How to: Seamless Crochet Stripes in the Round

I have a fun little technique for you to try. After making a few of these hats I hated how my color changes came out. I came up with what I think is a seamless striping technique and want to share it with you here.

I have written this tutorial specifically to go with The Perfect Stripes Newsboy pictured above but it can be applied to several striped hats (or anything worked in the round) with different stitches as well.

Now to the tutorial 🙂

Step 1: Work up to the first color change of the pattern. Join with a slip stitch. Try not to pull the slip stitch too tight (you’ll see why soon). Chain 1, fasten off and pull the tail through. It will look like this.

Step 2: Locate that slip stitch. Insert your hook into the slip stitch (as if it were a normal stitch) and add your new color with a slip knit to your hook

Step 3: Pull up a loop of your new color and ch 1. This will NOT count as a stitch but when you are done it will look like a stitch.
Note: for this pattern I will be working single crochets however, you can do this for hdc, dc, tr…whatever you’d like. For hdc ch 1, for dc ch 2 and for tr ch 3. Remember the chains will NOT count as a stitch.