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I love stripes!

Crocheted stripes, sewn stripes, quilted stripes, embroidered stripes, sewing with striped fabric – I love it all!

When you change color in crochet, it leaves an abrupt step between the colors. That’s called a jog.

Most of the time that doesn’t bother me at all, but sometimes I want to make it smoother. There are a lot of ways to do that – including some pretty crazy complex methods – but I’ve found a very simple method that’s super easy. It’s not perfect, but it smooths that abrupt step between crocheted stripes into a gentle ramp. Much better!

Here’s how.

See how easy that is?

Want some projects to practice on?

This free crocheted Easter egg pattern includes instructions for an egg with stripes.

It’ll just use a few scraps of yarn and it’s a great test piece to try out the technique.

Here’s another small project – but a little more complicated because you need to attach wings. But bumblebee stripes are great practice!

Get the free bumblebee pattern here.

Ready for something bigger? Try Roy the Rainbow Monster.

You’ll get lots of practice learning to crochet stripes with this cutie!

Here are handy links to all the posts about changing yarn color in crochet. . .

• How to Change Colors in Single Crochet
• How to Crochet Stripes with Minimal Jog
• How to Crochet with Two Colors – Stranding
• How to Strand Short Color Changes
• Tips for Working Long Color Changes in Crochet
• How to Do Barbershop Striping in Crochet
• How to Crochet in Joined Rounds

Return to the main table of contents for Let’s Learn to Crochet Amigurumi.

Move on to the lessons about crocheting stuffed animals in different sizes.

Happy stitching!