Last Updated on March 30, 2020 by wendigratz
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I love sewing with striped fabric, making striped quilts, and crocheting striped softies. 🙂
When you change color in crochet, it leaves an abrupt step between the colors. 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 – and smooths out those stripes just enough to make me happy.
Here’s how.
See how easy that is?
Here are some other posts with helpful info for striping. . .
- How to change colors with single crochet
- How to Slip Stitch
- How to do barbershop striping in crochet
- Color Theory 101 – Selecting yarns that go together
- How to get great-looking stripes
- Ringo Rabbit pattern
Happy stitching!


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