CROCHET BASICS: The Magic knot | Bella Coco

I love how everything's a "magic" something when it comes to knitting an crocheting. Magic loop, magic circle, magic knot

Pulls tight Yarn: snaps.

I’ve watched this video several times a week for a year every time I need to join yarn! I can’t ever remember how to do it. Please never take this video down.

when she said, "It won't come undone, I promise," I was like, oh my god, she's lying, but it actually worked! Thank you!

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I'm in love with this! I've been crocheting for 60 yrs and finally I found your video. Thank you so much!!!

I will say, that from experience, this works 95% of the time. I used this method primarily for years. Now, I'm a little more cautious about which yarns it's suited for. I made the mistake of using this to join 11 skeins when I made a cardigan, and it was a slippery yarn, similar to Caron Simply Soft. This knot being magical no longer held true, and upon finishing the entire piece I looked it over and began to notice the knots had started slipping loose. I learned to either not cut the ends so close to the knots and to dab them with Liquid Stitch, or to leave longer tails on the knots and weave them in. This absolutely works with stiffer yarns and natural fibers. It's especially useful for amigurumi, because there is no slack to permit the knots to work loose (even with slippery yarn)

“Ya it’s just a knot there’s no magi-“ pulls two ends “OH my goodness that is the most magical thing I have ever seen”

Great video. Outside of yarn, it is widely known as the "Fisherman's Knot" because it's small profile allows you to join fishing line without any excessive knot bulk causing noisy drag in the water. When I took up knitting, I brought it over to this hobby because of how perfect it is.

also called a "fisherman's Knot" or sliding knot.

My "Granny" taught me this trick 66 years ago when she taught me to crochet, I've never had any trouble with the "ENDS" that I always hear other people complain about, in fact for a very long time I thought that those complaints were silly, then I joined a "crochet Club" and when I watched others struggling I was flabbergasted! Been teaching many others how to do this ever since. Thank you for the video that I can share with others! Keep up your good work.

"it won't come undone I promise" me: okay :D pulls it so hard the yarn just snaps

This is basically what we call a sliding knot which is used on leather cords for neck jewellery. Nevertheless l never thought of using it on other projects... Thank you for sharing.

It’s 3:25 am and I found this video... let’s just say my sleep deprived brain was blown 😂😂

The Magic Knot has entirely taken my crochet to a whole new level. Thank you for sharing this.

5 years crocheting and I still come back to this video cause I keep forgetting lol

WHERE HAS THIS TRICK BEEN ALL MY LIFE! :O

You have no idea how much I love you right now! I was struggling with how to hide the knot when I started a new color or skein. This is fantastic, I'm going to show this to my crochet group next meeting :D

Thank you. I just started my first project and you helped me continue with minimal effort and stress after I popped my yarn mid stich❤

This technique is so, so amazing!!! No more yarn tails!!! No more extra hours of sewing away yarn ends. I found a way to position the new yarn color right at the spot where I need it. This is how I do it: I make only half of the last stitch of the row of the current color and hold with my thumb and index fingers the spot where I need the new yarn to start. I then unravel a small portion of the knit or croched row and holding the marked spot with my two fingers, with my other hand I loop the current yarn OVER the new yarn, making sure to end the loop at the marked spot under my thumb and index fingers. Holding tightly at the marked spot, I pull to close the loop. When all is tight I let go and proceed to make the second knot anywhere, it doesnt matter where, since it will slide and lock at the position of the first knot, the place where the new yarn should start. I finish the other steps and cut off the yarn tails. I then go and finish crocheing or knitting the small part of the row I had unraveled and the new yarn will come in right where I need it to start for the next row... WITHOUT TAILS!!!! It is just so good!! The knot is small, very discreet, almost imperceptible, it blends right in, being also very strong and sturdy.