Invisible Shoulder Seam for Crochet Garments

There’s nothing worse than spending hours and hours crocheting a new cardigan and realizing your shoulder seams are, well… wonky. Let’s make the prettiest shoulder seams you ever did see with this NEW technique for seaming. An excellent and EASY way to take your crochet game up a notch.

The Invisible Shoulder Seam is variation of the sewing crochet techniques… they all beautifully join two pieces of crochet together.

To sew an invisible Shoulder Seam:

Line up the two pieces to crochet. Here I am starting at the outside (shoulder) side of the Cardigan using the yarn tail left over from crocheting this portion.

First you’ll want to go into the tuning chain on the opposite fabric. You want the corner-most portion of the fabric so that the edges are nice and clean when you go to add the sleeve.

Now it is time to sew the two sides back and forth, using the upper most portion of the FRONT of each stitch. Grab the upper most portion of the stitch on the right side, then the upper most portion of the stitch on the left side.

In this case I’m seaming two pieces of fabric made using the double crochet so there are the tiny little Vs nestled under the top two loops. If seaming single crochet or half double crochet, grab a portion of the stitch located just below the top two loops (the loops you would normally crochet into).

In the photo you can clearly see the portion of the stitch under which I insert my needle.

Halfway through and look how nice and SEAMLESS that seam is!

Continue seaming to the desired measurement or indicated number of stitches.

When I finish seaming my shoulders specifically, no matter which technique I use, I always leave the yarn tail hanging out so that when I am completely finished with the item I can then use those yarn tails to cinch up any inconsistencies in those areas, as they typically tend to be areas such as the neck/shoulder area that need a little more reinforcement.