How to fasten off crochet and weave in your crochet ends.

Once you’ve worked your last stitch, you’ll have one loop left on your hook. Cut the yarn leaving a tail approx 15cm-long. Wrap the yarn round the hook (yrh) and pull through the loop.

Remove the hook and pull the yarn tail to tighten it up. This will create a nice little knot that will mean your yarn can’t unravel.

*Once you’re accustomed with how to fasten off crochet, some people will remove the hook altogether at step 1, loosen the last loop and thread the yarn through by hand*. That’s all there is to it, now you know how to fasten off crochet/how to tie off crochet!

Once your crochet is fastened off, there’s one more thing you’ll need to do to finish off crochet – you need to hide that yarn bit of leftover yarn (what is often called a yarn tail or end). Weaving the tail in not only helps it to look neater, but also secures the tail in place so even with a lot of movement your crochet won’t unravel (never cut the tail right up to the crochet fasten off knot as this could potentially work itself loose).

To weave in your crochet ends, thread your tail onto a yarn needle (also called a tapestry needle). On the wrong side of your crochet, weave the needle down in and out of the back of a few stitches as shown in the picture.

Weave the needle back going in an upwards direction. There are no strict rules about how best to weave in the ends of yarn – the important thing is that they need to be secure and invisible from the front. When crochet is pulled or requires a lot of movement, woven in tails can occasionally come loose, so you may want to weave the yarn tail in different directions to prevent this from happening.