fabric glue so the knot doesn’t come undone, and crochet the tails in until there is very little sticking out, and apply the tiniest drop of fabric glue to keep the strands in place before cutting off what’s left! It has never failed me, or my customers!
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Never change skeins in the middle of a row. As with color, start a new skein at the end of the row and your border with double secure it.
I’ve already done this for yrs….
I’ve been doing this for years. If possible I tie a knot also as long as it doesn’ show.
I still weave in my ends, but I weave as I go along. I don’t weave them in all at the end.
I crochet over AND weave in…better safe than sorry.
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Alexis Beauchamp
I always do this.. Sewing in ends drives me nuts
My gram taught me this when she taught me how to crochet and I do the same thing when I teach someone. It is so much easier and cleaner to do it this way.
I suppose new crocheters might benefit from this. I’ve done it for many years, just common sense.
I have done this since I first learned to crochet, my own idea no one taught me this.
Wow! Major sad face 🙁
Been doing this for years.
What stitch is this picture?
been using this technique for years, and figure it out all on my own. 🙂
Nothing new. Been doing this for years
Im not sure if anyone else does this…but if there are two strings near each other, I knot then weave the ends in for extra durability
Dawna McKinley Kim Jones
I may have to look up the Russian join mentioned above. But I have always crocheted my ends in where possible. Big and small projects
I work the ends in as I go. Never put knots in my pieces.
Amanda Rosado
This is how I’ve done it. If I had to go back and weave ends in I’d stop crocheting…
I do this, but so that im sure it will stay secure if its not a color change, i will also hold the end with my working yarn and crochet it into the piece for a stitch or two. Then i continue crocheting over it.
I have also…ever since I started crocheting
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I have doing it this way for years. Great time saver!!!
I tried this with a whole afghan, beautiful afghan and hated how it looked after a few months. I ended up throwing the afghan away! I knot and weave in my ends. It can be tedious but WELL worth the look in the end for years to come!
I’ve done this for years!!
If I run into a knot in a skien, I cut it and retie then weave in just like I do on my ends. Makes it more durable.
I found a picture of the afghan that I was talking about. I prefer to knot my ends and weave them in. This one I crocheted over the ends and as you can see they didn’t stay hidden! Sooooooo frustrating!
Since I can’t read this …hehehe ..I tie my ends weave in leaving part out and after Iam all finished I wash and dry in a very low heat dryer and when completely dry I cut the ends hanging out…some reason if do this theres less booboos to fix …because frogging after and finding something is far more work …even us oldtimers make errors.
Hmmm sounds a little disrespectful to me. I would never give someone homeless or not something that I knew wouldn’t hold up and end up in tatters.
Amber Milburn. I haven’t tried this but thought I would share.
LMAO Hmmm That is the most ridiculous excuse I have ever heard in my life for throwing something away that someone in need could use, even for a little while.
Further, you said you threw it away because you didn’t like how it LOOKED. Maybe you want to try again lol.
Victoria you don’t know me, nor I you. Please stop attacking me. I learned that that way of hiding the ends doesn’t work for me.
This is how it started looking. I have to wash my afghans a lot due to critters and this just wasn’t holding up. I didn’t like how it looked because then ends were constantly working their way out. Soooooo like I said, I would never give this to someone because it would have just come apart. Trust me, I have given many many things to people in need.
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I can do the Russian join . Recently I crocheted an afghan and then was commissioned to put a picture on the front. I don’t suppose you have a tip or trick to tucking in the ends quickly on that sort of project?
Been doing this for a while and it works great. Haven’t had anything come undone in thr wash. Also depends on the stitch.
I use Russian joins for everything I can. Crochet to end of row, mark the yarn and rip out enough to join and crochet on! So much nicer than weaving in.
This is the way I’ve always done it! Crazy not to.
Forget weaving in those ends… I want to know how they got their edges so straight!
I saw in a video, to separate yarn end and tie the yarn in a small knot, for each end of yarn.
I have never woven in ends with a needle and have done this from day one. Makes sense to me. 🙂
I agree!
Paula Dixon Boggs I totally agree.
Mee too
I do mine as I go along.
I’ve always done it since I learned to crochet 45 years ago and my grandma did it that way. I thought everyone did.
I don’t have trouble with it coming out even with several washings.
Kerry Dean
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I’ve gotten squares from people who used this method and had to redo them because they were falling apart before they ever made it to the wash. I won’t use this method.
I actually had this for quite a few years before getting rid of it. It was so frustrating. i will never do that again!!!
Didn’t read the article but I just crochet over my ends when I change colors so there’s no ends to weave in generally. On looser projects that can sometimes be a bit tricky but I’ve honed my technique over the years.
Exactly… It works its way out again eventually.
Beverly Hester Jackson
How do you get to the technique. When I click all I get are ads.
because i always put an edge on my work, I put a nice tight knot on the end and cover it with the edging.
Thats the way I was taught.
It’s well worth it I agree, take the time and do it right. There are no short cuts that would make it worthwhile in the end, sadly
I never have ends to weave in, I do it as I go! It saves time!
i too have been doing this for years…my mom taught me this 50 years ago…
Yes, I’ve always done this also…works well most of the time!!
I do this, or I do the magic knot join.
I weve as I go
dailycrochet.com can you post something new and different this is posted almost daily.
I have looped my old end through the ws of the next stitches before crocheting over them and threaded the new yarn end up to next row and done the same for about 8 stitches. Never had a problem!
I have always done this.
