Seamlessly finish your project: invisible fasten off

By: Lisa Kievits

Date: October 1, 2025

Fastening off is done when you’ve reached the end of (a part of) your crochet work. The basic principle of fastening off is simple, but did you know you can also make the beginning and end of the round invisible? And it’s easier than you might think!

Differences between normal and invisible fasten off

Normally you end a row with a slip stitch, then you cut your yarn, fully pull through and weave the end on the back.

For an invisible finish you do not end with a slip stitch. You do cut your yarn as you usually would. Then you use a specific method to weave the end.

Invisible finish

You can also watch the video at the end of this blog. This is how to finish your row for a seamless ending:

Loosen your loop and remove your hook.
Cut the yarn (making sure the tail is long enough to weave in)
Pull through entirely
Put the yarn through a needle
Insert the needle through the first stitch of the row, going from front to back under both loops.
Go back to the last stitch of this row. Insert the needle through the back loop only (front to back).
Carefully pull the yarn. This closes the stitch you just created. Make sure not to pull too tight, but it shouldn't be too loose either. It should look like the other stitches from this row.

Somtimes it better to skip one stitch and then insert in the second stitch of the row. This means you insert in the second stitch instead of the first (step 5). You do go back to the last stitch as of the row to finish, as described (step 6).

This can vary per pattern what will look best, but you'll often use it when the first stitch of the row is a chain 3, for example. By skipping that chain 3 and using the next stitch, the finish will look better.