How to Crochet the Perfect Stripes

Beginner difficulty

Beginner

10 minutes

PDF

Video

In this tutorial I’ll teach you how to crochet stripes perfectly for your amigurumi while crocheting in the Rnd. Normally when doing color changes and crocheting stripes you end up with a very noticeable vertical seam indicating exactly where you changed colors. You also get this less than perfect horizontal line where the tops of the previous Rnd are showing through the next Rnd. The following techniques are built to make the most seamless lines between rounds of color changes, both vertically and horizontally, making it great technique for beanies, or my favorite, amigurumi. Without further ado, let’s learn how to crochet stripes perfectly…

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What you'll learn

What you'll need

Cotton Yarn

Weight

Colors

Color 1
Color 2
Crochet Hook Size G6 / 4.00mm

Crochet Hook

G6 / 4.00 mm

Darning Needle

Abbreviations

ch

Chain Stitch

st

Stitch

slst

Slip Stitch

sc

Single Crochet

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The Pattern

01Half Color Changes

Before I teach you the two techniques, in order to truly crochet stripes perfectly, you need to first know how to do half color changes with the single crochet. Without them, sure you can get a pretty seamless vertical join down the back, but you won’t get a really clean horizontal line between the stripes.

For a Half color change we’re crocheting the top of the stitch in one color and the bottom in another. This can be used to make really detailed designs in your amigurumi, which I’ll be discussing in a future video, but for now here’s how it’s done.

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6 comments on “How to Crochet the Perfect Stripes”

  1. I’m trying to download the pdf for changing colors in the round. I joined as a member but it’s not allowing me to do this. I would appreciate help in trying to retrieve this info. Thanks. Bea0525

  2. Thank You for your Wonderful techniques!!
    Have a question, if you please!!
    After our last color stripe though, how do we proceed to make it on the round without it going at an angle?
    Like a hat sitting on at a slant?

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