I thought this was about actual weaving lol probably because I am weaving right now. However when crocheting I have always just crocheted over the tails on the next line
This is an awesome way to join yarn too https://youtu.be/YIeZCTKWewU
Absolutely right!!!
Exactly why I don’t do this.
I dislike weaving in the ends so this is the way I go! As long as the stitch will work with it. At this time I am working on an offset shell stitch and it works in the first 2 DC and the first shell, but not after. It shows the thread too much.
I went to website….nothing there….
I weave in as I go
Valerie Garcia
Lol, agree. Why wait until the end and waste al that time, when it takes no time to do it as you go along?
I weave my ends at the time of a color change, by going through the back loops of the same color before continuing on and then I just crochet over the ends, nothing to do later and because of the weaving through the back loops it creates a stronger bond. My projects are a pain to frog.
I’ve done this for over 50 years, & I have yet to have it come out in the washer, or dryer! But I usually crochet over 8-10 stitches. Never have had a problem. So easy, & it looks great…no knots!
It does not work as well as weaving in with a needle, it comes undone, more frustrating than sewing ends in to begin with….i will do it my way….lol…
Rebecca Konshak
I’m not spending tons of hours to not do the best weave in possible.
I do it similar and love it more than others.
Exactly why I don’t do this
I have to wait, as…I am the queen of rip out…
I generally always do this, but my new favorite afghan didn’t lend itself to the technique. I STILL haven’t woven in the ends and justify it by telling myself it’s fringe! Lol
Weaving in ends of yarn on a finished item is just as bad as having to sew on buttons or snaps on a garment. ugh.
I like crocheting over my tails. One more added trick
That I started using is to actually split my yarn end and then make a square knot, which hides rather well in the pattern.
I have finished projects folded and waiting, tails hanging out, because I hate weaving in ends. I’m trying to get better about doing them as I go, but I have essentially stopped doing stripes because I hate weaving in the ends.so much.
Weave in a S shape. Should stay put. Never a straight line.
There simply is no substitute for using a tapestry needles and weaving in an S shape.
Looking at your work, you will learn to recognize the last stich. Finger blocking and smoothing your work as you go along. Also.yarn tension plays a big part.
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On tricky stitches i pop a paperclip in the top chain so i know where to put my last stitch when i get back to it. But smooth edges on textured patterns like this often only happen while blocking
Please don’t do this method… Granted I will often crochet over the end yarn at the very beginning if it’s a starting ring situation, but then I always weave the tails in with a yarn needle… And I never ever knot my yarn to avoid weird bumps… By weaving in with a needle, the ends will be far more secure and won’t work themselves out over time… Yes it’s time consuming, but when all is said and done, it is worth it, and your work will stand the test of time
You don’t need to knot your yarn… I don’t, and it’s very secure and don’t get weird bumps that knots give you… Always use a needle and weave those ends in… My least favorite part of crocheting, but well worth it in the end
Weaving ends is a lot more secure than just crocheting over the ends
I have been doing that….for a long time.
Learned this about a year ago. It is incredible!
I think I would need to see a video on how to do this to really understand
This is how I always do mine.
I think the ends would pop out eventually after numerous washings. I still sew mine in & then back in opposite direction so that won’t happen. Also, I don’t wait til the end of the project, after several color changes I sew in the ends so it takes no time at all, it seems.
I do what you do Eileen.
I do this and they don’t come out – and I’ve done it with much-loved (i.e., much washed) baby blankets.
I have been crocheting over my ends for years, usually at least a six inch length, and never have my ends come out, even after washing.
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I tried this style before. Crocheted a pillow case.
be sure to leave a long tail.
I have always crocheted over ends as I go except in patchwork designs that are sewn together. Then I leave a long enough tail to use as the sewing in thread. Never have had a problem with this method and saves allot of time!
This makes it so easy and secure
Sewing in the ends at the end of a day’s work keeps your work neat. Also when you are at end of pattern you don’t have to face all the ends. (Just make sure you won’t be “frogging” because it causes problems.
What is “frogging”?
Beautiful blanket.
When you have to rip it out “rip it, rip it” (:
I sew in as I go.. Easier
Thankyou but I would need a video tutorial. Confusing without it. However, Thankyou!
I guess I was just lucky 45 years ago when I was taught to crochet because this is the way I was taught way back then and have always done this. Thanks MOM!
Same here!!!
I would think everyone knows this “technique” but some of us like our ends more secure and there are some patterns (with skipped stitches) where the ends are quite visible.
If you actually weave your ends,my hey won’t come undone no matter what and they are much less visible.
Haha, this does not work! I made a afghan for my youngest son a few years ago and used this method, my sons dog got a nail caught in the afghan and pulled out a tail and now there is a huge hole in that spot. I WILL TAKE THE EXTRA TIME TO WEAVE IN ENDS, NO SHORTCUT EVER AGAIN. That was hours and months of work. 🙁
Daily crochet offers lots of really interesting ideas but they are difficult to get to. Many times the link goes in circles or dead-ends. for this, I never found the actual instructions, just a description of what they would say if you could find them.
The link is a lighter green for me. It basically it says to crochet over your ends. Length depends on the material. Hope that helps!
Click bait. Russian join works well for me.
Susan Slabbert
Love the Russian join. I always use it when joining more of the same color, but it takes too much planning for me when changing colors, so I just weave those ends in.
Benjamin Harden
Try on the next row once you crocheted over the tail to pull it up into the next row. Tip from Mikey of the crochet crowd.
This “techniqe” doesn’t work on granny square pattern.
Funny Shari Rom, I thought the same. I’m thinking you are a genious. NOT.